New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife |
February 8, 2001
As of January 5, 2001 a total of 14,603 deer were taken during the 2000-01 permit shotgun season, representing a small increase over last year's outstanding permit shotgun harvest of 14,404 deer taken during the same time period. Although not a large increase, any results similar to last year are encouraging because they indicate the Division is on track for reaching antlerless deer harvest goals.
On a county basis, Mercer, Ocean and Monmouth saw the largest increases over last year with 30, 27 and 20 percent increases, respectively. A majority of the increase in Mercer County is attributable to allowing permit shotgun hunting on Baldpate Mountain County Park. Most importantly, high antlerless deer (young males and females) harvest rates continued in the "hot zones," encompassing most of the agricultural and suburban zones in New Jersey.
The permit shotgun season continued in agricultural and suburban zones during mid to late January with four to 19 additional days of hunting, depending on the zone. In addition, there are three additional weeks of permit shotgun hunting in Zone 11, from January 29 to February 17, 2001. Estimates of the number of deer shot in mid to late January and February were not included in this summary. Consequently, the permit shotgun season total will increase, and is expected to exceed 25,000 deer.
"Since the majority of the season's harvest is antlerless deer - young males and females, the permit shotgun season plays a important role in the Division's deer management program," said Division Director Bob McDowell.
County | Preliminary 2000-01 Harvest Thru 1/5/01 |
1999-00 Harvest Thru 1/5/00 |
Atlantic | 519 | 475 |
Bergen | 2 | 0 |
Burlington | 765 | 649 |
Camden | 92 | 95 |
Cape May | 108 | 169 |
Cumberland | 299 | 289 |
Essex | 9 | 23 |
Gloucester | 713 | 662 |
Hudson | 0 | 0 |
Hunterdon | 3,332 | 3,505 |
Mercer | 761 | 586 |
Middlesex | 453 | 481 |
Monmouth | 714 | 596 |
Morris | 1,178 | 1,058 |
Ocean | 264 | 208 |
Passaic | 10 | 10 |
Salem | 531 | 571 |
Somerset | 1,170 | 1,074 |
Sussex | 1,330 | 1,399 |
Union | 0 | 15 |
Warren | 2,353 | 2,539 |
Total | 14,603 | 14,404 |
Deer Management Zone |
Preliminary 2000-01 Harvest |
1999-00 Harvest Thru 1/5/00 |
1 | 36 | 56 |
2 | 497 | 482 |
3 | 11 | 28 |
4 | 78 | 70 |
5 | 1,878 | 2,013 |
6 | 184 | 210 |
7 | 792 | 762 |
8 | 1,675 | 1,755 |
9 | 290 | 235 |
10 | 1,128 | 1,154 |
11 | 702 | 813 |
12 | 1,360 | 1,280 |
13 | 234 | 217 |
14 | 687 | 699 |
15 | 198 | 201 |
16 | 102 | 107 |
17 | 197 | 142 |
18 | 4 | 4 |
19 | 168 | 148 |
21 | 16 | 12 |
22 | 110 | 55 |
23 | 25 | 7 |
24 | 10 | 5 |
25 | 601 | 507 |
26 | 131 | 105 |
27 | 140 | 118 |
28 | 153 | 134 |
29 | 134 | 173 |
30 | 75 | 62 |
31 | 22 | 18 |
33 | 99 | 24 |
34 | 147 | 211 |
35 | 469 | 500 |
36 | 54 | 54 |
37 | 0 | 3 |
38 | 215 | 197 |
39 | 50 | 46 |
40 | 59 | no season |
41 | 489 | 347 |
42 | 70 | 140 |
43 | 11 | 4 |
45 | 9 | 7 |
46 | 12 | 14 |
47 | 22 | 40 |
48 | 455 | 405 |
49 | 46 | 42 |
50 | 331 | 332 |
51 | 245 | 234 |
52 | 0 | 1 |
53 | 0 | 0 |
54 | 20 | 14 |
55 | 12 | 2 |
56 | 23 | 15 |
57 | 4 | 9 |
58 | 12 | 9 |
59 | 23 | 23 |
60 | 23 | 35 |
61 | 15 | 10 |
63 | 28 | 98 |
64 | 0 | 0 |
65 | 2 | 2 |
66 | 20 | 14 |
67 | no season | no season |
Total | 14,603 | 14,404 |