Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide 1 Fish & Wildlife Directory

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info.Beretta.com/DE CONTENTS 2 FISH AND WILDLIFE DIRECTORY 28 WILD TURKEY HUNTING SECTION Season Dates...... 28 4 ESSENTIAL NEWS AND REMINDERS Legal Firearms, Bows and Shot Sizes...... 28 4 LICENSE $$$ WORKING FOR YOU Public Land Permits by Area...... 28 6 GENERAL HUNTING INFORMATION 29 SEEN ANY TURKEYS? (TURKEY SURVEY) Prohibited Methods of Take...... 6 30 MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING SECTION Method of Take...... 7 Harvest Information Program...... 30 Operation Game Theft...... 9 Youth Hunt...... 30 Wildlife Action Plan...... 9 Small Boat Equipment Requirements...... 31 Private Landowner Assistance...... 9 Waterfowl Hunter and Water Survival Tips...... 31 8 PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS 34 FURBEARER TRAPPING 10 WILDLIFE AREA SPOTLIGHTS AND HUNTING SECTION Trapping Season Dates...... 34 13 YOUTH HUNTING Trapping Prohibitions...... 34 14 LICENSING AND PERMITS SECTION Hunting Seasons...... 34 License Types and Fees...... 14 36 PUBLIC LANDS HUNTING Obtaining a Duplicate License...... 15 AND TRAPPING SECTION 18 DELAWARE DEER HARVEST AT A GLANCE Public Hunting Lands...... 36 Waterfowl Hunting on Public Lands...... 36 18 DEER HUNTING SECTION Deer Hunting...... 36 Season Dates...... 19 Rules for State Wildlife Areas...... 37 Automated Deer Checking System...... 19 Area Maps...... 37 Handgun Hunting...... 21 Rules for Hunting on State Forests...... 38 Youth/Non-Ambulatory Hunt...... 22 Hunting on Federal Refuges...... 39 Deer Management Zones...... 24 Lottery Application for Public Land Hunts...... 40 26 CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE: 41 DELAWARE HUNTER ADVICE TO HUNTERS AND RULES EDUCATION PROGRAM 27 SMALL GAME HUNTING SECTION Courses Offered...... 42 Season Dates...... 27 Directions to Class Locations...... 43 Bullfrog and Snapping Turtle Seasons...... 27 Master Hunter Program...... 43 Live Fire Training...... 44 Live Fire Liability Waiver...... 45 48 SUNRISE/SUNSET TABLE

FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE

Hunting and trapping are enjoyed Delaware’s 16,860 licensed hunters currently generate $2.7 million for their excitement, relaxation and each year in combined state and federal funds. On behalf of the time with family and friends. Your Division, THANK YOU for financially supporting wildlife conservation Division of Fish and Wildlife is com- and hunting. mitted to bringing you quality hunt- Delaware’s economy also benefits from hunter spending at sporting in Delaware’s great outdoors by ing goods stores, restaurants, motels, gas stations, convenience scientifically managing sustainable stores and other businesses. Hunting contributes $61.7 million to wildlife populations and their habitats Delaware’s economy and supports 549 jobs, serving an important and by providing hunting access at role in Delaware’s “Conservation Economy.” our public wildlife areas. In the spirit of our guiding slogan, We Bring You Delaware’s Great As a hunter or trapper, you are Outdoors through Science and Service, I hope to see you in the a key partner in helping us achieve outdoors and wish you a memorable, safe and productive hunting sustainable wildlife populations and and trapping season… quality hunting through your conservation ethic and financial investment in wildlife conservation and public wildlife areas. Hunters, through hunting license revenues used to match federal funding derived from hunting equipment purchases, fund most of our wildlife management David E. Saveikis and research and the management of your public wildlife areas. Director

2014-2015 DELAWARE HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE 1 FISH & WILDLIFE DIRECTORY

