Montclair to Count Deer on Condition No Hunt Proposed November 26, 2025 New Jersey, Montclair Local
... “What if we do the count and we’re below carrying capacity?” Johnson asked. “And then we could deduce that the impact to our forest that’s stopping regeneration and invasive species coming in is from something else?” ...
Carpenter Refuses To Leave Deer Trapped In Ravine, So She Builds A Stairway Out November 7, 2025 New Jersey, The Dodo
... Injured and alone, the deer had no way to escape. The cement walls were between 7 and 10 feet tall and went on for miles... They contacted Nancy Warner, president and founder of The Last Resort Wildlife Refuge ... storms in the next two days. If they didn’t get the deer out within 48 hours, the river would rise ... Sandy Platt Mantione, a volunteer and carpenter, to build custom stairs for the deer ...
Why Essex County's Deer Population is Growing — And What Officials Are Doing About It October 31, 2025 New Jersey, Montclair Local
...There are no concrete numbers, but the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection estimated that there were at least 174,173 deer in the Garden State in 2024, said Caryn Shinske, DEP spokesperson. That estimate is based on hunter harvest, or the number of deer killed by licensed hunters, and only for the parts of the state where deer hunting occurs ... [As of March, 2025, NJDEP had a population estimate for 2023 on its website of about 115,000 in hunted areas taken from graphic. There is no supporting data on the NJDEP web site for the population reported here. Hunting data was used to estimate a 2024 population of 118,000].
N.J. deer hunting season begins, bringing a $100M economic boost. See rules, fees. September 24, 2025 New Jersey, NJ.com
... Deer hunters contribute more than $100 million annually to the New Jersey economy by providing a financial benefit for different businesses in the state, according to information from the state Department of Environmental Protection...
Backyard deer hunt sparks controversy in Saddle River, New Jersey September 15, 2025 ABC7 New York
... The program allows people with proper permits to bow hunt in Saddle River, the only town in Bergen County that allows residential backyard hunting... animal rights groups oppose the program, and some residents are concerned about allowing hunting in residential areas...
Deer killed with arrow found near N.J. preschool, police investigating September 8, 2025 New Jersey, Yahoo on MSN
... Police are looking for the person responsible for killing a deer with an arrow after the carcass was found on an athletic field near a public preschool school in Hudson County ... determined the buck was shot by an arrow at another location and died on the athletic field ...
Accidents, complaints spur Pascack Valley deer forums September 7, 2025 New Jersey, Pascack Press
... Montvale Mayor Mike Ghassali said the council will consider authorizing a thermal drone scan this fall to measure the borough’s deer population... the technology would provide accurate counts even in dense vegetation or low light ... He stressed the borough does not support culling and will instead seek “humane and sustainable alternatives.” ...
Saddle River signs contract with United Bow Hunters to control deer population August 27, 2025 New Jersey, northjersey.com
... t is the only bow hunting program in Bergen County, begun in 2018 and suspended only in 2023 to evaluate data on the program's success. As announced in the borough's summer newsletter, and posted on the borough's website, saddleriver.org, an April thermal survey of the borough's deer population counted at least 228 deer in its 5.38 square miles ...
Desperate deer are getting caught in netting in North Jersey August 25, 2025 New Jersey, NJ 101.5
... In the towns of Englewood and Tenafly, they have been seeing a number of white-tailed deer in the predicament of walking around with tangled netting on them... The tangled deer are able to move about and eat ... but it’s something that’s clearly impacting their quality of life...
Two orphaned fawns make unlikely home behind Toms River craft store August 21, 2025 New Jersey, Shore News Network
... Store staff say the pair appear to be thriving, eating natural vegetation and sticking close together for safety. Despite the lack of a maternal figure, both animals have managed to grow, displaying what staff described as clear signs of bonding and mutual care...
