POLL: You must pick 1 and 1 only change to NJ deer hunting regulations

[JHbowhunter]

14 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

Make those areas their own zone . Very easy to then set separate regulations 

and WMAs should NEVER overlap into same zone as private. I believe WMA's should be a zone unto itself, and probably other state and federal lands as well, like state forests and parks, and water gap, etc.   The word "unlimited antlerless" should never exist in those areas 

[MGHunter66]

Everyone wants to reduce buck tags but not get rid of baiting😂that alone speaks volumes and I’ll just leave it at that.

[Bucksnbows]

1 hour ago, Scotty155 said:

So why not have specific zone regs for passaic and bergen, where it is a totally different situation than say hunterdon and warren counties?

Not a bad idea, but zones are set by habitat types and carrying capacity with certain exceptions like military bases. No reason they couldn’t make exceptions there. But that does nothing to force towns, counties or landowners to allow hunting. 

[hammer4reel]

1 minute ago, Bucksnbows said:

Not a bad idea, but zones are set by habitat types and carrying capacity with certain exceptions like military bases. No reason they couldn’t make exceptions there. But that does nothing to force towns, counties or landowners to allow hunting. 

Don’t allow permits for groups like white buffalo to come in and knock down deer numbers UNLESS.  Some type of hunting was allowed and failed at keeping numbers down .

remember NJ owns the wildlife , not the towns 

[vdep217]

1 hour ago, JHbowhunter said:

and WMAs should NEVER overlap into same zone as private. I believe WMA's should be a zone unto itself, and probably other state and federal lands as well, like state forests and parks, and water gap, etc.   The word "unlimited antlerless" should never exist in those areas 

From what I remember the reasoning was the huge swaths of unhuntable land surrounding those unlimited zones was the reasoning for the unlimited.  For example zone 51 has a huge amount of parks system within that is not huntable even by permit so having unlimited in the areas surrounding helped control the heard.   Not saying it's a perfect system but it was a plan none the less

[BowhunterNJ]

Financial credit/tax incentive for private land owners who allow hunting?

North Dakota did it, works well!

https://gf.nd.gov/plots/guide
https://gf.nd.gov/private-lands/landowner-programs

Private Lands Initiative

The mission of the North Dakota Game and Fish Department is to protect, conserve and enhance fish and wildlife populations and their habitats for sustained public consumptive and nonconsumptive use. The Department’s Private Land Initiative is the primary mechanism for applying this mission onto the private landscape of North Dakota.

The Private Lands Initiative has three main goals:

• Conservation of habitats for fish and wildlife populations
• Provide landowners interested in wildlife conservation with cost share assistance for developing and protecting habitat
• Provide the public with opportunities to access fish and wildlife resources on private land. The primary goal is habitat development and hunting access through the Private Land Open To Sportsmen program.

PLOTS provides financial and technical assistance to private landowners for habitat protection, enhancement and development. Landowners accepting assistance through PLOTS agree to allow public access for walk-in hunting. Payments and agreement lengths vary depending on type of agreement and land use.

 

[Bucksnbows]

19 minutes ago, hammer4reel said:

Don’t allow permits for groups like white buffalo to come in and knock down deer numbers UNLESS.  Some type of hunting was allowed and failed at keeping numbers down .

remember NJ owns the wildlife , not the towns 

Couldn’t agree more. It pisses me off to no end when towns use White Buffalo or a similar company to kill deer. Hunters are free, safe and highly effective given access. It really is that simple. 

[Livesintrees]

5 hours ago, MGHunter66 said:

Everyone wants to reduce buck tags but not get rid of baiting😂that alone speaks volumes and I’ll just leave it at that.

I’d like to do both. But such is life 

[JHbowhunter]

1 hour ago, Livesintrees said:

I’d like to do both. But such is life 

next poll will give two choices