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2014-2015 STATE OF DELAWARE DELAWARE Jack A. Markell HUNTING & TRAPPING WE BRING YOU DELAWARE’S GREAT OUTDOORS THROUGH SCIENCE AND SERVICE Governor WHAT’S NEW FOR DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2014 AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL TRAPPING REGULATIONS

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DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES David E. Saveikis AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL : Director DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE ADVISORY COUNCIL ON WILDLIFE AND FRESHWATER FISH: About this Guide Edward Montague, Chair This high-quality regulation guide is offered to you Garrett Grier, Jr., Vice Chair by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources Robert Nichols and Environmental Control through its unique Raymond Burris partnership with J.F. Griffin Publishing, LLC. Steven Kendus Neil Dukes J.F. Griffin is an award winning publishing house Joe Johnson that specializes in producing state fish & wildlife Craig Karsnitz regulation books. J.F. Griffin supports DNREC’s staff in the design, layout and editing of the guides. They Terry Ratliff also manage the marketing and sales of advertising to appropriate businesses within the book. State and Federal law prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex, religion and/ or disability. Complaints or inquiries should be directed to: Human Resource Office, Department of Natural The revenue generated through ad sales signifi- Resources and Environmental Control, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, DE 19901. cantly lowers production costs and generates savings. These savings translate into additional funds This summary is for the convenience of the hunters and trappers and is not intended to cover all hunting laws for other important wildlife and habitat programs. and regulations. For specific provisions, reference should be made to Title 7, Delaware Code. When federal and state laws conflict, the law which is more restrictive governs. If you have any feedback or are interested in advertising, please contact us at 413.884.1001 FOR THE ACTUAL WORDING OF THE WILDLIFE STATUTES AND REGULATIONS, AS WELL AS A WIDE VARIETY OF or online at www.JFGriffin.com OTHER INFORMATION, VISIT THE DIVISION’S WEBSITE at www.fw.delaware.gov

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DELAWARE DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE RECREATIONAL LICENSING SECTION Main Office – Richardson and Robbins Building, License information for fishing, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, Delaware 19901 hunting and trapping - (302) 739-9918 Open 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. – Mon. thru Fri. Boat Registration, Boat Ramp Certificates and except on Holidays Commercial Fisheries Information - (302) 739-9916 Wildlife Information: (302) 739-9912 ENFORCEMENT SECTION – (302) 739-9913 WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT Enforcement Complaints – 1-800-523-3336 SECTION – (302) 739-9912 Enforcement County Offices – 430 Main St. Suite 5 | Williamstown, MA 01267 Wildlife Regional Offices New Castle and Kent: 739-6139; Region 1- Augustine WA, New Castle County Sussex: 855-1901 834-8433 Boating Education – 739-9915 Region 2 -Norman G. Wilder WA, Kent County 284-1077 OPERATION GAME THEFT – 1-800-292-3030 Region 3 -Assawoman WA, Sussex County FEDERAL WILDLIFE INFORMATION– 539-3160 U.S. DERPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR available online Enforcement U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Office, Wildlife Check Stations 70 Sarah Circle, Suite F in a new Digital Edition! Little Creek: 739-4610 Camden, DE 19934 Cedar Swamp: 653-8080 Phone: (302) 697-1612 Woodland Beach: 653-4802 Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge, near Smyrna Fully searchable Email pages Augustine: 836-7294 Phone: (302) 653-9345 Live hyperlinks to One-click printing Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge, near Milton expanded content Hunter Education – (302) 735-3600 Phone: (302) 684-8419 Ommelanden Range – (302) 323-5333 DIVISION WEBSITE: www.fw.delaware.gov DIVISION FACEBOOK PAGE: www.facebook.com/DelawareFishWildlife

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ESSENTIAL NEWS AND REMINDERS FOR THE 2014-2015 HUNTING/TRAPPING SEASON

NEW DEER REGULATION CHANGES FERAL SWINE REGULATIONS LICENSE EXEMPT HUNTERS • Deer license tags – Hunters now receive 4 DEVELOPED • Hunters and trappers that are license exempt antlerless deer tags with their hunting license • It shall be unlawful to release swine (pigs) into are required to obtain an annual License instead of 2 doe tags and 2 antlerless tags. the wild, charge a fee for the purpose of killing Exempt Number (LEN) at no cost. swine, or shoot swine without first obtaining See page 19 for more information. a permit from the Division. See page 15 for more information.

