hunting

With the small game season coming to a close next Saturday, February 26, (where did the winter go?) there’s one week remaining for a final rabbit hunt or two.

The Spring Light Goose Conservation Order Hunt opened yesterday, February 16, and runs through April 9.

Although opened since last October, the predator hunting season, when red and grey fox, and coyotes are legal quarry, really comes into its own during special permit season that got underway January 1 and continues through March 15.

The Division of Fish & Wildlife will be accepting spring turkey hunting applications through February 22 and award notifications are slated to start Monday, February 28.

Bushytails offer prime late-season hunting opportunities as winter teeters on the edge of sliding into the slightly moderating late period.

The South Zone duck hunting season comes to an end at sunset Thursday, January 20, with the Coastal Zone (east of the Garden State Parkway) open until sunset Saturday, January 22.

Hunting when there is snow cover unveils a new experience vis-a-vis the dramatically increased visibility save for those impenetrable bull briar curtains.

Whitetail hunting opportunities continue starting Saturday with the opening of the statewide January winter bow season.

The NJ Division of Fish & Wildlife will resume its ringneck pheasant and bobwhite quail stocking schedule starting this Saturday after a two-week break for the six-day firearm and the antlerless deer seasons.

The six-day firearm deer season commences a half-hour before sunrise Monday and concludes a half-hour after sunset Saturday, December 11.