Hunting and Fishing: Fall Bow, Docks at Frankford Arsenal, Dear Boat Owner
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Last season, bow hunting regulations were changed to allow the use of crossbows and to permit Sunday bow deer hunting on Wildlife Management Areas and private property. This season, the bow hunting safety zone distance was reduced from 450 feet to 150 feet through the Bowhunting Safety Zone Perimeter Bill. The safety zone distance reduction does not apply to school playgrounds, which still require a 450 feet safety zone. Any portion of the school grounds (including fields used for sports) that could be used for play or recreation is considered to be part of a playground.
The owner or lessee of a building and persons specifically authorized by the owner or lessee in writing (written permission must be in possession while hunting) may hunt closer than 150 feet from their building. Hunters authorized to hunt within 150 feet of a building must hunt from an elevated position to shoot down toward the ground. Shooting into a safety zone is prohibited.
Fall Bow season hunters who did not take an antlered deer during the early Fall Bow season have their choice of taking either an antlered or antlerless deer first, unlike the early season where hunters are required to first take an antlerless deer.
The Fall Bow deer hunting season is immediately followed by the Permit Bow season, which opens on October 30 and runs through November 27 in some deer DMZs but extends through December 31 in most DMZs. Antlerless and Antlered Buck Permits for the Permit Bow season can be purchased online or at license agent locations beginning October 5.
More than 750,000 acres of public lands are open to the New Jersey deer hunter looking for a place to hunt. A current listing of these lands can be found at http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/hunting_publicland.htm . Online maps of Wildlife Management Areas are also available and can be viewed athttp://www.njfishandwildlife.com/wmaland.htm.
Complete information and regulations for deer hunting in New Jersey can be found on the Fish and Wildlife Web site at: http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/deer.htm and in the 2010 Hunting and Trapping Issue of the New Jersey Fish and Wildlife Digest available at license agent locations or online athttp://www.njfishandwildlife.com/dighnt.htm .
Dear Boat Owners,
We need your help. If you believe in "science first," now is the time to urge President Obama to require the federal EPA to understand the effects of higher blends of ethanol before allowing it into our country's gasoline supply.
Time is critical. Last year, a record number of boaters asked EPA to test marine engines before allowing up to 15% (E15) ethanol in gasoline. This testing has not been completed. Now, in late September or early October, EPA is getting ready to announce their decision. We expect they will allow E15 for some engines and not others. This will create different fuels with different availability, prices, and a lot of consumer confusion.
BoatU.S. appreciates and embraces the need to diversify our country's fuel and energy sources. However, we are concerned that EPA may put the "cart before the horse" by granting increased ethanol before we know what it will do in our marine engines. Many boaters, having suffered through the last ethanol transition, agree that we should learn from this recent history, and completely understand what the new fuel will do before approving its use in boats. It may turn out to be harmless, but what if it's not? Shouldn't we wait for the facts before making the decision?
Please help today. Click here http://www.followthescience.org/take-action/and let President Obama know your concerns about ethanol and ask him to get the science first, before giving EPA the approval for more ethanol in your gasoline.
Many thanks,
Margaret Podlich
Vice President, BoatU.S. Government Affairs
[email protected]