You may not be able to hunt lions and tigers and bears in Delaware, but you can hunt opossum, tundra swans, mourning doves and cottontail rabbits. They are among the many hunting seasons to open, or already have opened, this month. The season includes the general firearm deer season, also known as the shotgun season, which runs from Friday, Nov. …
Fancy a low-digit Delaware hunting license? Enter State Fair raffle
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control will give away a low digit hunting license during its first-ever hunting license raffle. A raffle ticket will be given to any Delaware resident hunter who buys a 2023/2024 license at the DNREC Building at the Delaware State Fair between opening day, Thursday, June 20, and noon July 27. The winner’s name …
Several hunting seasons opening, continuing in December
Several Delaware hunting and trapping seasons will open in December, including a special antlerless deer season. The antlerless deer season will open Dec. 10 and extend through Dec. 18, and multiple furbearer trapper seasons will open Dec. 1. Duck, Canada goose, woodcock, snipe, and other hunting seasons also open during the month. The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental …
Multiple hunting seasons to open in November
Next month’s general firearm deer season, commonly known as the “November shotgun season,” will be open from Nov. 11 through Nov. 20. That’s just one of many hunting seasons set to open next month, along with the special deer hunt open only to youth and non-ambulatory hunters on Saturday, Nov. 4 and Sunday, Nov. 6. Duck, Canada goose, and other …
Multiple hunting seasons to open in October
Additional Delaware hunting seasons are set to open in October, including various deer firearm seasons, duck, snow goose and other migratory game birds – as well as the one-day youth-only waterfowl hunt. The youth-only waterfowl hunt will occur on Saturday, Oct. 15, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced Tuesday. Deer hunting is allowed on all Sundays …
Hunting opportunities still available as season nears end
The Snow Goose Conservation Order aims to help reduce the large snow goose population that is damaging the species’ Arctic nesting grounds, as well as wetlands and agricultural lands on their migration routes and overwintering areas/Getty Images A wide variety of hunting opportunities are available in February, including the opening of the Snow Goose Conservation Order that begins Tuesday, Feb. …
Yo, Bambi and friends: Firearm hunting season opens in January
A white-tailed doe. Photo courtesy of US Fish and Wildlife Service. Firearm deer hunting states in January, and the state is encouraging hunters to target does to help manage the size and quality of Delaware’s deer population, the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced Wednesday. Deer hunting is allowed on all Sundays through January 2022, using only those …
Additional hunting, trapping seasons to open in December
Waterfowl hunters await as ducks are called into their decoy spread. US Fish and Wildlife Service photo. Delaware’s third duck hunting season segment will run from Friday, Dec. 10 through Monday, Jan. 31, 2022 and the second Canada goose hunting season segment will run from Friday, Dec. 24 through Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, DNREC announced today. December will also bring the …
Delaware in the 1920s: F. Scott Fitzgerald, ghost-hunting and a few du Ponts
A new novel called ‘Ellerslie’ is a ghost story set in a riverfront mansion in Edgemoor in the Roaring ’20s.
What to do, expect when you go hunting for a COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware
The best simple advice is to register with the biggest suppliers, because you’ll need an account to schedule and maybe just to see the appointment calendar.