[nycredneck]

I could find nothing in NJ Regulations about bringing a tagged deer from NY into NJ. I know NY forbids Deer killed in PA to be brought in unless it's butchered or dressed a certain way ( no brain matter, spleen, etc…), but a deer from NJ is OK. Some states are afraid of CWD. Am I allowed to hunt NY and bring back a deer to be butchered here?

 

[alecsZ7]

Good question, that intrigues me as well because this will be my first year rifle hunting in NY and my butcher is in NJ..

 

[hardtime]

Good question, that intrigues me as well because this will be my first year rifle hunting in NY and my butcher is in NJ..

my neighbors been doing it for years, brings them home then to his butcher. i'll have to ask him next time I see him, if there is a law maybe he does not know about it.

 

[vince66]

I've been bringing my NYS deer back to NJ for years.. Never once had an issue..

 

[beaverman]

On page 78 of the digest under the CWD response it states its illegal to transport harvested deer carcasses or parts from a CWD endemic state without following that states CWD protocol. IN just about every CWD state that means no central nervous system tissues, and any skull parts have to be cleaned and bleached before transport. So you can bring meat back but not a whole deer carcass, and if you want to keep a rack you have to skull cap and clean/bleach the skull before bringing into NJ.

 

[nycredneck]

So NY not being a CWD state makes it OK, great, now I just time to go AND shoot a deer.

 

[mikejd]

So NY not being a CWD state makes it OK, great, now I just time to go AND shoot a deer.

Exactly.

 

[beaverman]

NY is a CWD state so its not legal to bring a deer carcass into NJ from NY

 

[beaverman]

Look at the CWD stuff on pg 78-79. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/pdf/2014/dighnt74-79.pdf Any state on the map on pg 79 with yellow in it is a CWD endemic state (CWD confirmed in wild population)

 

[230grain hollowpoint]

One place I hunt I drive through NYS near the state line and hunt in NJ. Where I park my truck is actually in NJ; but I must drive through NYS and back into NJ to go home. I have done this in the past with NJ killed deer in my truck. I plan on doing it again this year. I wonder if that is legal.

 

[LoneWolf76]

I live and hunt in Ringwood NJ, however also hunt Sterling Forest which is 3.4 miles from my house if deer are supposed to be butchered prior to me driving home I've got problems!

 

[allenl]

My best friend has been bringing them back from Northern Maine for many years with no problem*

 

[hunterbob1]

Am I allowed to hunt NY and bring back a deer to be butchered here?

Yes and do it proudly!

 

[JerseyJay]

I get deer to mount all the time from pa and ny... Guys bring me a cape with the skull and brain still in it..
Fish and game just sends me a cwd awareness packet saying to wear rubber gloves when dealing with brains and spinal chords... I guess that means it's legal- just be careful?

 

[teddrick]

Last year there were CO’s in Port Jervis on Saturday of the NY buck season who turned a friend of mine around when asked where the deer was shot, and indicated above Birmingham, turned around and got off the next exit.
As far as I know to the letter of the law NY deer are not allowed in NJ unless butched.

 

[teddrick]

My best friend has been bringing them back from Northern Maine for many years with no problem*

Harvested in Maine and brought through NY in Jersey OK.

 

[MTW]

The answer to your question is it is 100 percent legal to transport a dead deer into NJ as long as you can export it from another state. So if a CWD endemic area or state allows you to export a dead deer then it is legal to bring that deer into NJ. This is one of the issues we have been fighting for 10 years now with fish and wildlife. This makes a lot of sense???? Yet we have had closed borders for live deer importation since 2002.

Tim Matthews, NJ Deer Farmers Association

 

[teddrick]

The answer to your question is it is 100 percent legal to transport a dead deer into NJ as long as you can export it from another state. So if a CWD endemic area or state allows you to export a dead deer then it is legal to bring that deer into NJ. This is one of the issues we have been fighting for 10 years now with fish and wildlife. This makes a lot of sense???? Yet we have had closed borders for live deer importation since 2002.

Tim Matthews, NJ Deer Farmers Association

from page 78 of the 2014 compendium
• Issued an advisory for New Jersey hunters bringing
home venison from CWD-endemic states
making it illegal to import into New Jersey a harvested
deer carcass or deer parts from any state
with CWD in wild deer unless strictly following
that state’s CWD protocol.

What am I missing?

 

[MTW]

Last year there were CO’s in Port Jervis on Saturday of the NY buck season who turned a friend of mine around when asked where the deer was shot, and indicated above Birmingham, turned around and got off the next exit.
As far as I know to the letter of the law NY deer are not allowed in NJ unless butched.

Apparently the CO's are trying to persuade hunters that it's not a good idea to bring carcasses in to NJ, it is not against the law.

 

[MTW]

As far as NJ is concerned it is an advisory not against the law in New Jersey. If NY allows you to export then it is 100% legal to import into NJ.