63 Deer Killed In First Day Of Union County Hunt

WESTFIELD, NJ — The first day of the annual Union County Deer Management Program resulted in the death of 63 deer in total from six county parks and one municipal park.

The number of deer harvested on Monday, Jan. 9 from each park is as follows:

• Watchung Reservation (Berkeley Heights, Mountainside, Scotch Plains, Springfield, Summit) - 28
• Passaic River Park (Summit) - 9
• Lenape Park (Cranford, Kenliworth, Springfield, Union, Westfield) - 5
• Nomahegan Park (Cranford, Kenliworth, Springfield, Union, Westfield) - 1
• Ash Brook Reservation (Clark, Scotch Plains) - 9
• Oak Ridge Park (Clark) - 3
• Hawk Rise Sanctuary (Linden) - 8

Hunting in all of those parks will occur on Mondays from Jan. 9 to Feb. 6. In the event of a holiday (Jan. 16) or inclement weather on a Monday, the hunting activity will be moved to Wednesday of that week. Inclement weather on Wednesday would push the program to Friday.

Lenape and Nomahegan Parks will be closed on days when hunting is underway. However, no other parks will be closed during the conduct of this program.

The next hunting day will be on Wednesday, Jan. 18.

For the full Program Guidelines that explain the deer management program visit www.ucnj.org/deer. Anyone with any questions can call Dan Bernier, Division of Park Environmental Services, at 908-789-3682 or email him at dbernier@ucnj.org.

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