From rescue to courtroom: Lawrence woman faces charges for keeping a deer August 6, 2025 New Jersey, The Jersey Vindicator
... When an orphaned fawn wandered onto Cammy Lowe’s farm in Lawrenceville, New Jersey in 2019, she quickly took him in, fed him, and devoted herself to keeping him warm and safe ... “First of all, she doesn’t know where the deer is,” Hartmann said. “And second of all, we’re not going to give the deer up because they’re just trying to kill it...
Forest Restoration Project is Underway July 23, 2025 Town Topics
... The process will remove invasive species and replace the many dying and dead Norway spruce and Eastern white pines with nearly 5,000 healthy native trees and shrubs, to be protected from deer by fencing and caging until they are well established...
Hillsborough, 170 Deer Harvested In Hillsborough During 2024-25 Hunting Season May 28, 2025 New Jersey, Patch
... The presentation revealed that 170 deer were killed during the 2024-25 hunting season, which is the highest number the Township has seen since its inception in 1997. There were 146 deer harvested during the 2023-24 hunting season in the township, which is the second highest amount ...
Deer hunt at Morristown National Historical Park is over − for now March 18, 2025 New Jersey, Daily Record on MSN
... "Our goal was to reduce that to under 20 per square," Pfister said, adding the program will resume on an as-needed basis. "We will conduct another survey later this year or early next year. The numbers are always going to determine the path forward." ...
New Jersey residents, shelter rally to rescue deer with severe tumor March 9, 2025 Shore News Network
...A distressed deer suffering from a suspected fibroma was rescued after concerned residents alerted the Associated Humane Societies/Popcorn Park Shelter...
Police apprehend poachers after Ring doorbell captures illegal kill on camera February 21, 2025 New Jersey, The Cool Down
... a Ring video camera captured a deer being shot in the driveway of a home in Lexington, New York, in November 2023. The footage also showed two people backing into the driveway in a black pickup truck, loading the deer, and driving away. A year later, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police found the same truck ...
New Jersey deer poachers caught on camera nabbed in NY after year-long investigation January 14, 2025 syracuse.com
... a Ring video camera captured a deer being shot and collapsing in the driveway of a home in Lexington, NY. The video also showed two people back into the driveway, load the deer into a black pick-up truck with New Jersey plates ...
Have you ever seen a white deer? Meet Pete, Allendale's resident piebald deer January 9, 2025 New Jersey, northjersey.com
... often confused with albino deer, but piebald deer have some brown fur and brown eyes ... "He lifts up your spirits. It makes you happy to see him," Cusato said. "It also kind of stresses me out because of the traffic and the deer. I don't want anything to happen to him. The people love to see him." ...
Deer Cull Returning To Essex County For 2025 January 7, 2025 New Jersey, Patch on MSN.com
... Since 2008, a total of 3,226 deer (2,041 deer and 1,185 unborn deer) have been killed as part of the cull. ... The Animal Protection League of New Jersey is planning to hold two protests as this year's hunt kicks off...
Princeton Deer Management Plan Is Stalled December 18, 2024 New Jersey, Town Topics
... Princeton is looking to become the first town in the state to gain a permit to use fertility control to manage its deer population... Town Topics reached out to F&W requesting information about Princeton’s application and specifically F&W’s apparent stonewalling and opposition to non-lethal deer management, but had received no response by press time Tuesday...
Lesniak Calls On Murphy And LaTourette To Stop Inhumane Fish & Game Council's Deer Management December December 11, 2024 New Jersey, Insider NJ
... Former Senator Raymond Lesniak today sent a message by email to Governor Murphy and DEP Commissioner LaTourette to take control of the Fish & Game Council’s Deer Management Program. In the message Lesniak cited information from Princeton Mayor Mark Freda detailing the Fish & Game Council’s refusal to consider sterilization as a more effective and certainly more humane approach to deer management as requested by Princeton’s Mayor...
Mahwah and Saddle River, Deer Hunting Protest Planned In Mahwah This Week November 19, 2024 New Jersey, Patch on MSN.com
... the borough of Saddle River voted to allow bowhunters to decrease the population of deer and coyotes in a planned "cull" in the fall... a statewide group called the Animal Protection League has amassed 800 signatures on a petition to stop that hunt...
