Anti-hunting Organizations in New Jersey:
New Jersey Animal Rights Aliance
New Jersey [top]
(609) 292-2965
www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/hunting.htm
License fee & requirements:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/hntlicfe.htm
https://www3.wildlifelicense.com/nj/start.php
where to get a License:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/agentlst.htm
About Hunter Education:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/hunted.htm
Report Poaching to:
1 (800) 222-0456 up to $200 for NJ
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/ogt.htm
Hunting regulations:
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/njregs.htm
Hunter
Harassment law:
23:7A-2. Prevention
of lawful taking of wildlife prohibited
2. No person
may, for the purpose of hindering or preventing the lawful taking of wildlife:
a. block, obstruct, or impede, or attempt to block, obstruct, or impede, a
person lawfully taking wildlife;
b. erect a barrier with the intent to deny ingress to or egress from areas
where wildlife may be lawfully taken;
c. make, or attempt to make, unauthorized physical contact with a person
lawfully taking wildlife;
d. engage in, or attempt to engage in, theft, vandalism, or destruction of
personal or real property;
e. disturb or alter, or attempt to disturb or alter, the condition or
authorized placement of personal or real property intended for use in the lawful
taking of wildlife;
f. enter or remain upon public lands or waters, or upon private lands or
waters without permission of the owner thereof or an agent of that landowner,
where wildlife may be lawfully taken;
g. make or attempt to make loud noises or gestures, set out or attempt to
set out animal baits, scents, or lures or human scent, use any other natural or
artificial visual, aural, olfactory, or physical stimuli, or engage in or
attempt to engage in any other similar action or activity, in order to disturb,
alarm, drive, attract, or affect the behavior of wildlife or disturb, alarm,
disrupt, or annoy a person lawfully taking wildlife; or
h. interject himself into the line of fire of a person lawfully taking
wildlife.
Subsections a., b., e., f., and g. of this section shall not apply to a law
enforcement officer or conservation officer enforcing the laws of this State or
any local ordinance, or a private landowner or agent thereof on land or waters
owned by that private landowner.
L.1993,c.11,s.2.
23:7A-3. Violations, penalties
3. a. The
Director of the Division of Fish, Game and Wildlife may institute a civil action
in the Superior Court for injunctive and other relief for a violation of this
act, and the court may proceed in the action in a summary manner.
b. A person who violates this act shall be guilty of a petty disorderly
persons offense.
c. A person who violates this act shall be liable to a civil penalty of
not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense, to be collected in a
summary proceeding under "the penalty enforcement law," N.J.S. 2A:58-1 et seq.
The Superior Court and the municipal court for the municipality in which the
violation occurred shall have jurisdiction to enforce "the penalty enforcement
law."
d. For the purposes of subsections b. and c. of this section, if the
violation is of a continuing nature, each day during which it continues shall
constitute an additional, separate, and distinct offense.
e. In addition to bringing a civil action for injunctive relief or any
other relief provided by law, a person who is adversely affected by a violation
of this act may bring a civil action for damages, including punitive damages and
special damages, against the violator. Special damages may include, but need
not be limited to, expenditures of the affected person for license and permit
fees, travel expenses, guide fees and expenses, and the cost of special
equipment and supplies, to the extent any such expenditures were rendered futile
by the action or activities of the violator.
L.1993,c.11,s.3.
Orange Requirement:
All hunters with firearms for deer, rabbit, hare, squirrel, fox of game birds
must wear a cap of solid Hunter Orange or other outer garment with at least 200
square inches of Hunter Orange visible from all sides. (Exception: waterfowl,
wild turkey and bow hunters.)
