Deer Season is upon us once again! The chart above and links below will help you easily determine when deer hunting is occurring where you plan to cache as well as what type of hunting is going
on.
Please note: Sunday bow hunting for deer is now legal on Wildlife Management Areas and on private property ONLY. The legislative change does NOT include any firearm hunting for deer, nor does it allow any type of hunting with either bow or firearm for any species other than deer.
This link (click here) gives you a list of the State Park Service Areas Open to Hunting, types of hunting as well as the total percentage of each park that is open to hunting. This link (click here) is a 2-page printable map of the image above.
Once you have located where you plan to cache on the chart, look for
the Zone # and click here to read season dates for deer bow/firearm/muzzleloader/shotgun hunting.
(Legal descriptions pdf
file here)
Remember Moose's Mantra: "Wear BLAZE ORANGE
"
| ZONE |
PUBLIC LAND OPEN TO DEER HUNTING |
| 1 |
Bear Swamp WMA, Flatbrook-Roy WMA, Hainesville WMA, Stokes
SF |
| 2 |
Kittatinny Valley SP, Wallkill River Nat.
Wildlife Refuge*, Waywayanda SP |
| 3 |
Abram Hewitt SF, Hamburg Mt. WMA, Long Pond
Ironworks SP, Newark Watershed*, Norvin Green SF, Ramapo Mt. SF, Ringwood
SP, Waywayanda SP |
| 4 |
Delaware Water Gap Nat. Recreation Area,
Flatbrook-Roy WMA, Stokes SF, Walpack WMA, Worthington SF |
| 5 |
Beaver Brook WMA, Columbia
Lake WMA, Honey Run WMA, Jenny Jump SF, Paulinskill WMA, Swartswood SP,
Trout Brook WMA, White Lake WMA, Whittingham WMA |
| 6 |
Allamuchy Mt. SP, Berkshire Valley WMA, Farney
SP, Morris County Park System - Mahlon Dickerson Reservation* and Silas Condict
Park*, Newark Watershed*, Rockaway River WMA, Sparta Mt. WMA, Weldon Brook
WMA, Wildcat Ridge WMA |
| 7 |
Clinton WMA, Hunterdon Co. Park System* -
Union Forge and Tower Hill Reserves, Musconetcong River WMA, Spruce Run Recreation Area |
| 8 |
Allamuchy Mt. SP, Black River WMA, Hacklebarney
SP, Hunterdon Co. Park System - Cold Brook, Teetertown Ravine and Point
Mountain Preserves*, Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA, Morris Co. Park System - Black
River and Schooley's Mt. Parks*, Musconetcong River WMA, Pequest WMA, Rockport WMA, South
Branch WMA, Voorhees SP |
| 9 |
Black River WMA |
| 10 |
Hunterdon Co. Park System - Musconetcong
Gorge, Drag Strip Property, Hoffman Park, Schick, South Branch and Uplands
Reserves*, Musconetcong River WMA |
| 11 |
Hunterdon Co. Park System - Lockatong Nature Preserve*, Case Farm*, Wescott Nature Preserve* |
| 12 |
Hunterdon Co. Park System - Cushetunk Mt.