Deer Hunt Underway In Montgomery Township October 14, 2024 New Jersey Hillsborough, NJ Patch
... Montgomery’s Deer Management Program began in 2001 after a Township-wide infrared survey was conducted and found the deer population to be around 88 deer per square mile ...
Acorn Boom in New Jersey: A Natural Phenomenon September 26, 2024 New Jersey, 106.3 The Bear - iHeart
... The acorn boom has significant effects on local wildlife. Animals that feed on acorns, such as deer, bear ..,
N.J. deer population is dropping, but complaints over deer destruction are on the rise August 25. 2024, New Jersey, WHYY
... According to official estimates, the deer population in the Garden State is trending downward, now standing at 115,000 ... based on hunter harvest data [2023 hunt data is the most recent with 35,573 deer taken, so apparently Brian Schumm, an assistant biologist with the State Division of Fish and Wildlife, is referring to a 2023 estimate] ... He said the population estimate is probably accurate for parts of the state where hunting is permitted, but inaccurate for areas where hunting is reduced or prohibited...
Solebury Sees Drop In Deer Population August 21, 2024 New Hope Free Press
... Although Ray suggests “An ideal number for a healthy forest ecosystem is 10 deer per square mile” research from the U.S. Forest Service for Northeast forests finds “when deer populations were reduced to just-right densities (from about 28 to about 15 deer per square mile in that particular landscape) populations of wildflower indicator species such as trilliums and Canada mayflower started to recover” See this and other related research This analysis applies to a large forest where habitat may allow different deer densities. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource finds that “The number of deer that a community wants is a community decision. There is no biologically correct number. The biological carrying capacity of many of our urban areas can be over 100 deer per square mile.” See this and other related research See an analysis of related work by Ray
Saddle River, United Bowhunters of New Jersey sign 1-year agreement for deer hunt August 20, 2024 New Jersey, News 12 Networks
... all participants in this program must be members of the United Bowhunters of New Jersey ... Participants can kill coyotes and white-tailed deer, but only if the coyote is incidental to killing a deer...
They plan to hunt deer in my Central Jersey neighborhood. Very bad idea August 10, 2024 New Jersey, NJ.com
...In Saddle River, a bucolic borough in Bergen County, deer-car collisions rose 66% when the council initiated a hunt against majority resident opposition (the borough eventually “suspended” the hunts). Residents obtained 65 police reports concerning incidents directly related to hunter activity...
State officials want to confiscate a deer living at a Lawrenceville farm August 8, 2024 New Jersey, Planet Princeton
... a fawn wobbled toward her ... followed the fawn's path in the woods and found a dead mother deer ... was told the county would not pick the fawn up ... began taking care of him ... New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife showed up ... informing her that the fawn would be seized for evidence ... her petition for a Wildlife Permit was denied ...
New Jersey Town Advances Plan to Surgically Sterilize Individual Deer to Reduce Herd July 15, 2024 Field & Stream
... But before the plan can take effect, it must be approved by the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife—which has twice before rejected Princeton’s requests to start a surgical sterilization program ... The current deer density ... is estimated at 43 to 51 deer per square mile...
Princeton Seeks to Add Darts and Surgical Staples to Its Deer-Control Arsenal July 10, 2024 New Jersey, TAPinto
... Princeton Council approved a solution for dealing with the town’s over-population of deer: Surgical sterilization... the town’s deer management contractor, White Buffalo Inc., the sterilization team hopes to treat at least 40 female deer this winter...
Important Information Regarding Deer Management Zones 45 and 46 July 9, 2024 New Jersey, NJDEP
... DMZ 45 and DMZ 46 are open for deer hunting for the 2024 Fall Bow, Youth Archery Day, 6-Day Firearm, and Youth Firearm Day ONLY... Closures are a result of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) mortalities from 2021 and 2022 and a failure of the population to recover..,
Suspected New Jersey Shoplifter Fled Police, Hid a Baby Deer in a Shopping Bag June 7, 2024 Shore News Network
... During the interaction, a fawn peeked out from the bag, leading officers to detain him for illegal possession of a deer...
