New Jersey § 23:4-48

§ 23:4-48.

Except as otherwise specifically permitted by this article: any person hunting for,

pursuing, shooting at, taking, killing, wounding, having in possession in this State

or attempting to take, kill or wound a deer of any description other than as permitted

by the State Fish and Game Code, hunting for, pursuing, shooting at, taking, killing,

wounding, having in possession in this State or attempting to take, kill, wound or

possess any wild deer at any time, except during the period designated therefor by

the State Fish and Game Code, or in the absence of such provision in said code, except

during the period designated therefor in this article; or killing in any one year

more than the number of deer permitted by the State Fish and Game Code, or hunting

for, pursuing, stalking or shooting at a wild deer, except by daylight on the days

designated therefor by the State Fish and Game Code, or killing a deer in this State

at any time and failing to report the same in the manner prescribed by the division,

or killing a deer in this State at any time and failing to properly tag and transport

the deer to a checking station for registration as provided in R.S. 23:4-47 , or using or carrying a rifle of any kind or description for the purpose of hunting

or pursuing deer, or violating any of the other provisions of this article or of the

Fish and Game Code promulgated thereunder, or violating any other provisions of this

Title or the Fish and Game Code pertaining to the taking of deer of either sex, shall

be liable to a penalty of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 for the first

offense and not less than $300.00 nor more than $1,000.00 for the second and each

subsequent offense.