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No person shall possess a firearm while
hunting with raptors .
For additional information, write to
New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife,
PO Box 400, Trenton, NJ 08625-0400 or
call (908) 735-8793 .
Farmer Regulations
See Farmer Hunting and Permit
Information, page 29 .
Firearms and Missiles
• A person may not go into the woods or
fields with a firearm except during prescribed
seasons .
• Airguns are not legal hunting firearms .
• It is unlawful to possess in the woods
and fields shot larger than #4 fine shot
except for hunting deer, bear, waterfowl,
woodchuck (farmers only) and
coyote/fox during the Special Permit
Coyote and Fox Season .
• Rimfire and centerfire rifles are not
legal to hunt deer .
• See sections on specific game animals
for permitted firearms and ammunition .
• No person shall use a shotgun capable
of holding more than three shells at one
time or that may be fired more than
three times without reloading except
for the September Canada goose season;
see page 74 .
Hunter Orange
Firearm hunters must wear a cap made
of solid daylight fluorescent orange or
an outer garment containing at least 200
square inches of fluorescent orange material
visible from all sides at all times while
engaged in hunting . A camo-orange hat
alone is not adequate .
This applies to all persons while hunting
with a firearm for deer, bear, rabbit,
hare, squirrel, coyote, fox, railbirds, and
game birds including while in a tree stand .
Exceptions: this law does not apply to
waterfowl, crow, wild turkey, coyote/fox
(during the special permit season, page
61), woodchuck nor bowhunters except
that a bow hunter using a deer decoy must
wear hunter orange, as described above,
while transporting the decoy into and out
of the woods and fields .
Muzzleloaders
It is unlawful to use smokeless powder
in a muzzleloader while hunting in
New Jersey . Only black powder or black
powder equivalents, such as Pyrodex and
Triple Se7en, may be used with a muzzleloading
firearm when engaged in hunting .
Properly licensed and permitted hunters
10 years and older may hunt with a
muzzleloading rifle . A valid rifle permit
must be possessed while hunting with a
muzzleloading rifle . Permitted action types
include percussion, flintlock and inline .
For muzzleloader barrel types and legal
hunting ammunition, see regulations for
each game species .
It is unlawful to hunt with a muzzleloading
rifle on WMAs, except for deer,
bear, coyote/fox and squirrel hunting during
the special season in certain zones . For
muzzleloader rifle squirrel hunting, see
page 64 . For muzzleloader deer hunting,
see page 31 . For rifle permit information,
see page 15 . For muzzleloader coyote/fox
hunting, see page 61 .
Non-Resident Game Removal
A non-resident licensee may remove
from the state each day a daily bag limit
of game . However, a non-resident may not
General Hunting
Regulations
take more than two day’s bag limit from
the state after one week’s stay (Sunday to
Saturday inclusive .) This does not apply
to game raised or killed at a licensed commercial
preserve and legally tagged .
Possession Of Certain Wildlife By
Persons, Taxidermists & Butchers
No person shall have in possession a
deer, bear, migratory game birds or turkey
that he himself or she herself did not
kill unless it has a tag bearing the name,
address, telephone number, license and
permit numbers of the person who killed
the deer, bear, migratory game birds or
turkey . Those in the business of processing
deer, bear or turkey, that is butchers,
taxidermists, etc ., shall keep a ledger of
all of their customers . Each customer’s
name, current address, day and evening
telephone numbers, hunting license number,
and possession seal number of any
black bear, deer or turkey being processed
shall be included in the ledger . The ledger
shall be made available for inspection
upon request during the hours of 9 a .m .
to 5 p .m . by any law enforcement officer
or employee of the Division of Fish and
Wildlife .
(continued on page 28)
August 2008 For more information contact New Jersey New Jersey Fish & Wildlife Digest | 27
Division of Fish and Wildlife at (609)292-2965 2008 Hunting and Trapping Issue