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NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-42.5 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-42.5 - Exemption, variation from certain laws, etc. for implementation of alternative control methods

23:4-42.5. Exemption, variation from certain laws, etc. for implementation of alternative control methods  3. a. The Fish and Game Council may authorize an exemption or variation from the following laws, rules or regulations to the extent necessary and appropriate to implement the alternative control methods set forth in an approved community based deer management plan: (1) any provision of the State Fish and Game Code; (2) any rule or regulation adopted by the council; (3) the following provisions of Title 23 of the Revised Statutes: (a) R.S. 23:4-13; (b) subsections a., b. and c. of R.S.23:4-16; (c) P.L.1939, c.172 (C.23:4-24.1); (d) section 11 of P.L.1990, c.29 (C.23:4-24.1a); (e) R.S.23:4-44; (f) R.S.23:4-45; and (g )R.S.23:4-48; and (4) the provisions of subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:39-3. b. The council shall authorize an exemption or variation from one or more of the laws, rules or regulations set forth in subsection a. of this section only upon a determination that the approved community based deer management plan adequately provides for the safety of the public. The council may condition the exemption or variation from one or more of the laws, rules or regulations set forth in subsection a. of this section on the implementation of one or more specific measures it determines to be reasonably necessary to ensure public safety, including but not limited to the on-site presence of law enforcement officers or on-site inspection by division personnel. c. The council may authorize an exemption or variation from subsection c. of N.J.S. 2C:39-3 only upon the prior written approval of the county prosecutor of the county in which the municipality in which the special deer management area is located. The council may authorize an exemption or variation from R.S.23:4-13 and R.S.23:4-44 only upon the receipt of documentation that each individual authorized to administer the alternate control method possesses a valid firearm hunting license, a valid rifle permit issued by the division, and a valid New Jersey firearm purchaser identification card or proof that the person is in compliance with the applicable laws of the person's state of residence. The council may authorize an exemption or variation from subsection c. of R.S.23:4-16 only if, for public safety reasons, it is conditioned upon the road or highway being properly closed by law enforcement officers for the time authorized in the special deer management permit issued pursuant to section 4 of this act. L.2000, c.46, s.3.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-42.6 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-42.6 - Special deer management permit; issuance

23:4-42.6. Special deer management permit; issuance  4. a. The division shall issue a special deer management permit to any applicant authorized to implement an alternative control method set forth in an approved community based deer management plan. The permit shall identify the time, place and alternative control method authorized by the division, the name of each individual authorized to administer the alternate control method, any exemption or variance from a law, rule or regulation authorized by the council pursuant to section 3 of this act, and any special conditions established by the council. b. No person shall implement an alternative control method except when in possession of a special deer management permit issued by the division pursuant to this act. The permittee shall provide a copy of the permit issued by the division to each individual named in the permit who is authorized to administer the alternate control method. L.2000, c.46, s.4.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-42.7 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-42.7 - Venison, donation program, permanent

23:4-42.7. Venison, donation program, permanent  1. a. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture and the chairman of the Fish and Game Council, shall establish a venison donation program. The program shall permit, under controlled conditions, the slaughter, processing, distribution, and serving of venison donated by recreational hunters to nonprofit charitable organizations, in accordance with guidelines established by the Commissioner of Health and Senior Services and the State Fish and Game Code established pursuant to section 32 of P.L.1948, c.448 (C.13:1B-30), in order to protect the health and safety of those persons consuming the donated venison. b. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture, the chairman of the Fish and Game Council, and the United Bow Hunters of New Jersey, shall study the feasibility of expanding the program to include venison obtained from hunters licensed by the Department of Environmental Protection to participate in crop depredation control activities or obtained as a result of the implementation of other methods to manage and control deer populations, including but not limited to those established by sections 1 through 4 of P.L.2000, c.46 (C.23:4-42.3 through C.23:4-42.6), and shall expand the program accordingly if the commissioner deems it appropriate. L.1997,c.268, s.1; amended 2000, c.46, s.6.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-42.8 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-42.8 - Guidelines for venison donation program.

23:4-42.8 Guidelines for venison donation program.  3. The Commissioner of Health and Senior Services shall develop guidelines, in consultation with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, the Secretary of Agriculture and the chairman of the Fish and Game Council, to effectuate the purposes of this act.  L.1997,c.268,s.3 (allocated per L.2000,c.46).
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-43 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-43 - Possession of wild deer.

