Garden State Deer Classic

Friday through Saturday – March 1-2, 2024

List of Winners, 2024 Deer Classic
All-time Top 10 List (through 2022-2023 season)

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 2024 Deer Classic was held during the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs Annual Convention at the Crowne Plaza Princeton Conference Center in Plainsboro, NJ. The Awards Ceremony for the most outstanding deer harvested during last year’s 2022–23 hunting seasons took place at the Federation’s Awards Banquet, Saturday, March 2 at 5 p.m.

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 NJ Outdoor Alliance – Environmental Projects.

The 2023 Deer Classic took place Thursday through Sunday, January 12-15, 2023.

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, 2023.

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.

Outstanding Deer Program and All-time Winners Lists

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Garden State Deer Classic

Friday through Saturday – March 1-2, 2024

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