New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 25 - DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RULES
Subchapter 5 - 2020-2021 GAME CODE
Section 7:25-5.18 - Woodchuck (Marmota monax) hunting
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) Duration for the hunting of woodchucks with a rifle including a muzzleloading rifle shall begin on March 1 (except in years when March 1 is a Sunday in which case the season shall begin on March 2) and conclude on the Wednesday before the opening of the fall bow and arrow deer season specified in 7:25-5.25(a)1, inclusive. Licensed hunters may also take woodchuck with shotgun or bow and arrow or by means of falconry during the regular woodchuck rifle season and during the upland game season established in 7:25-5.3, 5.4, and 5.5.
(b) The hours for the hunting of woodchuck shall be sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
(c) No person shall hunt a woodchuck with a rifle without a proper and valid rifle permit issued by the division.
(d) There shall be no rifle hunting for woodchuck on the State Fish and Wildlife Management Areas, and State Parks, Forests and Recreation Areas.
(e) There shall be no bag limit.
(f) Authority: The authority for the adoption of the foregoing section is found in 23:4-1, 23:4-13 and other applicable statutes.