N.J. Stat. § 23:3-36
All licenses under sections 23:3-28 to 23:3-39 of this Title shall expire on March 15 of each year, except that if the time under which licensed hunters are authorized to shoot upon any preserve is extended beyond said date, pursuant to law, the license to operate such preserve shall not expire until the end of such extended period.
No renewal of a propagating license for pheasants, partridge or quail in a semiwild state or for a "commercial pheasant, quail and partridge-shooting preserve" license shall be granted until the required number of birds have been released as provided in section 23:3-29 of this Title, or until the applicant has produced evidence satisfactory to the division that the liberation requirements of 23:3-29 have been met.
N.J.S. § 23:3-36