NEW CWD RESTRICTIONS HUNTER/TRAPPER SNOW GEESE • New counties have been added to Penn- REGISTRATION SYSTEM • Conservation Order: The snow goose Conser- sylvania’s list of counties with deer carcass • Hunters and trappers that need to register a vation Order is expected to reopen during the import restrictions. harvested deer or obtain a HIP Number, Li- winter and spring of 2015 after other waterfowl cense Exempt Number (LEN), or Snow Goose hunting is closed. See page 26 for more information. Conservation Order Permit Number may do so by visiting www.dnrec.delaware.gov/delhunt See page 32 for more information. NEW HUNTING AND TRAPPING or by calling the toll free number 1-855-DEL- REGULATION CHANGES HUNT (1-855-335-4868). Note that the Snow • Coyote hunting and trapping season Goose Conservation Order Permit is only available through the web site. If you have problems • Nutria trapping season with these systems, call (302) 735-3600 during normal business hours (8:00a.m. - 4:30p.m.) • Trapping methods Monday - Friday.

• Red fox trapping season

See page 34 for more information.

Percent Distribution of Wildlife Section Funding 25% 17% Research 48% License Hunter Education & Wildlife Area $$$ Range Management Operations Working for You

Hunting and trapping license dollars are used to “match” federal aid dollars under the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. License funds cover 25% of approved project costs with Federal Aid covering the rest. Now that’s an investment you can “go wild” about. Hunters exempted from purchasing a hunting license may voluntarily purchase a license and/or waterfowl stamp. These purchases allow the Division to match additional federal funds for those activities shown in the adjoining chart. The Division thanks all of those who volunteer to financially support wildlife conservation in this way. 7% 1% Technical Assistance Administration of (Environmental Division Programs Reviews, Phragmites 1% Control, Assistance for Planning Landowners, etc.) (Program Development)

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PROHIBITED • For specifics on waterfowl and other migratory • Use poison or explosive tip arrows. birds, see Federal Regulations at http://www. METHODS OF TAKE - fws.gov/hunting/watres.html • Use a punt or swivel gun or any gun not normally fired from the shoulder. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO: FIREARMS AND ARCHERY EQUIPMENT FURBEARERS/TRAPPING GENERAL • Have a loaded firearm, or a cocked crossbow, • Use a trap, snare, pitfall, deadfall, cage, net, pen, • Hunt out-of-season, without a license, take in or on a motorboat while underway, or in, baited hook, baited field, drug, poison, chemical more than the daily limit, or possess unlaw- against, or on a motor vehicle or farm ma- or explosive to take game, except that muskrats, fully killed game. chinery. mink, otter, raccoons, opossum, rabbits , groundhogs, red foxes, coyotes and beavers may be • Hunt within 100 yards of an occupied structure • Transport a muzzleloader with a charge in the trapped as permitted by law. or drop shot on buildings or people. However, barrel unless the cap or primer is removed and when hunting deer with archery equipment, the gun is enclosed in a case or the striking • Hunt muskrats with a dog. a hunter must be 50 yards from an occupied mechanism is removed. structure. • Shoot or take muskrats or otters except by trap. • Hunt at night (1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 • Discharge any firearm from or within 15 yards hour before sunrise) except that frogs, raccoons MISCELLANEOUS of public road or shoot across a public road or and opossum may be hunted at night using a • Sell, trade, or barter any game or any parts right-of-way. handheld light. thereof, except as permitted by law. Hunters shipping lawfully taken game shall first ob- • Trespass with gun or dog or trap on private • Take game using a shotgun larger than 10 gauge, tain a notarized affidavit stating the game was property without prior permission of the land- a fully automatic loading gun (machine gun), or lawfully killed, and include the name of the owner whether or not the land is “posted.” use a centerfire rifle, except groundhogs, foxes sender and the number of animals enclosed. and coyotes may be hunted with a centerfire rifle. • Damage any nest, den, or lair of game animals • Shoot hawks, owls, or other wild birds, except or birds. • Use a shot larger than No. 2, except when hunt- lawfully hunted game birds, house sparrows ing deer. Waterfowl hunters may use non-toxic or starlings. • Use an artificial light to illuminate wildlife from shot up to size T. a motor vehicle for the purpose of hunting or observation. • Use a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells in total except for snow geese dur- • Use night vision or infrared devices while ing the Conservation Order. Continued on page 7 hunting.

IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT ON SUNDAY, Except to chase red fox in season and on commercial shooting preserves.

Local ordinances may be more restrictive than state laws. Check before hunting in incorporated areas.

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Continued from page 6 The Division offers special permits for certain measured from the base of the antler where it persons with disabilities to hunt from motor joins the skull to the tip of the antler following vehicles. Special facilities are also available upon any curve of the antler. request for waterfowl and deer hunting. • Possess live protected game animals. “Anterless Deer” shall mean any deer that has no antlers or antlers less than three inches in length. • Obtain live rabbits from out-of-state without SELECTED a health certificate. Longbow: “Longbow” shall mean a straight limb, DEFINITIONS reflex, recurve or compound bow. All crossbows • Permit dogs to run at large at any time. (Ex- or variations thereof and mechanical holding and cept landowners of 20 acres or more may per- Hunt: “Hunt” shall mean to chase, pursue, kill, releasing devices are expressly excluded from mit their dogs to run from October 1 through trap, take, or attempt to chase, pursue, kill, trap, the definition. February 28 on their own land.) or take any form of wildlife. • Allow dogs to run at large between the hours Possession: “Possession” in addition to its ordi- FUTURE GAME of sunset and sunrise by any person on any nary meaning includes the location in or about day. All dogs must be licensed. the defendant’s person, premises, belongings, ve- SEASONS hicle or otherwise within his reasonable control. • Use bait to hunt game, except bait may be The dates for non-migratory game seasons have used to hunt deer on privately-owned lands. Seasons: “Seasons” shall be that period of time been stabilized through 2015. Each year season during which designated species of wildlife may dates will only be changed to adjust for calendar • It shall be unlawful to release swine (pigs) be lawfully hunted pursuant to the regulations changes (except for biological emergencies). Public into the wild, charge a fee for the purpose of of the Department. It shall be unlawful to hunt input on seasons will be welcomed at monthly killing swine, or shoot swine without first those species of wildlife for which a “season” meetings of the Advisory Council on Wildlife and obtaining a permit from the Division. is designated at any time other than during Freshwater Fish. The Council normally meets on that “season.” the last Tuesday of most months in the Richardson and Robbins Building, 89 Kings Highway, Dover, METHOD OF TAKE: Wildlife: “Wildlife” shall be any animal spe- at 7:30 P.M. cies not commonly under the domestication Squirrel, Rabbit, Pheasant, Quail: Longbow or of man and including but not limited to those shotgun using no larger than No. 2 shot. Shot- animals defined by statute as “game” or “pro- guns must be plugged to hold only 3 shells (in tected wildlife.” chamber and magazine combined). Additionally, squirrels only may be hunted with .17 through “Antlered Deer” shall mean any deer with one .22 caliber rimfire or pellet firearm with a rifled or more antlers three inches long or longer, Continued on page 9 barrel or a muzzleloader rifle of not larger than .36 caliber firing a round projectile.

