{"id":408,"date":"2024-06-20T11:37:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T15:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/?page_id=408"},"modified":"2025-09-02T12:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T16:43:29","slug":"hunter-registration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/hunter-registration\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter Registration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Hunting Registration Is Now Open.<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"p-2 mr-4 btn btn-primary\" href=\"\/njnlt\/hunting-form\/\">Register to Hunt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Online hunting registration is available at the following preserves:<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/babcock-creek-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Babcock Creek Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/bear-creek-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bear Creek Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/bear-swamp-at-red-lion-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Bear Swamp at Red Lion Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/blair-creek-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Blair Creek Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/budd-lake-bog-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Budd Lake Bog Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/clarks-landing-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Clarks Landing Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/congleton-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Congleton Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/crossley-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Crossley Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/first-time-fen-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">First Time Fen Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/game-branch-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Game Branch Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/hagedorn-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hagedorn Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/hamilton-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/high-rock-mountain-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">High Rock Mountain Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/johns-woods-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">John&#8217;s Woods Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/limestone-ridge-marsh-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Limestone Ridge Marsh Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/long-a-coming-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Long-A-Coming Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/mountain-lake-bog-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mountain Lake Bog Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Mackenzie&#8217;s Preserve (bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/mount-rascal-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Rascal Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/pancoast-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Pancoast Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/papakating-creek-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Papakating Creek Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/penny-pot-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Penny Pot Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/quarryville-brook-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Quarryville Brook Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/retreat-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Retreat Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/richard-buhlman-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Buhlman Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/sooy-place-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sooy Place Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sterling Hill Preserve<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/straders-pond-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Straders Pond Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/sweet-hollow-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Sweet Hollow Preserve<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/thomas-f-breden-preserve-at-milford-bluffs\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas F. Breden Preserve at Milford Bluffs<\/a>\u00a0(bow only)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/thompsontown-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Thompsontown Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/wallkill-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wallkill Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/warren-grove-bogs-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Warren Grove Bogs Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wildcat Branch Preserve<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2>Preserves Not Requiring Registration<\/h2>\n<p>The Trust also allows deer hunting at the following preserves without the need for registration. Registration is not required at these preserves because of the Division of Fish and Wildlife&#8217;s strong enforcement presence:<\/p>\n<div class=\"servicelist\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/allens-woods-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Allen&#8217;s Woods Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/barnegat-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Barnegat Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/black-acres-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Acres Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/lazarus-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Lazarus Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/mulhockaway-creek-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mulhockaway Creek Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/njnlt\/pleasant-mills-preserve\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Pleasant Mills Preserve<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Impacts of deer abundance are not limited to plant species, but cascade throughout the food web<\/em><\/strong>.*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/223\/deer-density-report-2018-2019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kelly, JF. 2018. Results of white-tailed deer (<em>Odocoileus virginiana<\/em>) surveys in Watchung Borough in April 2018. Raritan Valley Community College<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Hunting Registration Is Now Open. Register to Hunt Online hunting registration is available at the following preserves:[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Babcock Creek Preserve Bear Creek Preserve Bear Swamp at Red Lion Preserve Blair Creek Preserve Budd Lake Bog Preserve Clarks Landing Preserve Congleton Preserve Crossley Preserve First Time Fen Preserve\u00a0(bow only) Game Branch Preserve [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":511,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/511"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=408"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/408\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/njnlt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}