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Small Game Hunting
Regulations
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In addition to the general Coyote
and Fox seasons and incidental coyote
or fox harvest while deer hunting, a
Special Permit Coyote and Fox Season
runs concurrent with the regular small
game coyote and fox season . A Fish and
Wildlife-issued permit is required to
hunt coyote under the provisions of the
Special Permit Coyote and Fox Season;
as follows:
Coyote/Fox permits: $2, available
at any license agent or via Fish and
Wildlife’s Internet license sales site (www .
WildlifeLicense .com/NJ) beginning
December 15 . A 2009 hunting license
must be purchased prior to or in conjunction
with the purchase of a 2009 Special
Coyote and Fox Permit .
Northern Bobwhite (Quail)
Northern bobwhite (quail) are native
to the southern half of New Jersey . In
recent years, quail populations have
declined throughout their range including
New Jersey . In an effort to reverse
this decline in New Jersey, two quail
hunting zones were delineated in 2005 .
North of Route 33, where wild quail
populations are not known to occur,
the statewide season length and bag
limit is Nov . 8-Dec . 6 and Dec . 15, 16,
18-31, 2008 and Jan . 1-Feb . 16, 2009;
the daily bag is seven birds . South of
Route 33, the season will end on Jan .
31 and the daily bag limit is four birds .
The reduction in season length and bag
limit will be monitored to determine if
there is an impact on the native quail
population .
Pheasant
Pheasant Zones have been eliminated
since 2005 . The daily bag limit is
two pheasants of either-sex statewide
and the season dates are Nov . 8-Dec . 6
and Dec . 15, 16, 18-31, 2008 and Jan .
1-Feb . 16, 2009 . See exceptions below
for Semi-wild and Commercial Preserve
Hunting .
Pheasant and Quail Stamp Areas: Anyone
aged 16 and over (except 16 year olds
whose Youth License remains valid until
Dec . 31 in the year they reach 16 years
of age) hunting or possessing pheasant or
quail on the following designated Wildlife
Management Areas shall have in possession a
current and valid Pheasant and Quail Stamp
(Youth Hunting licenses include pheasant
and quail stamp): Assunpink, Berkshire
Valley, Bevans (Millville), Black River,
Clinton, Colliers Mills, Dix, Flatbrook-Roy,
Glassboro, Greenwood (including Pasadena-
Howardsville), Heislerville, MacNamara
(Tuckahoe), Mad Horse, Manahawkin,
Manasquan River, Medford, Nantuxent,
Peaslee, Pequest, Port Republic, Stafford
Forge, Walpack, Whittingham and Winslow .
A current and valid Pheasant and Quail
Stamp is also required at the Delaware River
National Recreation Area .
Pheasant and Quail Stocking
Fish and Wildlife anticipates pheasant
releases to be in excess of 50,000 birds,
and 11,000 quail for release as follows:
Assunpink, Berkshire Valley, Black
River, Clinton, Colliers Mills, Dix,
Flatbrook-Roy, Glassboro, MacNamara
(Tuckahoe), Millville (Bevans),
Nantuxent, Pequest, Port Republic,
Walpack and Whittingham WMAs will be
stocked with pheasant for the following
dates:
Nov . 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27
and 29
Dec . 2, 4, 6, 20 and 27
Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area and the Heislerville,
Howardsville, Mad Horse, Manahawkin,
Manasquan, Medford, Stafford Forge and
Winslow WMAs will be stocked with
pheasant for the following dates:
Nov . 8, 15, 22, 27 and 29
Dec . 6, 20 and 27
Greenwood Forest and Peaslee WMAs
will be stocked with quail for the following
dates:
Nov . 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 22, 25, 27
and 29
Dec . 2, 4, 6, 20 and 27
Fish and Wildlife reminds sportsmen
and sportswomen that the stocking schedule
is tentative until approved by the Fish
and Game Council in early October . The
schedule is subject to pheasant production
and may change due to emergency
weather conditions .
Rabbit and Hare
See Small Game Hunting Seasons chart,
page 63 .
Raccoon and Opossum
Season: Oct . 1, 2008 to Mar . 1, 2009 .
Hours: Hunting may not begin until 1
hour after sunset on Oct . 1 . On all other
days open during the season, the hours of
hunting are 1 hour after sunset to 1 hour
before sunrise . Sunday hunting is permitted
only between the hours of midnight
(Saturday) and 1 hour before sunrise
(Sunday) .
Hunting methods: Portable lights are
permitted . Fluorescent orange is encouraged
but not required on outer clothing
while hunting raccoon and opossum . A
current and valid rifle permit is required
when possessing a .22 caliber rifles while
hunting raccoon and opossum when only
.22 caliber shorts are permitted .
Bag Limit: There is no daily or season
bag limit for raccoon or opossum .
Dog Training: Dogs may be trained
during the month of September and from
March 2 to May 1, inclusive . The training
hours are one hour after sunset to one
hour before sunrise .
Semi-Wild and Commercial
Preserve Hunting
Youth hunters (in possession of a valid
Youth Hunting License and accompanied
by a licensed, non-shooting adult) will be
permitted to hunt pheasant, quail and/
or chukar partridge on licensed semi-wild
preserves on Saturday, Nov . 1, 2008, the
Youth Pheasant Hunting Day .
Hunting for certain species of game
birds is allowed from Nov . 8, 2008 to
March 15, 2009 on semi-wild and from
Sept . 1, 2008 through May 1, 2009 on
commercial shooting preserve lands that
are properly licensed for the taking of such
species . These species of game may be
hunted on Sunday only on semi-wild or
commercial shooting preserve lands .
All game taken on semi-wild or commercial
preserves must be properly tagged
before transport .
A person may legally hunt on semiwild
or commercial preserves for game
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