{"id":401,"date":"2021-12-27T21:50:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-27T21:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/?page_id=401"},"modified":"2025-08-12T15:11:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T19:11:40","slug":"public-deer-hunting-land-in-new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njfw\/hunting\/public-deer-hunting-land-in-new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"Public Deer Hunting Land in New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"
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State Parks and Forests Hunting Land Maps<\/strong><\/a>
Lands Open or Closed to Sunday Bow Hunting<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Jersey has more than 750,000 acres of public land (state, federal, county and municipal) available to the deer hunter. The list below is arranged by Deer Management Zone for public land open to deer hunting. Generally, only areas with 100 acres or more of upland habitat are listed. (For more information and resources visit the NJ Public Hunting Land page<\/a>.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State parks and forests that allow hunting<\/a>\u00a0may have some sections which are closed to hunting. Some areas allow deer hunting only during certain seasons, require access fees or have other special regulations. Refer to the section in the\u00a0Hunting & Trapping Digest<\/a>\u00a0entitled “Special Area Hunting Season Information” or contact the appropriate authority for additional information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember<\/strong>: Hunters must<\/strong> have permission to hunt agricultural land even if the land is not posted. Hunters should obtain permission before hunting any private property. Hunters are advised not to purchase a deer permit for a zone in which they have no place to hunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: The following abbreviations apply to the table below listing public deer hunting lands:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WMA =\u00a0Wildlife Management Area<\/a>
SP =\u00a0State Park<\/a>
SF =\u00a0State Forest<\/a>
NPDHL = No Public Deer Hunting Land
* Special Regulation Area – Consult the\u00a0Hunting & Trapping Digest<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Management Zone Descriptions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deer Public Hunting Land<\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DEER MANAGEMENT ZONES<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 1
<\/strong>\u2022 Bear Swamp WMA
\u2022 Flatbrook\u2014Roy WMA
\u2022 Hainesville WMA
\u2022 Stokes State Forest

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 2
<\/strong>\u2022 Kittatinny Valley State Park
\u2022 Paulinskill WMA
\u2022 Wawayanda State Park

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 3<\/strong>
\u2022 Abram Hewitt State Forest
\u2022 Hamburg Mountain WMA
\u2022 Long Pond Ironworks State Park
\u2022 Norvin Green State Forest
\u2022 Ramapo Mountain State Forest
\u2022 Ringwood State Park
\u2022 Wawayanda State Park

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 4<\/strong>
\u2022 Delaware Water Gap National
Recreation Area
\u2022 Flatbrook\u2014Roy WMA
\u2022 Stokes State Forest
\u2022 Walpack WMA
\u2022 Worthington State Forest

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 5<\/strong>
\u2022 Beaver Brook WMA
\u2022 Columbia WMA
\u2022 Honey Run WMA
\u2022 Jenny Jump State Forest
\u2022 Paulinskill WMA
\u2022 Pequest WMA
\u2022 Swartswood State Park
\u2022 Trout Brook WMA
\u2022 White Lake WMA
\u2022 Whittingham WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 6<\/strong>
\u2022 Allamuchy Mountain State Park
\u2022 Berkshire Valley WMA
\u2022 Farny State Park
\u2022 Hamburg WMA
\u2022 Rockaway River WMA
\u2022 Sparta Mountain WMA
\u2022 Weldon Brook WMA
\u2022 Wildcat Ridge WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 7
<\/strong>\u2022 Buckhorn Creek WMA
\u2022 Clinton WMA
\u2022 Musconetcong River WMA
\u2022 Pequest WMA<\/td>		DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 8
<\/strong>\u2022 Allamuchy Mountain State Park
\u2022 Black River WMA
\u2022 Hacklebarney State Park
\u2022 Ken Lockwood Gorge WMA
\u2022 Musconetcong River WMA
\u2022 Pequest WMA
\u2022 Rockport WMA
\u2022 South Branch WMA
\u2022 Voorhees State Park

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 9
<\/strong>\u2022 Black River WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 10<\/strong>
\u2022 Alpha Grasslands WMA
\u2022 Clinton WMA
\u2022 Lockatong WMA
\u2022 Musconetcong River WMA
\u2022 Pohatcong WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 11<\/strong>
\u2022 Lockatong WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 12<\/strong>
\u2022 South Branch WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 13<\/strong>
\u2022 Berkshire Valley WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 14<\/strong>
\u2022 Assunpink WMA
\u2022 Pigeon Swamp State Park

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 15<\/strong>
\u2022 Assunpink WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 16<\/strong>
\u2022 Butterfly Bogs WMA
\u2022 Colliers Mills WMA
\u2022 Turkey Swamp WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 17<\/strong>
\u2022 Colliers Mills WMA
\u2022 Pleasant Run WMA
\u2022 Prospertown Lake WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 18<\/strong>
\u2022 Colliers Mills WMA
\u2022 Manchester WMA
\u2022 Whiting WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 19<\/strong>
\u2022 Medford WMA
\u2022 Pemberton Lake WMA (Archery ONLY)
\u2022 Wharton State Forest<\/td>		DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 21<\/strong>
\u2022 Double Trouble State Park
\u2022 Forked River Mountain WMA
\u2022 Greenwood Forest WMA
\u2022 Lebanon State Forest

