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.

New Jersey deer seasons, 2026-27

New Jersey’s 2026-27 deer seasons run September 12, 2026 to February 20, 2027, and what is open on a given day depends on the deer management zone your stand is in. Drop a pin above and this app reads the Deer Management Zone off it, then answers the rest from there — the dates, the legal arms, the bag limits and the shooting hours, transcribed page by page from the NJDEP Fish & Wildlife digest. It is a planning aid, not the law: check the digest before you hunt.

Every screen for New Jersey

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

The other states

All four states — the app opens on whichever one your own pin falls in.