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Essex County Deer Hunt Begins Tuesday

Do you think the county should continue the annual hunt? Let us know by voting in our Patch poll!

 

 

Let the hunt begin. 

The sixth year of Essex County's deer management program will begin Tuesday, Jan. 22. The hunt will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays until Feb. 7. 

Hunting will take place at South Mountain Reservation today and Thursday, and Jan. 29 in the afternoon only.

In addition, hunters will be allowed to track trails in the Hilltop Reservation and the old Essex County Hospital Center site in the mornings and afternoons on Jan 31, and Feb. 5 and 7. 

The hunt has also been scaled back this year. The program has been reduced from 24 hunting sessions in 12 days in 2012 to nine sessions in six days this year. 

Open/Closed

During the deer hunt, the reservations and Fairview Avenue in Cedar Grove will be closed. 

The following county recreational areas will remain open:

  • Turtle Back Zoo
  • Codey Arena
  • The Park N Ride
  • McLoone's Boathouse.  

For more information, call (973) 621-4400. 


  • After six years, do you think Essex County should continue its deer hunting program?

    (Voting has been closed for this question)
    • Yes
        16 (64%)
    • No
        9 (36%)
    • Answer not here? Let us know in the comment section below!
        0 (0%)
    Total votes: 25
    • Your vote will only count once. This is not a scientific poll. View Results Vote!
Related Topics: Deer Hunt, Essex County, Hunting, McLoone's Pier House, South Mountain Reservation, Turtle Back Zoo, and codey arena

John S Wood

9:22 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013

As long as the deer are killed swiftly and the meat is distributed for a needy cause, then it is a good thing. It is not a nice feeling when someone shoots them just for the sport and leaves them to rot. I have been eating them many years, because I cannot afford to buy meat. If you eat any kind of meat then you should not have reason to judge people that do. As far as I know it is a better grade of meat than farm raised, which are filled with phony-bologna and such.

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