New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 25 - DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULES › Subchapter 5 - 2020-2021 GAME CODE › Section 7:25-5.22 - Wild animals; possession, killing

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
(a) No person shall have in possession, kill, attempt to take, hunt for, pursue, shoot, shoot at, trap, or attempt to trap any wild mammal or wild birds unless an open season for the taking of such birds or mammals has been declared by the New Jersey Fish and Game Laws or Code and then only during the respective open seasons fixed by the New Jersey Fish and Game Laws or Code, except as provided at N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.15(a), (b), and (c). No person shall import the semen or any live member of the Cervidae family, including, but not limited to, white-tailed deer, mule deer, moose, elk, reindeer, caribou, sika deer, roe deer, red deer, and muntjac, from another state or country. No person shall bring into the State the whole carcass or intact, non-taxidermied head of any member of the Cervidae family harvested in another state or country. Only boned-out meat, cleaned skullcaps and hides, shed antlers, and clean upper canine teeth of any member of the Cervidae family may be brought into New Jersey.
1. No person shall administer or attempt to administer any chemical or biological substance, including, but not limited to, drugs, pesticides, vaccines, disease prevention or treatment, immobilization drug, or growth stimulant, nor make any alterations or affix any device to any free-ranging vertebrate wildlife without first obtaining a permit approved by the Director in consultation with the Fish and Game Council, and issued by the Division. Prior to the submission of an application, applicants must first obtain any necessary Federal permits. Each permit applicant must provide a written proposal describing the procedure, the credentials of the person(s) who will administer the substance or device, the purpose or intent of the procedure and an assessment of environmental impacts. The Division, in cooperation with the Department of Animal Science, Cook College--Rutgers University and other scientists who may be selected by the Division, will review each application and determine whether or not a permit is granted based on the overall justification and need for conducting such procedures, the qualifications of the person(s) administering the procedure and anticipated environmental impacts affecting both wildlife and humans and the probability of success in achieving the intent listed in the application. The permit shall identify the time, place and methodology to be utilized and any special conditions established by the Council. This subsection does not apply to those substances or devices used in order to control species of the genera Mus, Peromyscus or Rattus in or around buildings; or to those species possessed under a permit defined under N.J.A.C. 7:25-4 or 10.
2. No person shall hunt from or shoot at any wild animal or bird from any airborne conveyance, including an unmanned aircraft or drone. Except when authorized through a permit issued pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:25-5.32, no person shall disturb wildlife utilizing any unmanned aircraft or drone for the purpose of:
i. Hunting, concentrating, driving, rallying, or stirring up any migratory game bird to put them in the range of hunters; or
ii. Herding any wild animal or bird for the purpose of scouting, hunting, or trapping.
3. No person shall possess or use natural lures derived from deer urine, deer gland secretions or tissues, or other bodily fluid or biological material from deer.