Lands Open or Closed to Sunday Bow Hunting
September 9, 2009
The NJ DEP Division of Fish and Wildlife reminds hunters that on Monday, May 4, 2009, Senate Bill 802 was signed into law. This legislative change amends the law (N.J.S.A. 23:4-24) to legalize deer hunting on Sundays with a bow and arrow on Wildlife Management Areas and on private property only.
Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs) are those public lands defined as being under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife. A list of WMAs suitable for deer hunting may be found at www.njfishandwildlife.com/wmas.htm. Legal Sunday bow hunting for deer becomes effective on the opening day of the fall 2009 hunting season.
Hunters are reminded that this new privilege does NOT extend to other public lands, such as municipal or county parks, state parks or forests, or to any Federal lands. Therefore, you may legally bow hunt for deer on Sunday on any WMA open to deer hunting, but the following properties remain closed to Sunday deer hunting.
No Sunday Deer Hunting on the Following Properties:
ALL TOWNSHIP/MUNICIPALLY-OWNED LANDS
COUNTY PARKS
Atlantic County Park System (Zone 61)
Hunterdon County Park
System
Mercer County Park System
Middlesex County Park System
Monmouth
County Park System
Morris County Park System
STATE FORESTS
Abram Hewitt
Bass River
Belleplain
Jenny Jump
Lebanon
Norvin
Green
Penn
Ramapo Mountain
Stokes
Wharton
Worthington
STATE PARKS and RECREATION AREAS
Allamuchy Mountain
Allaire
Bear Swamp Natural Area
Delaware &
Raritan Canal
Double Trouble
Farney
Hacklebarny
High Point (Zone
67)
Kittatiny Valley
Long Pond Ironworks
Pigeon
Swamp
Rancocas
Ringwood
Round Valley
Six Mile Run
Reservoir
Spruce Run
Stowe Creek
Swartswood
Voorhees
Warren
Grove
Washington Crossing
Wawayanda
NOTE: The former Wanaque
WMA has been incorporated into Long Pond Ironworks State Park and is
NOT open to Sunday bow hunting.
FEDERAL PROPERTIES
Cape May NWR
Delaware Water Gap NRA
D.O.D. Ponds
Earle Naval Weapons
Station (Zones 39 & 40)
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (Zones 56, 57, 58,
70)
FAA Technical Center (Zone 66)
Fort Dix Military Reservation (Zone
37)
Great Swamp NWR (Zone 38)
Lakehurst Naval Station (Zone
53)
Picatinny Arsenal (Zone 54)
Supawna Meadows
Wallkill River NWR
OTHER PUBLIC LANDS
Bayside PSEG Tract
Lizard Tail Swamp
Newark Watershed
Franklin
Parker and Four Mile Spring Preserve (Zone 68)
