I hunt Zone 2 and there and the buck/doe ratio is still out of whack but they are still hunting up there until the end of the month. Some of the classic deer area in NJ lies within Zones 1-5 and I think that Zone 4 has a lot of public land so therefore the state wants to minimize the harvest. Zone 5 is like "it's brown--it's down" and Zone 2 is just behind in that category. The shame is that these Zones can/do produce some monster bucks but the Jan either-sex hunts wipe a lot of buttons and shed bucks out.

Good luck in NW Jersey!

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