FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP WHITE-TAILED DEER CONTROL PROGRAM
2023-2024 HUNTING PERMIT APPLICATION (PUBLIC)

Franklin Township Council has approved the 2023-2024 hunting season for the purposes of deer management. As such, the Township has created an application package for the issuance of permits for hunting white-tailed deer on designated Franklin Township Open Space preserves and lands.

Application is available online at https://franklintwp.seamlessdocs.com/f/hunting

If you are unable to access the on-line portal, please contact Tara Kenyon, Land Preservation and Management Consultant, to obtain an emailed or mailed copy.

Once the application is received, processed and approved, a hunting permit, hunting button and parking pass will be issued.

Applications must be completed and returned by 4:00pm on Friday, August 14, 2023 via one of the following methods:

PREFERRED METHOD: Online portal: https://franklintwpnj.org/hunting

Regular Mail:
(all applications must contain signatures)

Township of Franklin – Department of Public Works
Attention: Marianna Frederickson
40 Churchill Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873

E-Mail: hunting@franklinnj.gov
(all applications must contain signatures)

Fax:

(all applications must contain signatures)

732.249.7810
Attention: Marianna Fredrickson

In order to be considered complete, the following must be included in each submitted application:
□    Completed Hunting Permit Application (due Friday, August 14, 2023 by 4PM)
□    Signed Acknowledgement of Franklin Township’s Deer Management Program’s Rules and Regulations
□    Signed “Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement”
□    Copy of a valid New Jersey hunting license
□    Copy of Liability Insurance (minimum of one million dollars, naming the Township of Franklin as “additional insured”)

For more information, please contact Tara Kenyon, Franklin Township Land Preservation and Management Consultant, at 732.873.2500 x6279

HUNTING PERMIT APPLICATION CLICK HERE

HUNTING RULES CLICK HERE