Sponsored by:
Senator NILSA CRUZ-PEREZ
District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)
Senator DIANE B. ALLEN
District 7 (Burlington)
Assemblyman JOHN J. BURZICHELLI
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman RONALD S. DANCER
District 12 (Burlington, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean)
Assemblyman ADAM J. TALIAFERRO
District 3 (Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem)
Assemblyman ANTHONY M. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris and Somerset)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Oroho, Assemblymen Space and Thomson
SYNOPSIS
Authorizes use of tracking dog to search for and recover wild deer during prescribed hunting season.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the use of dogs to track wild deer and amending R.S.23:4-46.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. R.S.23:4-46 is amended to read as follows:
23:4-46. a. No person shall at any time, or for any reason, hunt for, track, search for, seek, capture, or kill a wild deer with a dog.
b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection a. of this section to the contrary, a person permitted by the Division of Fish and Wildlife may use a certified tracking dog on a lead to search for and recover deer lost by a hunter during any hunting season for deer prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code.
(cf: P.L.1957, c.116, s.1)
2. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
Current law (R.S.23:4-46) prohibits a person from using a dog, at any time, or for any reason, to hunt for, track, search for, seek, capture, or kill a wild deer. This bill would amend the law to allow a person authorized by the Division of Fish and Wildlife in the Department of Environment Protection to use a certified tracking dog on a lead to search for and recover deer lost by a hunter during any hunting season for deer prescribed by the State Fish and Game Code.