DOVER, DE – Delaware’s month-long spring wild turkey hunting season, which ended May 11, 2019 yielded a harvest of 564 birds, slightly lower than last year’s harvest of 571 birds, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Toms (males at least two years of age) accounted for 439 of the harvested birds this year, […]
Continue ReadingDOVER (June 24, 2019) – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife today announced the winning entries in the 2018/19 Delaware Hunting Photo Contest. First place was awarded to Harry Hoch, Jr. of Greenwood for his submission of “Hunting Memories,” featuring his father Dr. Harry L. Hoch and friend Bill Cole, after a successful hunt near […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources announced that the statewide spring turkey season will kick off Saturday, April 13 with Junior Turkey Hunt Day. All hunters can try to bag a bird during the regular statewide spring turkey season, April 18-May 23, 2019. For the first part of the regular hunting season, April 18-May 9, […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – The results are in, and two artists have won top honors in Delaware’s Waterfowl Stamp and Trout Stamp art contests. A painting of an American wigeon and a chocolate Labrador retriever by Guy Crittenden of Richmond, Va., will grace the 2020/21 Delaware Waterfowl Stamp. A painting of a rainbow trout by Jeffrey […]
Continue ReadingSpecial turkey hunt for youth hunters and disabled hunters on April 6, 2019 DOVER, DE – Delaware’s month-long spring turkey hunting season opens Saturday, April 13 and runs through Saturday, May 11, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife announced today. Hunting hours are a half-hour before sunrise until 1 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Only bearded […]
Continue ReadingThe Maryland Department of Natural Resources is now accepting public comment on the proposed 2019-2020 Migratory Game Bird Hunting Seasons. The comment period continues until noon on March 15, 2019. Proposed season dates for all migratory game birds can be viewed on the department’s website. The seasons will be finalized in spring 2019, after the […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife is promoting additional hunting opportunities in February with the opening of the Snow Goose Conservation Order Feb. 4 and the second special youth waterfowl hunting day on February 9, 2019. Snow Goose Conservation Order The Snow Goose Conservation Order will be open Monday, Feb. 4 through […]
Continue ReadingYoung hunters have one more chance this season to hone their skills with the help of an experienced adult during a Youth Waterfowl Hunt Day Feb. 9, reports the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Youths up to 16 years of age may hunt coots, ducks, geese and mergansers on private and public land, when aided […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation has announced that a section of Cape Henlopen State Park will be closed to accommodate a managed deer hunt taking place Thursday, January 24, 2019. The park’s main entrance will be closed for the DNREC-managed hunt, meaning bay and ocean beaches north of Herring Point cannot […]
Continue ReadingDOVER, DE – With Delaware’s annual wild turkey hunting season approaching, DNREC’s Division of Fish & Wildlife Hunter Education Program reminds both resident and non-resident hunters that they must pass a turkey hunting course approved by the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife before they can legally hunt turkeys in the First State. Other hunter […]
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