23:4-43 Possession of wild deer.  23:4-43. Except as provided by this section, no person shall have in possession in this State any wild deer other than during the open season for hunting deer as established in the State Fish and Game Code and such deer in possession must have been killed in the manner prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code for that particular open season. A legally killed deer and parts of a legally killed deer may be possessed until June 1 immediately following the season in which it was killed, provided the deer was properly registered and bears the possession tag affixed at the deer checking station, and any parts that have been separated from legally killed deer are clearly marked as prescribed in R.S. 23:4-47. A person desiring to retain a legally killed deer or parts thereof after June 1 may do so by contacting the nearest conservation police officer, who may authorize such retention in a manner prescribed by the division. No person shall have in possession any deer of any description, except as provided in the State Fish and Game Code or as provided in this section. Except as herein provided, the having in possession of any wild deer or parts thereof during the time and periods prohibited in the State Fish and Game Code, or the having in possession of any deer of any description, except during such time and periods and of such description as permitted by the State Fish and Game Code, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts that such wild deer is in possession unlawfully. This article shall not apply to a deer killed on game preserves, the owners or lessees of which are licensed by the division, or to deer coming from another state, which is properly tagged, showing where the same was killed, or to the disposal, by State or municipal police officers, or by personnel authorized thereby, of deer found dead on or along any public highway or on any private property, upon request of the owner thereof, provided that any such disposal is undertaken in conformance with procedures prescribed by the division. amended 1947, c.239, s.2; 1948, c.448, s.58; 1957, c.193, s.2; 1971, c.251, s.1; 1979, c.304, s.1; 2019, c.407, s.12.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-44 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-44 - Weapons authorized for hunting deer; kinds; caliber; size of shot

23:4-44. Weapons authorized for hunting deer; kinds; caliber; size of shot  Unless otherwise prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, no person engaged in hunting for wild deer shall use or carry a rifle of any kind or description, or any firearm or shotgun of a smaller caliber than 12 gauge, or load such firearm or shotgun with a bullet or other missile larger than that commonly known as buckshot, or have in possession while engaged in hunting for deer during the open season for killing deer any missile except buckshot or, while engaged in hunting, have any missile larger than number 4 fine shot in possession at any time other than during the open season for killing deer; provided, however, that nothing in this section shall prevent the hunting of deer with a bow and arrow as stated in this section and as otherwise provided by law and the State Fish and Game Code; provided, that it shall be unlawful, unless otherwise prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code, for any person to have in his possession or under his control any gun or firearm at any time while hunting deer with bow and arrow, and no person shall use or have in his possession or under his control while hunting any poison arrow, arrow with explosive tips, or any bow drawn, held or released by mechanical means. Amended by L.1947, c. 239, p. 911, s. 3; L.1948, c. 448, p. 1816, s. 59; L.1957, c. 193, p. 695, s. 3.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-45 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-45 - Deer-hunting restrictions

23:4-45. Deer-hunting restrictions  a. No person shall hunt for, pursue, stalk, shoot at or attempt to take, kill, injure or destroy a wild deer, except by daylight on the days and at the times designated by the State Fish and Game Code.  b. No person or persons while in or on a vehicle shall throw or cast the rays of any illuminating device including, but not limited to, a spotlight, flashlight, floodlight or headlight, which is affixed to a vehicle or which is portable, on or in any area where deer may reasonably be expected to be found, while having in his or their possession or control, or in or on the vehicle, or any compartment thereof, whether or not the vehicle or compartment is locked, any firearm, weapon or other instrument capable of killing deer; except that the foregoing shall not apply to a duly constituted law enforcement officer while in the actual performance of his duties as such officer. This subsection shall not apply to the normal use of headlights on a vehicle traveling on any public or private road in a normal manner.  Amended by L. 1948, c. 448, p. 1816, s. 60; L. 1959, c. 70, p. 186, s. 1, eff. June 4, 1959; L. 1985, c. 509, s. 1, eff. Jan. 21, 1986.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-46 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-46 - Use of dogs to track wild deer.

