hunting

The advent of the spring fishing season is signaled by the burst of fishing flea markets.

It’s “shed season”, that special time from late January through the first hints of spring in early March when slow, probing walks afield, eyes judiciously scanning the field and forest floors, reveal the discarded headgear of whitetail bucks.

With the Coastal Zone duck season drawing to a close at sunset, January 27, it’s a weeklong now-or-never dealio.

No doubt about it: the two-week deep freeze will certainly make the winter archery deer season live up to its reputation as the most challenging hunting period of the calendar year.

To say that this action fizzled would be an understatement although it can change at any moment…such is the nature of migrating stripers.

What was traditionally known for generations as “Shotgun Buck Week” but is now a grossly mislabeled “Six-day Firearm Season Week”, kicks off Monday.

The long awaited and eagerly anticipated blackfish bag limit increase commences Thursday.

It’s the highlight of the autumn hunting season.

It’s here! That magical two-week window when whitetail bucks go lovin’ loco sniffing and searching for estrus does.

The archery and archery/muzzleloader season for black bear runs from this Monday, October 9th through Saturday, October 14th.

With the statewide archery deer season commencing Saturday, it’s a very good thing that temperatures are finally beginning to cool.

Story by Tom P With the meat of the summer deli in full slice mode, make it a point to get in on the fantastic and bountiful recreational clamming opportunities available in Great and Barnegat bays and the ICW. (Check www.nj.gov/dep/bmw/waterclass.htm for the total particulars).