N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-23.6

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 19, October 7, 2024

Section 7:25-23.6 - Permit conditions

(a) The permittee and the agent shall adhere to the following conditions:

1. Conform with all Federal, State, and local statutes, rules, codes, and ordinances pertaining to the discharge of firearms;

2. Use only 10, 12, 16, or 20 gauge shotguns loaded with rifled slugs or 10 or 12 gauge buckshot to kill wild deer;

3. Firearms shall not be discharged from any vehicle;

4. Hunt or kill deer pursuant to the permit only on those lands of the permittee specified on the permit and only during those hours specified on the permit;

5. Display the permit to any person requesting visual inspection thereof and provide any Division representative access to the land under permit at any reasonable time;

6. Keep a daily record of hunting activity and deer mortality during the permit period and submit it to the Division upon request; failure to comply may be cause for revocation of the permit;

7. Deer killed pursuant to the permit shall not be sold or bartered by the permittee or the agent; however, the Division may authorize the permittee to keep for consumption one deer shot under permit annually for each separate, non-contiguous parcel of land under permit;

8. Deer killed pursuant to the permit may be donated by the permittee only as authorized by the division;

9. Dead deer disposal shall be the responsibility of the permittee and shall be effected in compliance with State and local statutes, rules, codes, and ordinances;

10. Dead deer shall be transported for disposal only as authorized by the division;

11. The permit shall expire as specified on the permit;

12. Within two weeks of the expiration of the permit, the permittee shall file with the division a written report giving the date and sex of every deer killed under the permit;

13. Failure to comply with any of the provisions of this subchapter or requirements of a permit may be cause for denial of subsequent permits; and

14. Persons other than the permittee or agent are prohibited from assisting in any way in the shooting activities including, but not limited to, the driving of deer or the driving of a vehicle.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:25-23.6

Amended by R.1991 d.132, effective 3/18/1991.
See: 23 New Jersey Register 37(a), 23 New Jersey Register 848(b).
Substantive amendments assuring access by Division representative in (a)5 and mandating daily recording of hunting activity in (a)6. Permittee's deer allowance specified in (a)7. Added new (a)13 and 14.