Zone 5 Question

[LanceinNJ]

I spend a lot of weekends in Sussex Co in my GF’s summer getaway. I was looking at the tax map and noticed some pretty big chunks of land that said were owned by NJ DEP. How would I go about finding if these are huntable. I’d love to do some Zone 5 Turkey hunting this spring. 

[Bucksnbows]

1 minute ago, Lanceinpa said:

I spend a lot of weekends in Sussex Co in my GF’s summer getaway. I was looking at the tax map and noticed some pretty big chunks of land that said were owned by NJ DEP. How would I go about finding if these are huntable. I’d love to do some Zone 5 Turkey hunting this spring. 

Virtually all WMAs are fully open to hunting.  I can think of one small WMA that is just a pond you can fish which is not huntable, but that's in a different county.  

[Bucksnbows]

If your girlfriend's summer place is at a place like Culver Lake, there is also a ton of federal land open to hunting as well as Stokes State Forest in addition to the two big WMAs in that zone.   

[LanceinNJ]

Not Culver but a similar community. I’m not at all familiar with Zone 5, but I don’t think these are WMA’s. I could be wrong though. Gonna take a ride next weekend and explore. 

[Bucksnbows]

Here's a NJ link to our WMAs:  https://www.nj.gov/dep/fgw/wmaland.htm

We also have State Parks and State Forests, both of which have hunting, but not always or they have certain areas closed as does Stokes SF.  Then we also share with PA the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area that I believe is fully open for spring turkey hunting.  But zone 5 turkey has Kittatinny Valley State Park and the Paulinskill WMA listed as the only public lands.  Zones around Z5 have a lot more public lands if those two sites don't pan out for you in your scouting tour.  

[LanceinNJ]

I was looking at the maps, but the lands I'm looking at are neither of them. I think my best bet is gonna be take a ride up and explore. My internet searches today, have already proven to be pretty successful.  

[NotJust22s]

There are no deer in zone 5, move on.

[Rusty]

1 minute ago, NotJust22s said:

There are no deer in zone 5, move on.

But for the record, he's turkey hunting.  

[LanceinNJ]

2 hours ago, NotJust22s said:

There are no deer in zone 5, move on.

I’m pretty content with my 150 acres in Bedminster. Thanks though. 😎

[Nomad]

Gobblergetter is in 5, no turkey's left.

[Batsto]

Great Question! I do some some hunting down by Tuckahoe WMA and large piece of land was just purchased by NJ. It is adjacent to WMA land, but the old posted signs are still up.  I am going to check with the local ranger to see if hunting is allowed. 

[LanceinNJ]

11 hours ago, Nomad said:

Gobblergetter is in 5, no turkey's left.

Oh boy. That's definitely trouble. That guys a machine. LOL

[Daktari]

deer zones and turkey zones are very different in that area...........just sayin..........................

[Buck154]

On 2/21/2019 at 8:39 PM, Nomad said:

Gobblergetter is in 5, no turkey's left.

[LanceinNJ]

I went up this weekend and the property I looked at wasn't very promising, but I have a few more leads I'm gonna check next weekend. Also gonna knock on some doors. Really nice area  all-around though.