Hunters Permitted to Take Feral Hogs During Deer Season in Zone 25

August 31, 2009

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection\’s Division of Fish and Wildlife has been issued a Special Wildlife Management Permit to control feral hogs in Deer Management Zone 25. Feral hogs compete with wildlife for available food sources, prey upon ground-nesting birds and small mammals and may carry disease. For these reasons, feral hogs are classified as a potentially dangerous exotic animal. The increase in the population of feral hogs has also resulted in damage to lawns, golf courses, farm crops and forests in Gloucester County.