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 22<\/strong>
\u2022 Bass River State Forest
\u2022 Swan Bay WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 23<\/strong>
\u2022 Wharton State Forest

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 24<\/strong>
\u2022 Bass River State Forest
\u2022 Penn State Forest
\u2022 Stafford Forge WMA
\u2022 Swan Bay WMA
\u2022 Warren Grove Recreation Area
\u2022 Wharton State Forest

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 25
<\/strong>\u2022 Cedar Lake WMA
\u2022 Great Egg Harbor River WMA
\u2022 Penbryn Pond WMA
\u2022 Wharton State Forest
\u2022 White Oak Branch WMA
\u2022 Winslow WMA
\u2022 Upper Great Egg Harbor Greenway

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 26
<\/strong>\u2022 Absecon WMA
\u2022 Great Egg Harbor River WMA
\u2022 Hammonton Creek WMA
\u2022 Makepeace Lake WMA
\u2022 Port Republic WMA
\u2022 Swan Bay WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 27
<\/strong>\u2022 Salem River WMA
\u2022 Thundergut Pond WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 28
<\/strong>\u2022 Buckshutem WMA
\u2022 Elmer Lake WMA
\u2022 Parvin State Park
\u2022 Rainbow Lake WMA
\u2022 Union Lake WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 29
<\/strong>\u2022 Cohansey River WMA
\u2022 Gum Tree Corner WMA
\u2022 Mad Horse Creek WMA
\u2022 Maskells Mill Pond WMA
\u2022 Stowe Creek State Park<\/td>		DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 30
<\/strong>\u2022 Bear Swamp Natural Area (closed
Jan. 15\u2013Aug. 1)
\u2022 Dix WMA
\u2022 Egg Island WMA
\u2022 Fortescue WMA
\u2022 Heislerville WMA
\u2022 Millville WMA
\u2022 Nantuxent WMA
\u2022 New Sweden WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 31<\/strong>
\u2022 Clarks Pond WMA
\u2022 Cohansey WMA
\u2022 Millville WMA
\u2022 Buckshutem WMA
\u2022 New Sweden WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 34<\/strong>
\u2022 Beaver Swamp WMA
\u2022 Belleplain State Forest
\u2022 Cape Island WMA
\u2022 Cox Hall Creek WMA
\u2022 Cape May Coastal Wetlands WMA
\u2022 Dennis Creek WMA
\u2022 Heislerville WMA
\u2022 Higbee Beach WMA
\u2022 Tuckahoe WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 35<\/strong>
\u2022 D.O.D. Ponds WMA
\u2022 Elmer Lake WMA
\u2022 Featherbed Lane WMA
\u2022 Harrisonville Lake WMA
\u2022 Logan WMA
\u2022 Mantua WMA
\u2022 Raccoon Creek WMA
\u2022 Salem River WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 41<\/strong>
\u2022 Alexauken Creek WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 42<\/strong>
\u2022 Absecon WMA
\u2022 Port Republic WMA
\u2022 Tuckahoe WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 43<\/strong>
\u2022 Millville (Bevan) WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 45<\/strong>
\u2022 Menantico Ponds WMA
\u2022 Millville WMA
\u2022 Peaslee WMA<\/td>		DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 46<\/strong>
\u2022 Gibson Creek WMA
\u2022 Great Egg Harbor River WMA
\u2022 Maple Lake WMA (Lenape Farms
Tract)
\u2022 Peaslee WMA
\u2022 Tuckahoe WMA (Lenape Farms
Tract)

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 47<\/strong>
\u2022 Great Egg Harbor River WMA
\u2022 Peaslee WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 49<\/strong>
\u2022 Andaloro WMA
\u2022 Mantua Creek WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 51<\/strong>
\u2022 Allaire State Park
\u2022 Manasquan River WMA
\u2022 Manahawkin WMA
\u2022 Upper Barnegat Bay WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 53<\/strong>
\u2022 Manchester WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 55<\/strong>
\u2022 Glassboro WMA

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 63<\/strong>
\u2022 Abbotts Meadow WMA (Open for
Bow and Arrow seasons ONLY
on the old Salem Country Club
property)

DEER MANAGEMENT ZONE 65<\/strong>
\u2022 White Oak Branch WMA
\u2022 Winslow WMA<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Maps and information on hunting land are available from the following sources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wildlife Management Area Maps<\/strong> – linked from www.njfishandwildlife.com\/wmaland.htm<\/a>
Bureau of Land Management<\/a>
Mail Code 501-03
PO Box 420
Trenton, NJ 08625-0420
609-984-0547
email WMAMAPS@dep.state.nj.us<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

USGS Topographic Maps<\/strong>
Maps for all land in New Jersey. $5.00 per sheet.
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
Maps and Publications<\/a>
Bureau of Revenue
P.O. Box 417
Trenton NJ 08625-0417
609-777-1038<\/p>\n\n\n\n

State Parks and Forests Maps<\/strong>
Maps and information on lands administered by the Division of Parks and Forestry<\/a>. Please specify park or forest when writing. Free of charge.
NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
State Parks, Forests & Historic Sites
Mail Code: 501-04
PO Box 420
Trenton NJ 08625-0420
1-800-843-6420<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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