23:4-46 Use of dogs to track wild deer.  23:4-46. a. No person shall at any time, or for any reason, hunt for, track, search for, seek, capture, or kill a wild deer with a dog. b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, a person permitted by the Division of Fish and Wildlife may use a certified tracking dog on a lead to search for and recover deer lost by a hunter during any hunting season for deer prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code. amended 1957, c.116; 2017, c.302.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-47 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-47 - Dead deer, tagging procedures, transportation; violations, penalties; rules, regulations.

23:4-47 Dead deer, tagging procedures, transportation; violations, penalties; rules, regulations.  23:4-47. A person who kills a deer in this State at any time during the legal seasons shall immediately attach thereto the deer transportation tag supplied with the hunting license and shall transport the deer to a deer checking station before 7:00 p.m. on the day the deer was killed, for registering the kill and having a legal possession tag affixed, which possession tag shall remain attached until the carcass has been consumed. A person not required to purchase a hunting license under provisions of R.S.23:3-1, who kills a deer in this State at any time during the legal seasons, or a person who has lost the transportation tag supplied with the hunting license, shall make and attach a transportation tag immediately after killing the animal, clearly stating the person's name and address, and if holding a license to hunt, the license number, with the date, township if known, and county in which the deer was killed and shall transport the deer to a checking station for registration as herein prescribed. The division shall designate such checking stations as it deems necessary and shall prescribe regulations for their operation. All deer killed during prescribed seasons shall be presented for registration at the nearest deer checking station by the person who killed the deer, and it shall be registered in that person's name. No person shall present a deer for registration, or permit to be registered in the person's name, any deer which the person did not kill. No person shall at any time in any manner transport any deer killed during a prescribed season, unless there is a legal tag securely attached to the deer. If the deer is being transported by a person other than the licensee, written permission signed by the licensee killing the deer must be in possession of the driver. No person shall have in possession at any time any deer, or parts of a deer, which has not been legally registered. The owner of a legally registered deer may give away parts of the deer provided each separate part is plainly labeled with the name and address of the person who registered the deer, the possession tag number assigned to the deer, and the name and address of the person to whom it was given. A person who fails to properly tag a deer and transport it to a checking station, or who borrows, loans, transfers, buys, sells or purloins any deer tag of another, shall be liable to the penalty prescribed by R.S.23:4-48. The division shall adopt, pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), any rules and regulations necessary to implement this section and to prescribe the tagging requirements for deer killed in a manner other than during a prescribed season. Amended 1957, c.193, s.4; 1967, c.158, s.2; 1971, c.251, s.2; 2001, c.261, s.1.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-48 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-48 - Penalties

23:4-48. Penalties  Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this article: any person hunting for, pursuing, shooting at, taking, killing, wounding, having in possession in this State or attempting to take, kill or wound a deer of any description other than as permitted by the State Fish and Game Code, hunting for, pursuing, shooting at, taking, killing, wounding, having in possession in this State or attempting to take, kill, wound or possess any wild deer at any time, except during the period designated therefor by the State Fish and Game Code, or in the absence of such provision in said code, except during the period designated therefor in this article; or killing in any one year more than the number of deer permitted by the State Fish and Game Code, or hunting for, pursuing, stalking or shooting at a wild deer, except by daylight on the days designated therefor by the State Fish and Game Code, or killing a deer in this State at any time and failing to report the same in the manner prescribed by the division, or killing a deer in this State at any time and failing to properly tag and transport the deer to a checking station for registration as provided in R.S. 23:4-47, or using or carrying a rifle of any kind or description for the purpose of hunting or pursuing deer, or violating any of the other provisions of this article or of the Fish and Game Code promulgated thereunder, or violating any other provisions of this Title or the Fish and Game Code pertaining to the taking of deer of either sex, shall be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for the first offense and not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for the second and each subsequent offense. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1817, s. 61; L.1957, c. 193, p. 696, s. 5; L.1967, c. 158, s. 3, eff. July 13, 1967; L.1971, c. 251, s. 3, eff. June 30, 1971; L.1978, c. 22, s. 1, eff. May 23, 1978.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-49 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-49 - "Game bird" defined

23:4-49. "Game bird" defined  As used in this article, "game bird" includes the following: The anatidae, commonly known as geese, brant and river and sea ducks but excepting swans; rallidae, commonly known as rails, gallinules, coots and mud hens; limicolae, commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers and curlews; and the gallinae, commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, partridges and quails.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-51 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-51 - Robbing nests or taking eggs prohibited; exception; penalty

