These days my implement for Deer Hunting is a bow.
In NJ, the "Hunting Rifle" has been a thing of the past for many years now.
Opening day shotgun on Hamburg Mountain, say at the end of Silver Lake Road, is about as close as I’d like to get to actual firearm combat. A couple of friends bowhunt there and say there are some beautiful deer in the area, as long as you stay away from the war zone.