Drake's Waterfowl Guide
Barnegat, NJ 08005
ph: 215-620-1384
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NEW JERSEY 2013-2014 MIGRATORY BIRD SEASONS
DUCKS
North Zone: Oct. 12 - Oct. 24 Nov. 16 - Jan. 11
South Zone: Oct. 19 - Oct. 26 Nov. 16 - Jan. 16
Coastal Zone: Nov. 2 - Nov. 12 Nov. 28 - Jan. 25
Daily bag limit: 6 ducks which may NOT include more than: 4 mallards (not more than 2 hen mallards),
4 scoters, 2 redheads, 2 scaup, 6 goldeneye, 6 long-tailed duck, 6 ruddy duck, 2 canvasback, 2 pintails, 6 wigeon, 6 shoveler, 6 blue-winged teal, 6 eider, 1 black duck, 3 wood ducks, 6 gadwall, 6 bufflehead, 6 green-winged teal, 6 ring-necked duck.
Mergansers (Common, red breasted and hooded): 5; of which only 2 may be a hooded mergansers.
Merganser limits are in addition to duck limits.
BRANT
North Zone: Nov. 16 - Nov. 30 Dec. 24 - Jan. 11
South Zone: Oct. 19 - Oct. 26 Nov. 16 - Dec. 12
Coastal Zone: Nov. 2 - Nov. 12 Dec. 21 - Jan. 14
Daily bag limit:2
YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTING DAYS
North Zone: Oct. 5 Nov. 2
South Zone: Oct. 12 Nov. 9
Coastal Zone: Oct. 26 Nov. 16
Daily bag limit: 6 ducks with species restrictions; 3 Canada geese; 2 brant, 25 light Geese
CANADA GOOSE
September Season (Statewide)
Sept. 2 - Sept. 30
Daily bag limit: 15
The following special regulations apply:
1. Electronic calls permitted
2. Shotguns capable of holding no more than 7 shells (including magazine and chamber) are permitted.
3. Hunting hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
NOTE: THESE SPECIAL REGULATIONS ONLY APPLY TO THE SEPTEMBER CANADA GOOSE SEASON.
CANADA GOOSE
Regular Season
North Zone: Nov. 16 – Nov. 30, Dec. 14 - Jan. 25
South Zone: Nov. 16 – Nov. 30, Dec. 14 - Jan. 25
Coastal Zone: Nov. 28 – Dec. 7, Dec. 10 - Jan. 25
Daily bag limit: 3 singly or in aggregate to include cackling and white-fronted geese
Special Winter Season (Two Zones):
Jan. 27 – Feb. 15
Daily bag limit: 5 singly or in aggregate to include cackling and white-fronted geese
SEA DUCKS; SEA DUCK AREA ONLY
Sept. 24 - Jan 25
Daily bag limit: 7 singly or in aggregate to include long-tailed ducks, eiders and scoters; except no more than 4 scoters
LIGHT GOOSE
Regular Season
Statewide: Oct. 17 – Feb. 15
Daily bag limit: 25, singly or in aggregate to include greater and lesser snow geese and Ross’s geese
Conservation Order
Statewide: Feb. 17 – Apr. 5 2013
Daily bag limit: None; includes greater and lesser snow geese and Ross’s geese
The following special regulations apply:
1. Electronic calls permitted
2. Shotguns capable of holding no more than 7 shells (including magazine and chamber) are permitted.
3. Hunting hours: 1/2 hour before sunrise to 1/2 hour after sunset.
4. A valid hunting license, federal and state duck stamps, HIP certification and NJ Light Goose Conservation
Order (CO) Permit ($2.00) are required.
5. The NJ Light Goose CO Permit is available ONLY from the Division’s web site or by mailing: Light Goose
Permit, NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife, Code 501-03, PO Box 420, Trenton, NJ 08625-0420. A request for
mailed permits must include: 1) Photocopy of 2014 Hunting or All-Around Sportsmen license which clearly
shows the Conservation ID Number and DOB, 2) Check or money order for $2.00 payable to NJ Division of
Fish and Wildlife, 3) Self-addressed, stamped envelope, 4) Daytime telephone number. The light goose
permit will not be available until January 2014. As part of the permit process, hunters will be required to
report their activity and harvest as requested on the permit. Check the Division’s web site in late winter for
more details.
NOTE: THESE SPECIAL REGULATIONS ONLY APPLY TO THE LIGHT GOOSE
CONSERVATION ORDER
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Drake's Waterfowl Guide
Barnegat, NJ 08005
ph: 215-620-1384
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