NJDEP Division of Fish & Wildlife - Lands Open or Closed to Sunday Bow Hunting


Lands Open or Closed to Sunday Bow Hunting September 9, 2009 Updated September 17 and October 6 and 7, 2009 The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that on Monday, May 4, 2009, Senate Bill 802 was signed into law. This legislative change amends the law (N.J.S.A. 23:4-24) to legalize deer hunting on Sundays with a bow and arrow on Wildlife Management Areas and on private property only. The 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. Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are those public lands defined as being under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. A list of WMAs suitable for deer hunting may be found at www.njfishandwildlife.com/wmas.htm. Legal Sunday bow hunting for deer becomes effective on the opening day of the fall 2009 hunting season. Hunters are reminded that this new privilege does NOT extend to other public lands, such as municipal or county parks, state parks or forests, or to any Federal lands. Therefore, you may legally bow hunt for deer on Sunday on any WMA open to deer hunting, but the following properties remain closed to Sunday deer hunting. No Sunday Deer Hunting on the Following Properties: ALL TOWNSHIP/MUNICIPALLY-OWNED LANDS COUNTY PARKS Atlantic County Park System (Zone 61) Hunterdon County Park System Mercer County Park System Middlesex County Park System Monmouth County Park System Morris County Park System STATE FORESTS Abram Hewitt Bass River Belleplain Jenny Jump Lebanon Norvin Green Penn Ramapo Mountain Stokes Wharton Worthington STATE PARKS and RECREATION AREAS Allamuchy Mountain Allaire Bear Swamp Natural Area Delaware & Raritan Canal Double Trouble Farney Hacklebarny High Point (Zone 67) Kittatiny Valley Long Pond Ironworks Pigeon Swamp Rancocas Ringwood Round Valley Six Mile Run Reservoir Spruce Run Stowe Creek Swartswood Voorhees Warren Grove Washington Crossing Wawayanda NOTE: The former Wanaque WMA has been incorporated into Long Pond Ironworks State Park and is NOT open to Sunday bow hunting. FEDERAL PROPERTIES Cape May NWR Delaware Water Gap NRA D.O.D. Ponds Earle Naval Weapons Station (Zones 39 & 40) Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Zones 56, 57, 58, 70) FAA Technical Center (Zone 66) Fort Dix Military Reservation (Zone 37) Great Swamp NWR (Zone 38) Lakehurst Naval Station (Zone 53) Picatinny Arsenal (Zone 54) Supawna Meadows Wallkill River NWR OTHER PUBLIC LANDS All State of NJ Natural Lands Trust Lizard Tail Swamp Newark Watershed