This is not the full law. Consult the Division of Fish and Wildlife for further details. All persons are reminded that the statues, code and regulations are the legal authorities.
From the N.J. Fish & Wildlife Digest, A Summary of Rules and Management Information
Vol. ? No. ?                                                                                                    AUGUST 2010
Deer Transport Tags and Requirements


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buck

Transport Tags

Deer Check

Deer Check Station Closed?

Possesion/Sale

Supplemental Transport Tags

Youth / Farmer Transport Tags



Transport Tags

Immediately upon harvesting any deer, hunters must complete in ink all information requested on the Transportation Tag either attached to your license, the regular zone specific deer season permit, the Antlered Buck Permit, or the supplemental tag. Be sure to use the Transportation Tag corresponding to the hunting season for the deer you harvested.
1. A valid transportation tag must be detached from your license or permit then securely attached to the deer immediately after it has been killed.
2. Youth and farmer hunters creating a handwritten transportation tag (see youth/farmer transport tagst for a tag you can print out) must include the following information: hunting license number (youths only), Conservation ID number, date, hunting season, gender of deer, number of antler points, county, township and deer management zone.
3. Transportation Tags from 2010 permits are valid for the entire length of the Permit Bow, Permit Muzzleloader and Permit Shotgun seasons including January and February 2011, if the zone specified on the original permit is open for hunting on those dates.
4. All Supplemental Deer Transportation Tags are valid immediately for taking another deer on the day of issuance.
Mandatory Deer Check Requirement

Immediately upon harvesting any deer, hunters must complete in ink all required tags.
1. All hunters are required to register harvested deer. Bring your deer to the closest official deer check station (see Check Station list .pdf file).
2. Be discrete when transporting deer to and from a check station, butcher or taxidermist.
3. Deer must be taken to the check station by person who killed the deer, on the day killed, by 8:00 p.m. during the regular Fall Bow Season and by 7:00 p.m. during all other seasons.
4. Transportation Tags must be surrendered to the check station operator. Check Station personnel will attach a legal metal possession seal to the deer and, if applicable, will issue a New Jersey Supplemental Transportation Tag for the harvest of another deer. It is the hunter's responsibility that hte seal is attached and locked on the deer.
5. Remember: Bring your hunting license and applicable deer season permits to the check stations. Youth/Farmer TRANSPORT TAG INFORMATION
When deer are recovered too late and/or the check station is closed:


1. Any unchecked deer must be immediately reported by telephone to the nearest NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife regional law enforcement office.

Call the Northern Region
Law Enforcement office at
(908) 735-8240 		Call the Central Region
Law Enforcement office at
(609) 259-2120 		Call the Southern Region
Law Enforcement office at
(856) 629-0555
For deer harvested in these counties:
Bergen          Hudson     Somerset
Essex           Morris        Sussex
Hunterdon     Passaic     Warren 		For deer harvested in these counties:
Burlington     Monmouth
Mercer         Ocean
Middlesex 		For deer harvested in these counties:
Atlantic        Cumberland
Camden       Gloucester
Cape May     Salem

2. Leave a message on the recorder with your name, phone number, Conservation I.D. number, sex of deer and from which deer management zone the deer was taken.

3. Check your deer the following morning at the nearest deer check station. If weather conditions necessitate butchering the deer immediately, you must bring head and hide to be checked the next day.
After checking your deer -Possesion/Sale

  • Metal possession seals (affixed to deer at check stations) must be kept until all venison is consumed and as long as any part or parts, including antlers, are kept. Persons with deer mounts should write there name, legal possession seal number, date of kill, and season of harvest on the back of the mounting plate for future reference.
  • It is illegal to sell deer meat, deer antlers or any part of a deer except deer hides. However, nonprofit organizations conducting wild game dinners for social and fundraising events may offer game or furbearer meat (the sale of which is otherwise prohibited) provided that the meat had been harvested, stored and processed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

    • Supplemental Transport Tags

    Properly licensed hunters who harvest their first deer will be given a "New Jersey Supplemental Deer Transportation Tag" (supplemental tag) upon registration of their deer at a designated deer check station (NOTE: Scott's Bait & Tackle is NO LONGER a deer check station). This tag is valid for the taking of one additional deer, either an antlered or antlerless deer, if the first deer was antlerless; or an antlerless deer, if the first deer was antlered. The supplemental tag may be used in any zone open for the season (may be subject to limitations) during the Fall Bow, Six-day Firearm and Winter Bow Seasons. The supplemental tag may be used only in that specific zone for which a special season permit was issued during the Permit Bow, Permit Muzzleloader and Permit Shotgun Seasons. Properly licensed hunters that harvest a second deer may obtain and additional "New Jersey Supplemental Deer Transportation Tag" upon registration of their second deer at a designated deer check station. This tag is valid for the taking of one additional deer, either an antlered or antlerless deer, if the hunter has not yet taken an antlered deer; or an antlerless deer, if the hunter has taken an antlered deer during the season. Supplemental tags validated for the hunter's third and subsequent deer may be used only in unlimited antlerless deer zones open during the Fall Bow and Winter Bow Seasons, and in the specific zone for which a special season permit was issued during the Permit Bow, Permit Muzzleloader and Permit Shotgun Seasons. See Deer Regulation Sets for zone by zone details. Additional supplemental tags, valid only in unlimited antlerless deer zones, will be issued upon registration of each subsequent deer until the season concludes. After harvest the season limit of one antlered deer, supplemental tags will only be valid for taking antlerless deer. There is no season limit on the number of antlerless deer, which may be harvested in unlimited antlerless zones. An antlerless deer is defined as any deer with no antlers or antlers less than three inches in length. All supplemental tags are valid on the date of issuance in all zones open for the season.