NJ's 2017-2018 Hunting & Trapping Digests are FINALLY here!! 🆕Changes to deer regulations for the 2017–18 seasons are extensive and involve changes to the bag limits for the deer management zones in Regulation Sets 2, 5 and 6; season date changes for the permit shotgun and permit muzzleloader seasons for zones in Regulation Sets 6, 7 and 8; a small boundary change between zones 26 and 42 and changes to several Special Area zones. • The Permit Muzzleloader season will close on December 30 in DMZs in Regulation Set 0. • The Permit Shotgun season in DMZs in Regu- lation Set 0 is expanded from 1 day to 3 days. • The bag limit for DMZs in Regulation Set 2 is changed from two deer to one antlered and one antlerless deer. • The bag limit for DMZs in Regulation Set 5 is changed from one antlered and unlimited antler- less deer to one antlered and five antlerless deer. • The bag limit for DMZs in Regulation Set 6 is changed from one antlered and unlimited antler- less to one antlered and nine antlerless deer. Also, the six days of antlerless-only Permit Shotgun and Permit Muzzleloader hunting which ran concurrent with the Six-day Firearm season is eliminated. • The Permit Shotgun and Permit Muzzleloader season antlerless-only days immediately prior to the opening of the Six-day Firearm season are eliminated in DMZs in Regulation Sets 7 and 8. • DMZ 54 (Picatinny Arsenal) is closed to Permit Muzzleloader hunting on Christmas Day. Other Game Code amendments for the 2017–18 hunting seasons include the following: • The Youth Pheasant Hunt is extended from one day to six days; see page 25. • The liberation of northern bobwhite quail is banned on certain wildlife management areas; see page 56. • The hunting season for gray squirrel is extended one week to coincide with the closure of the rabbit season. See page 56. #njdfw #fishandwildlife #njhunting #njtrapping #atchery #bow #crossbow #himting #shotgun #6day #permithunting #permitbow#permitshotgun #permitmuzzleloader #muzzleloader #blackpowder #letsgoshooting #earnabuck #earlybow #bowseason #fallbow #doe #buck #blss (at Bob's Little Sport shop)
