NJDEP| Fish & Wildlife | Garden State Deer Classic

Thursday through Sunday January 12-15, 2023

List of Winners, 2023 Deer Classic (pdf, 215kb)
All-time Top 10 List (pdf, 172kb)

The annual Garden State Deer Classic features outstanding white-tailed deer harvested during the previous year’s hunting seasons and recognizes the hunters who took them. The deer had been entered in the Outstanding White-tailed Deer Program.

The Deer Classic is held at the Garden State Outdoor Sports Show at the New Jersey Convention & Expo Center in Edison. The 2023 show and Deer Classic took place Thursday through Sunday, January 12-15, 2023 – an event ideal for sportsmen and sportswomen and for exhibitors, drawing 40,000 sporting enthusiasts.

The Deer Classic is jointly sponsored by NJDEP Fish and Wildlife, the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, United Bowhunters of New Jersey, and the Garden State Outdoor Sports Show.

A highlight of the Classic each year is a stunning display featuring some of New Jersey’s largest bucks. The 2023 event culminated in an awards ceremony on Sunday, January 15.

As part of the Deer Classic, Fish and Wildlife biologists are present the entire time to answer questions and discuss management strategies, goals and issues. Hunting and fishing equipment manufacturers’ pro-staffers, Fish and Wildlife biologists and others also conduct seminars on various topics.

For seminar information please visit the Garden State Outdoor Sports Show website.

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