New Jersey offers sportsmen and women more than 500,000 acres of state-owned public open space providing a diversity of habitats from hardwood ridges and rolling hills to pine forests and salt marsh. This total includes more than 308,000 acres in 121 Wildlife Management Areas, specifically managed to enhance wildlife populations and provide for wildlife-oriented recreation. Click Here for more information.
Hunters can enjoy more than a hundred days of deer hunting, including seasons for bow, shotgun and muzzleloading rifle. Multiple bag limits are the rule in most zones. The 2005-06 deer harvest was 59,657. In addition, some of the best waterfowl hunting on the East coast is found in the Garden State. Snow geese, brant, black duck, mallard, bufflehead and a variety of other waterfowl species provide extensive hunting opportunities, especially on the coastal marshes. The Rockport Pheasant Farm produces 55,000 pheasants annually for release on selected Wildlife Management Areas. The wild turkey, reestablished in the late 1970s, continues to increase throughout the state with the population now estimated at 20,000 - 23,000 with an annual harvest of more than 3,000. Click Here for more information.
Windy Hollow Hunt Northern NJ
Foxhunting. It has been referred to as the sport of kings and the king of sports, but it is in fact enjoyed by people of almost all ages and occupations. There is nothing in sport, and there is hardly anything in life, which quite resembles it. By definition, the Hunt exists to promote and encourage education about riding to hounds and foxhunting.
Twin Pine Rod and Gun Club 9 Dreahook East, Whitehouse Station NJ908-534-0531 TPR&GC is a non-profit organization with 45 active members in addition to honorary, inactive honorary & junior members. We lease land, hunt small & large game, stock semi-wild pheasants, have access to some of the best NJ and NY fishing streams & own a mortgage free house in East Branch, NY.
Winfield Sports club (No Website)
Winfield Community Center Winfield, NJ 732-826-6041
They are located in Union County but they accept members from across the state as they fish all over the tri-state area! A great club for the Outdoorsmen. They meet the second Thursday of every month at the community center in Winfield Park.
CENTRAL NEW JERSEY
HUNTING CLUBS
Hook and Hoof Whitings Road, Whitings, NJ
Hook and Hoof located in Whiting, NJ is a family oriented group of responsible and safe hunters and anglers. Meetings are on the 2nd Monday of month. Large bunk room, spacious dining hall. Shotgun, bow, muzzleload and fishing.
Woodruff Rod and Gun club Hawkin Road, Jackson NJ
Woodruff Rod and Gun is a large group of dedicated and SAFE sportsman who all share the same passion for the outdoors. Woodruff is a renowned sportsmans club in existence for over 50 years. Woodruff was first located on Woodruff road in New Egypt but soon relocated right around the corner to Hawkin Road in Jackson. We at Woodruff take pride in our club and the friendships that come along with it. If we're not hunting or fishing, we're spending time in the woods and enjoying the outdoors. Woodruff is a deer-drive hunting club.
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY
HUNTING CLUBS
Buckeye Gun Club, Inc. 501 Rt. 72E, Barnegat, NJ (609) 387-3087 The Buckeye Gun Club, Inc. shall be a non-profit organization. It's purpose shall be to legally hunt, in a sportsman like manner, that game which may be legally available in the State of New Jersey, and to also own and maintain a lodge and range to be used by the membership during the hunting season and at other times, by members, for social purposes. Club meets on the first Saturday of the month at 6:00pm at the club.
American Whitetail LTD Vincetown NJ 856-546-1982
Today, American Whitetail LTD LLC manages over 2300 acres of leased and owned properties. We provide seasonal deer hunting memberships to about 100 individuals and offer fully guided hunts through our subsidiary Falling Leaf Outfitters throughout all of the deer hunting seasons.