hunting

Sure, there are still plenty of big bass around, many exceeding 35-pounds with more than a few in the 40 to 50-pound class being caught, but the numbers are nowhere near what they were a couple of weeks ago.

To be sure, this primary rutting period kicked in big-time a few days ago and will run through the second and maybe into the third week of November.

Yeah, the $40 Pheasant/Quail stamp is required in addition to the 2021 hunting license, but when one figures that 57,480 ringnecks and 11,000 bobs will be released over the course of the season, it shakes out to a good deal.

Just gotta love October -- the harvest month that keeps on giving.

Although EHD has wreaked havoc on some local herds north, central, and south, overall whitetail numbers are high.

Saturday, September 25, marks the opening of the grey squirrel and cottontail rabbit seasons, two of our favorite small game/upland quarries.

As the cliché goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. In the case of ticks, a good dose of a Permethrin-based spray will keep the disease bearers at bay.

The statewide September Canada goose season will commence Wednesday, September 1, and run through Thursday, September 30.

Seventeen days and counting until the opening of the early archery (bow) season for New Jersey’s premier big game animal Saturday, September 11.

In effect, what the insidious, yet clever wording of A-1365 will do is make it a criminal offense to “Harass or take covered wildlife at a competitive event."