Park*, Deer Path Park*, South Branch Reservation* and Sourland Mt. Reservation*, Round
Valley Recreation Area, South Branch WMA |
| 13 |
NPDHL |
| 14 |
Assunpink WMA (Washington Twp. section only),
Pigeon Swamp SP, Six Mile Run Reservoir SP* |
| 15 |
Assunpink WMA, Monmouth County Park System - Charleston Springs Golf Course*, Perrineville Lake Park* |
| 16 |
Monmouth County Park System - Bear Swamp Tract of Manasquan Reservoir*, Howell Park Golf Course*, Turkey Swamp Park*, Yellowbrook Tract of Manasquan River Linear Park*, Turkey Swamp WMA |
| 17 |
Colliers Mills WMA, Monmouth County Park System - Clayton Park*, Crosswicks Creek Park* |
| 18 |
Colliers Mills WMA, Manchester WMA, Whiting
WMA |
| 19 |
Medford WMA, Wharton SF |
| 21 |
Brendan T. Byrne (formerly Lebanon) SF, Double Trouble SP, Forked River Mt. WMA,
Greenwood Forest WMA |
| 22 |
Bass River SF |
| 23 |
Wharton SF |
| 24 |
Bass River SF, Penn SF, Stafford
Forge WMA, Swan Bay WMA, Warren Grove Recreation Area, Wharton SF |
| 25 |
Cedar Lake WMA, Great Egg Harbor River WMA,
White Oak Branch WMA, Wharton SF |
| 26 |
Great Egg Harbor River WMA,
Hammonton Creek WMA, Makepeace Lake WMA, Port Republic WMA |
| 27 |
Salem River WMA, Thundergut Pond WMA |
| 28 |
Buckshutem WMA, Elmer Lake WMA, Union Lake WMA |
| 29 |
Bayside PSE&G Tract*, Cohansey River WMA,
Gum Tree Corner WMA, Mad Horse Creek WMA, Maskells Mill Pond WMA, Stowe Creek SP |
| 30 |
Bear Swamp Natural Area (Closed Jan 15 -
Aug. 1), Dix WMA, Egg Island WMA, Fortescue WMA, Nantuxent WMA, New Sweden WMA |
| 31 |
Buckshutem WMA, Millville WMA |
| 34 |
Beaver Swamp WMA, Belleplain SF, Cape May Nat. Wildlife Refuge, Cape May Wetlands WMA, Dennis Creek WMA, Heislerville WMA, Higbee Beach WMA, Lizard Tail Swamp Preserve*, Tuckahoe WMA |
| 35 |
DOD Ponds WMA, Harrisonville Lake WMA |
| 36 |
NPDHL |
| 37 |
Fort Dix Military Reservation* |
| 38 |
Great Swamp Nat. Wildlife Refuge* |
| 39 |
NPDHL |
| 40 |
NPDHL |
| 41 |
Alexauken Creek WMA, Mercer County Parks
- Baldpate (Kuser) Mt. and Howell Living History Farm |
| 42 |
Port Republic WMA |
| 43 |
Millville (Bevan) WMA |
| 45 |
Menantico Ponds WMA, Peaslee WMA |
| 46 |
Gibson Creek WMA, Great Egg Harbor River
WMA, Maple Lake WMA, Peaslee WMA, Tuckahoe WMA |
| 47 |
Peaslee WMA |
| 48 |
Rancocas State Park* |
| 49 |
NPDHL |
| 50 |
Monmouth County Park System - Big Brook Park*, Hartshorne Woods Park*, Holmdel Park (Ramanessin Section)*, Huber Woods*, Tatum Park*, Thompson Park* |
| 51 |
Allaire SP, Manahawkin WMA, Manasquan River WMA, Monmouth County Park System - Shark River Park*, Rt. 33 Tract and Shark River Park - East of Remsen Mill Rd. |
| 53 |
Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station* |
| 54 |
NPDHL |
| 55 |
Glassboro WMA |
| 56 |
Edwin B. Forsythe Nat. Wildlife Refuge* |
| 57 |
Edwin B. Forsythe Nat. Wildlife Refuge* |
| 58 |
Edwin B. Forsythe Nat. Wildlife Refuge* |
| 61 |
Atlantic County Park System* |
| 63 |
Abbots Meadow WMA, Supawana Meadows Nat. Wildlife Refuge* |
| 64 |
Monmouth Battlefield SP* |
| 65 |
Winslow WMA |
| 66 |
Fed. Aviation Administration William J. Hughes
Technical Center* |
| 67 |
High Point SP* |
| 68 |
Franklin Parker Preserve* |
| 70 |
Edwin B. Forsythe Nat. Wildlife Refuge** |
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