HuntingRulebook

New Jersey · Deer · 2026-27

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The calendar fills in once you have chosen where you are hunting — season dates in New Jersey depend entirely on the Deer Management Zone.

Deer seasons for the ground you actually hunt

Seasons, bag limits, legal arms and shooting hours change with the unit your stand is in, not with the state line. Drop a pin above and this app reads the unit off it and answers from there, in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York. Every date is transcribed from the state’s own published digest, with the page it came from. Free, no account, nothing leaves your browser.

Every screen

  • Today Whether the season is open at your pin this morning, what you may take, and the legal light either end of the day.
  • Map Drop a pin and see the unit, the public land and the property lines under it.
  • Weather Wind, temperature and the scent cone over your ground, hour by hour, for the days you can still choose between.
  • Calendar Every day your tags are good for in your unit, from opening day to the end of the season.
  • Rut When the rut runs where you hunt, and which week is worth taking off.
  • Rules The legal arms, bag limits, antler restrictions and shooting hours that apply at your pin.
  • Tags The licences and permits you hold — what turns the published season into your season.

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