Cape May NWR
Cape May County, NJ
!4 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
12K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
New Jersey Wildlife Refuge Hunting
New Jersey has 5 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 5 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (24.5K ac), Cape May NWR (12K ac) and Great Swamp NWR (6.8K ac).
5refuges & stations
23hunt units
49.5Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in New Jersey
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New Jersey by the numbers
- Open16,850 ac 23%
- Special regulations32,683 ac 44%
- Closed25,231 ac 34%
13.3K
7.9K
All refuges & stations in New Jersey
Edwin B. Forsythe NWR
Atlantic County, NJ
✓1 open!3 special✕3 closed
🦌🦆🦃🕊️🐇🎣
24.5K huntable acres
Great Swamp NWR
Morris County, NJ
!2 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐇
6.8K huntable acres
Supawna Meadows NWR
Salem County, NJ
✓1 open✕3 closed
🦆🕊️🎣
1.4K huntable acres
Wallkill River NWR
Sussex County, NJ
!3 special✕2 closed
🦌🦆🦃🐦🕊️🐇🎣
4.9K huntable acres
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Atlantic County 1 refuge
- Burlington County 1 refuge
- Cape May County 1 refuge
- Morris County 1 refuge
- Ocean County 1 refuge
- Salem County 1 refuge
- Sussex County 1 refuge
Hunting in New Jersey: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow New Jersey seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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