DMZ 24, New Jersey
Unit info
- Game species
- Deer, Turkey
- Group
- Zones 20–29
- Area
- 1,798 mi²
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 170
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Deer, Turkey also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedDMZ 24 covers the heart of the New Jersey Pinelands across Burlington and Ocean Counties, bounded by Routes 563 and 72, the Garden State Parkway, and the Wading and Mullica River systems. The zone is dominated by pine-oak forest, cedar swamps, and river-bottom wetlands with substantial public land including Wharton State Forest, Bass River State Forest, Penn State Forest, Stafford Forge WMA, Swan Bay WMA, and Warren Grove Recreation Area. Deer densities are moderate for the Pinelands, and the zone sees good hunting opportunity with limited suburban pressure relative to coastal zones further north.
Pine-oak barrens, Atlantic white cedar swamps, river-bottom wetlands along the Wading and Mullica Rivers; flat to gently rolling coastal plain topography typical of the Pinelands; sandy soils and dense understory scrub
moderate
Deer: 6-day antlered firearm season (second Monday after Thanksgiving), permit bow (Sep-Dec), permit muzzleloader (Dec-Feb), permit shotgun (Dec-Feb); antlerless deer unlimited under permit bow, muzzleloader, and shotgun seasons; antlered buck requires specific permit for each season type; Zone 24 assigned Regulation Set 0 indicating conservative antlerless management; Turkey: spring season (late Apr-mid May) and fall season (Sep, limited dates); Wharton SF falls within Turkey Hunting Areas 15 and 16; Bear: not applicable - DMZ 24 is in the Pinelands (Burlington/Ocean Counties), well outside the northern NJ bear range (Sussex, Warren, Passaic, Morris counties)
One of the most public-land-rich deer hunting zones in New Jersey; Wharton State Forest alone offers over 100,000 acres of huntable Pinelands habitat with extensive cedar swamp edges and oak mast flats; Mullica and Wading River corridors hold deer year-round; zone boundary excludes Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst; no Sunday hunting in state forests/parks but Sunday bow permitted on WMAs and private land
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: NJDEP official Deer Management Zones. Community info last updated 23d ago.