Officer Reunites Baby Deer With Mother In Highland Park May 16, 2024 New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ Patch
... someone found a baby deer, picked the animal up and brought it to Highland Park Police headquarters... the deer was now separated from its mother ... Humane Law Enforcement Officer Alaina Giles was able to reunite the fawn with its mother ...
Attention NJ Deer Hunters - We Need Your Input! - NJDEP April 12, 2024
... Please take our survey ... New Jersey is considering significant changes to its Deer Hunting Regulations ...
Saddle River suspends deer culling program after five years. Here's why March 17, 2024 New Jersey, The Record, Bergen County on MSN.com
... "We have data indicating deer accidents have actually gone up in the borough since the hunting began, possibly because the deer are scared onto roads by the hunters," Lin said [Animal Protection League of New Jersey attorney Doris Lin] ...
Annual national deer stats report! March 15, 2024 New Jersey, Sullivan County Democrat
... New Jersey hunters take the highest percentage of deer with archery equipment at 65 percent of the harvest ...
Wayne, Decision looms for funding of 8-foot-tall deer fence at Laurelwood Arboretum in Wayne February 6, 2024 New Jersey, NorthJersey.com
... It would be set back 50 feet from all streets surrounding the arboretum... Mayor Christopher Vergano, an ardent supporter of the arboretum, said the outlay is an appropriate use of tax dollars. “I don’t have a problem with spending our money on our park,” ...
No, it’s not an abandoned overpass. The story behind N.J.’s wildlife bridges. January 8, 2024 New Jersey, NJ.com on MSN
... “What the overpasses have done allows animals to access either side of 78,” Zarate said. “We know they work in successfully moving animals and equate to less likely being killed on the road.” ... “Deer was a main driver for the project,” ...
Controversial Deer Hunt Will Return In Essex County For 2024 January 2, 2024 New Jersey, Patch on MSN
... “We urge you to stop wasting our taxpayer money and spend the $1 million or so that you have wasted over the years to plant trees (and use deer protection as you do in Brookdale Park, which allows the trees to grow with no issue),” Our Green West Orange stated...
Hilltop Deer Hunt Starts Next Week January 2, 2024 New Jersey, MyVeronaNJ
... Since the hunts were first held in 2008, a total of 3,057 deer (1,926 deer and 1,131 unborn deer) have been removed ...
Endangered since the 1990s, NJ's bobcat population is now on the rise January 2, 2024 New Jersey, northjersey.com
... according to a recent study by the Department of Environmental Protection ... there are 200 to 400 bobcats thriving in the Garden State..,
Safe Driving in NJ During Deer Mating Season November 26, 2023 New Jersey, 92.7 WOBM
... According to the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, there are over 15,000 deer-to-vehicle accidents every year..,
“He Looks Like A Tiger” – Giant Bobcat Snatches Baby Deer In New Jersey Backyard November 1, 2023 Whiskey Riff
... video then cuts to a few moments later when the predator that potentially caused this damage revealed itself. A giant, and I mean GIANT bobcat comes out of the tree line to snatch up the still writhing fawn...
Deer 'Struggling' in Rough Tide Returns to Shore With Help From Surfer October 3, 2023 New Jersey, Yahoo Canada Sports
... “He was struggling as the incoming tide was rough that morning,” ... a happy outcome, as the animal regained the shore safely, after “a little help from a surfer” ...
Deer leaps from Route 3 overpass and crashes through vehicle windshield on Route 21 September 27, 2023 New Jersey, Yahoo
... crashed through the windshield of a vehicle heading south on Route 21 in Clifton, police said. After the deer wound up in the lap of the driver, 45, of a 2016 Jeep Compass, the driver lost control of the vehicle ...
