Hunting Season

We strongly urge hikers to wear safety orange clothing during large game hunting season. There are also small game seasons, turkey seasons, bow seasons and muzzleloaders seasons which are less dangerous but hikers should still be aware and consider wearing safety orange.

Currently the latest available information is for the 2005-2006 season but the official sites below may have more recent information posted before we update our listings.

New York 

For more information about the New York hunting schedules, call the Office of Parks & Recreation, (518) 474-0456, or the hunting, fishing and game licensing/sales office (518) 457-3521.

• NYSDEC - Hunting
• NYSDEC - Hunting Seasons

New Jersey

For more information about the New Jersey hunting season, call (609) 292-6685 or (908) 735-7040.

• Hunting in New Jersey 
• NJ - Full deer hunting season by zones PDF file
• NJ - Bear Season
• White-tailed Deer Information Web Pages 
• NJ Fish and Wildlife

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