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Deer Hunting
Regulations
(continued from page 31)
Baiting
• Baiting is allowed for deer hunting .
Hunters may hunt for deer while in
a tree, on the ground or in a structure
and from any height and any
distance from the bait pile . Hunters
should check with the landowner or
administrative agency before placing
bait on their hunting area as baiting
is not allowed on properties such as
national wildlife refuges .
Decoys and Electronic Devices
• Persons may hunt with the aid of
deer decoys statewide in those zones
open for deer hunting only during
the Fall Bow, Permit Bow and
Winter Bow seasons. When carrying
or moving deer decoys for the purpose
of hunting, persons must wear
a fluorescent orange hat or outer garment
consisting of at least 200 square
inches of fluorescent orange material,
which shall be visible from all sides
as currently required for firearm deer
hunting .
• It is unlawful to hunt for deer with
the aid of an electronic calling device
or any device that casts a beam of
light upon the deer .
Bag Limits
• For all seasons except Six-day
Firearm, properly licensed and permitted
hunters are limited to taking
one antlered buck per season, regardless
of the number of antlerless, zonespecific
permits purchased, when
applicable .
• Bowhunters may take two antlered
deer legally on a bow or all-around
license, one antlered deer each during
the Fall Bow and Winter Bow
seasons. Hunters who want to pursue
and harvest an antlered deer during
the Permit Bow Season must purchase
an Antlered Buck Bow Permit
valid only when used in conjunction
with the regular, zone-specific antlerless
Bow Permit. For permit purchasing
deadline, see Deer Season
Permits, page 17.
• Firearm hunters legally may take
two antlered deer during the Six-
day Firearm Season on a firearm or
all-around license. Hunters will receive
a supplemental tag upon checking
in their first Six-day Firearm Season
buck, allowing the pursuit and harvest
of a second buck. Hunters who want
to harvest an antlered deer during the
Permit Shotgun or Permit Muzzleloader
seasons must purchase an Antlered
Buck Shotgun or Antlered Buck
Muzzleloader Permit, valid only when
used in conjunction with the regular,
zone-specific antlerless Shotgun or
Muzzleloader Permit. If hunters who
take a second antlered deer during the
Six-day Firearm Season, their Shotgun
Permit Season bag limit is then restricted
to antlerless deer only. For purchasing
deadlines, see Deer Season Permits,
page 17.
• Remember, although two antlered
bucks may be taken during the Six-Day
Firearm Season, when that occurs, the
antlered buck bag limit for the Permit
Shotgun Season is then zero. Hunters
may choose: take either two antlered
bucks during Six-day Firearm Season,
or one antlered buck during Six-day
Firearm Season and one antlered buck
during Permit Shotgun Season (while
possessing an Antlered Buck Permit .)
The antlerless bag limit for these permit
seasons will be one, two or unlimited
depending on the zone and season . See
Regulation Sets, page 44 .
• Two deer may be taken at a time in
Zones 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
17, 19, 25, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 48,
49, 50, 51, 54, 56, 64, and 66 and 68
during the Permit Muzzleloader and
Permit Shotgun seasons (in those zones
open for both of those seasons) until
the season concludes . See Regulation
Sets, page 44 .
Tagging Requirements -
Transportation Tag
Immediately upon harvesting any deer,
hunters must complete in ink all information
requested on the Transportation Tag
either attached to your license, the regular,
zone-specific deer permit, the Antlered Buck
Permit, or the supplemental tag . Be sure to
use the Transportation Tag corresponding
to the hunting season in which the deer was
harvested .
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What should
be done when
a deer is recovered
too late to
register at a
check station?
1 . Go home and
immediately call the
nearest NJ Fish and
Wildlife Law
Enforcement Office.
Call the Northern Region Law
Enforcement Office at
(908) 735-8240 for deer harvested
in these counties:
Bergen Morris Union
Essex Passaic Warren
Hunterdon Somerset
Hudson Sussex
Call the Central Region Law
Enforcement Office at
(609) 259-2120 for deer harvested
in these counties:
Burlington Monmouth
Mercer Ocean
Middlesex
Call the Southern Region Law
Enforcement Office at
(856) 629-0555 for deer harvested
in these counties:
Atlantic Cumberland
Camden Gloucester
Cape May Salem
2 . Leave a message on the recorder
with your name, phone number,
hunting license number, sex
of deer and from which deer
management zone the deer was
taken .
3 . Check your deer the following
morning at the deer check station
closest to your home. If
weather conditions necessitate
butchering the deer immediately,
the hunter must bring the
head and hide to be checked the
next day .
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