HuntingRulebook

New Jersey · Deer · 2026-27

Your tags

Tick what you have actually bought. The calendar and the daily briefing then show only what those tags let you do.

Permit spend

$0

excludes licence fees

Licences

0

adult rates

Antlerless permits

0

0 multi-zone

Seasons covered

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pick a spot

Permit sales open Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10 a.m.

You can plan now and tick the boxes later. Buck permits have their own purchase deadlines — check the callout on Digest p. 11.

Licences

Hunting licences are valid for the calendar year — a 2026 licence expires Dec 31

Deer permits

Permits are valid across the 2026-27 deer seasons, including into 2027

Buck permits have hard deadlines

Buy your Antlered Buck Permit and your zone-specific permit in the same transaction. If you do not buy an antlerless zone-specific permit until after the season opens, an Antlered Buck Permit can only be bought together with that initial antlerless permit — there is no other chance.

Permit Bow

Zone-specific antlerless permits · $28 each

Save a hunting spot and its zone will appear here.

Multi-Zone permit · $56 for every zone in a regulation set

Must be purchased by October 31, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Permit Shotgun

Zone-specific antlerless permits · $28 each

Save a hunting spot and its zone will appear here.

Multi-Zone permit · $56 for every zone in a regulation set

Must be purchased by December 16, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Permit Muzzleloader

Zone-specific antlerless permits · $28 each

Save a hunting spot and its zone will appear here.

Multi-Zone permit · $56 for every zone in a regulation set

Must be purchased by November 30, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Season log

Kept on this device only — it is not a substitute for reporting

Antlered

0

of 7 annual limit

Antlerless

0

this season

Units hunted

0

none yet

Nothing logged yet. Once the season opens, keep a running tally here so you always know how much of your bag limit is left.

Annual buck limit: 7 antlered deer

You may hold one Antlered Buck Permit per permit season, and take only one buck per permit season regardless of how many antlerless permits you own. Across the whole year the statewide limit is 7 antlered deer.

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.