The 2015-16 Hunting and Trapping Digest is available on this page in PDF format only.
Note that errors in the print version have been identified; for information on the errors in the print version only see 2015-16 Hunting and Trapping Digest Corrections.
Past issues of the Hunting and Trapping Digest are linked below.
Complete 2015-16 Hunting and Trapping Digest (pdf, 16.1mb)
DIGEST SEGMENTS
Cover - Page 7 Contains: Table of Contents; License Fee Information; Councils; Mission and Goals; Director's Message; Highlighots of Regulation Changes; About this Guide; and advertisements. (pdf, 2.5mb)
Pages 8 - 15 Contains: Licenses, Permits and Stamps Information; Disabled Vet License Information; Lottery Application Information; E-mail List Information; NJ WILD Outdoor Expo; and advertisements. (pdf, 2.3mb)
Pages 16 - 21 Contains: Deer Season Permits Information; Permit and License Agents; and advertisements. (pdf, 2.6mb)
Pages 22 - 33 Contains: Youth Hunts Information; General Hunting Regulations; Edible Portions of Game Animals; Ten Safety Tips for Crossbow Shooting Success; Farmer Hunting and Permit Information; Deer Harvest Report Cards; Deer Hunting Regulations; Feral Hog Information; Firearms, Bows and Ammunition Legal for Deer Hunting; General Seasons vs. Permit Seasons; and advertisements. (pdf, 1.8mb)
Pages 34 - 43 Contains: Deer Management Zone Descriptions; Be Sure of Your Target and Beyond (Violation Information); 2014-15 Deer Harvest Summary; and advertisements. (pdf, 1.7mb)
Pages 44 - 55 (except pages 48-49 below) Contains: Deer Season Regulations Sets; NJ Hunting, Law Office and Regulation Information; Operation Game Thief; Emergency Contact Card; Special Areas Deer Hunting Season Information; How Far Can Your Firearm Shoot; Hunters Helping the Hungry; and advertisements. (pdf, 1.0mb)
Pages 48 - 49 Contains: Deer Management Zone/Regulation Sets Map with Regulation Set Reference Chart (Zone:Reg Set). (pdf, 2.0mb)
Deer Management Zone/Regulation Sets Map with Regulation Set Reference Chart (Zone:Reg Set). (jpg, 220kb)
Pages 56 - 69 Contains: What's Happening with Muskrats? (feature); Bear Hunting Regulations; Small Game Regulations and Seasons Summary Table; Weights and Coyote/Fox Season; Growth Rates of Rockport Rockets; Woodchuck Season; Fall and Spring Turkey Seasons; Youth Turkey Hunt; Turkey Check Stations; Trapping Regulations; Migratory Bird Regulations; September Canada Goose Regulations; Report Banded Birds; What Do I Need to Hunt Migratory Birds?; Free Waterfowlers Clinic; Be a Conservation-Minded Trapper (Bobcat); and advertisements. (pdf, 2.7mb)
Pages 70 - 73 Contains: WMA Regulations; WMA Ranges; Landowner-Hunter/Trapper Agreement (HUNT SMART) Card; Garden State Deer Classic; Outstanding Deer Program; and advertisements. (pdf, 530kb)
Pages 74 - 79 Contains: CWD Update; State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs; A Synthesis of Waterfowl Harvest in NJ (feature); and advertisements. (pdf, 1.0mb)
Pages 80 - 85 Contains: Invite Quail Onto Your (Restored) Land (article); Free: Your Upland Habitat Evaluation Offered; Governor's Surf Fishing Tournament; Become a Hunter Education Instructor; Sunrise/Sunset Table; Public Deer Hunting Land; Maps Available; Safety Zone Information; Hunting Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges; and (pdf, 3.0mb)advertisements. (pdf, 2.3mb)
Pages 86 - 91 Contains: Hunter's Showplace Advertising Section (pdf, 3.2mb)
Pages 92 - 94 Contains: Telephone Directory; and advertisements. (pdf, 350kb)