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.

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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