23:4-51. Robbing nests or taking eggs prohibited; exception; penalty  No person shall rob the nests or take or destroy the eggs of any wild bird other than the English sparrow, under a penalty of twenty dollars for each nest robbed and each egg so removed or destroyed.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-52 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-52 - Collecting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; certificate

23:4-52. Collecting mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and birds, and their nests and eggs for scientific purposes; certificate  The Division of Fish, Game and Shellfisheries may grant to a properly accredited person, 18 years of age or over, a certificate permitting him to collect mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish, and birds and their nests or eggs, for strictly scientific purposes only. In order to obtain the certificate the applicant therefor shall (a) present to the division, written testimonials from two well-known scientists, certifying to the good character and fitness of the applicant to be intrusted with the privilege, (b) pay to the division the fee of $20.00 for the scientific collectors certificate. The certificate shall be in force for 1 year only, from the date of its issuance, and shall not be transferable without approval of the director. The foregoing sections of this article shall not apply to a person holding such certificate, except as provided for in The Endangered and Nongame Species Conservation Act, P.L.1973, c. 309 (C. 23:2A-1 et seq.). Upon proof that a holder of the certificate has collected a mammal, reptile, amphibian, fish, bird or taken the nest or eggs of a bird, mammal, reptile, amphibian or fish for any purposes other than those named in this section, the certificate shall become void and the holder shall be further subject to the penalties provided therefor in this article. Amended by L.1975, c. 116, s. 11, eff. June 3, 1975.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-53 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-53 - Wild pigeons protected; penalty

23:4-53. Wild pigeons protected; penalty  Any provision of law or of the State Fish and Game Code to the contrary notwithstanding, no person shall capture, kill, injure or have in possession, living or dead, or attempt to capture, kill or injure, a wild or passenger pigeon, or destroy or interfere in any manner with the nest or eggs of a wild or passenger pigeon, under a penalty of two hundred and fifty dollars ($250.00) for each offense. Amended by L.1948, c. 448, p. 1818, s. 63, eff. April 1, 1949.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-55 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-55 - Beaver trapping permits

23:4-55. Beaver trapping permits  23:4-55. No person shall trap, take, capture, kill or have in possession a beaver, except as authorized by a valid permit at a time and in a manner prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code. In the absence of provisions for a season and limit in the code, the season shall be January 15 through and including February 15 of each year, and the season limit shall be five beavers per permit. Permits shall expire on the last day of the open season. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may issue up to and not exceeding 200 permits in any one calendar year. The fee for this permit is $15.00. The penalty for violating this section is a fine of no less than $100 and no more than $200. The Division of Fish and Wildlife may, in its discretion, issue permits to owners or lessees of land to control beavers that are destroying said property. Amended 1946, c.165; 1948, c.448, s.65; 1954, c.34; 1999, c.412.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-56 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-56 - Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservations

23:4-56. Acquisition of land by United States for migratory bird reservations  Consent of this state is given to the acquisition by the United States by purchase, gift, devise or lease of any areas of land or water, or of land and water, in this state which the United States deems necessary for the establishment of migratory bird reservations in accordance with the act of congress approved February eighteenth, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-nine, entitled "An act to more effectively meet the obligations of the United States under the Migratory Bird Treaty with Great Britain by lessening the dangers threatening migratory game birds from drainage and other causes by the acquisition of areas of land and of water to furnish in perpetuity reservations for the adequate protection of such birds; and authorizing appropriations for the establishment of such areas, their maintenance and improvement and for other purposes," reserving, however, to this state full jurisdiction and authority over all these areas not incompatible with the administration, maintenance, protection, and control thereof by the United States under the terms of said act of congress.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-57 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-57 - Penalty for liberating foxes

23:4-57. Penalty for liberating foxes  No person shall liberate a fox within this state, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each offense.
NJ Rev Stat § 23:4-58 (2021)
2021 New Jersey Revised Statutes|Title 23 - Fish and Game, Wild Birds and Animals|Section 23:4-58 - Possession of live fox prohibited; penalty

23:4-58. Possession of live fox prohibited; penalty  No person shall have a live fox in possession in this state except by permission of the board, under a penalty of one hundred dollars for each live fox so had in possession.