Snapping Turtles: May be taken with gig, trap, net or spear. Quality Deer Management Association Frogs: May be taken with spear, gig, or hook. Delaware State Chapter Deer: Longbow (in season) using sharpened broadhead arrows (min. width 7/8”).

Shotgun no smaller than 20 gauge for deer hunting using rifle slug, pumpkin ball or buckshot Shoot or Don’t Shoot? and must be plugged to hold only 3 shells (in chamber and magazine combined). It is unlawful to carry buckshot, rifle slug or pumpkin ball Your Choice. except while hunting for deer, and conversely, it is also unlawful to carry shot smaller than buckshot while deer hunting. What a difference Muzzleloader no smaller than .42 caliber. a year makes! MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS: 1 ½ 2 ½ 3 ½ Bullfrogs may be sold.

Deer killed by motor vehicle may be retained by the motorist killing the deer upon official tagging by the State Police or Division personnel.

In New Castle Co. south of I-295 and I-95 it is unlawful to discharge a firearm within 100 yards National QDMA: www.qdma.com Visit us online at of a dwelling without advanced permission. North DelawareQDMA.org to learn of I-295 and I-95 the distance is 200 yards. State chapter: www.DelawareQDMA.org how QDMA can help you State chapter phone: 302-841-0109 manage your deer herd. DE QDMA, 24558 Cypress Road, State chapter email: [email protected] Frankford, DE 19945 7 Photo Contest outdoors.” Photo entries must have been taken in Delaware and needed to depict conservationists participating in hunting and fishing activities. The 31 hunting photo entries received were judged by Fish and Wildlife Director, Dave Saveikis, and DNREC employees WinnersThe Division of Fish and Wildlife’s 2013 raphy competitions, geared toward hunt- Tony Pratt and Freda Barrett. The winning Hunting and Fishing Photo Contests mark ing and fishing activities. The 2013 photo photos are featured here while the winning the third year of these statewide photog- theme was “Conservationists enjoying the photo is on the cover.

1st Place 2nd Place “Patiently Waiting” taken by Jason Gary of Hartley, show- “Dreams Do Come True!” taken by Jennifer ing Christopher Halsey and Yukon Harris of Harrington, showing Drew Harris

In addition, three honorable mentions were selected and are presented here:

“What we bring home Black Friday” tak- “Fun in the Blind” taken by Jason Court- “Pheasant Hunt” taken by en by Molly McNatt of Clayton showing ney of Magnolia showing Stephany Kenneth Henning of Wilm- Lilah McNatt, Jason McNatt, and Courtney, Jada Courtney, Jess “lil ington, showing Ian Kanski Tanner McNatt bit” Bergold, Chris Bergold, and “Dude” the dog.

For information about future contests, visit Congratulations to all the winners! www.fw.delaware.gov

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Continued from page 7 OPERATION GAME THEFT INFORMATION

What is “Operation Game Theft”? Class 3 – Reward: up to $100.00 The Operation Game Theft Fund was estab- 1. Hunting with an illegal type of weapon. WHAT DO I DO TO lished by the 130th General Assembly to 2. Hunting from a motor vehicle. assist in the apprehension and conviction of NOTE: An additional $100 reward will be REPORT GAME LAW game law violators. The fund is comprised of given by the Delaware Chapter of the National all the fines levied for violation of game laws Wild Turkey Federation for information leading VIOLATIONS? in this state and donations. The Legislature to the arrest and conviction of anyone illegally delegated the authority to the Division of Contact the Division of Fish and Wildlife Opera- killing a wild turkey in Delaware. Fish and Wildlife to designate offenses for tion Game Theft Hotline Toll-Free at 1-800-292- 3030 anytime, 24 hours a day. You will be given which rewards will be paid and the amount How do I get paid? an OGT Case Number. You do not need to give of the reward. You will be paid in cash by the agent to whom you gave your name. your name at this time. From this phone call, a What types of offenses are covered under Fish and Wildlife Enforcement Agent will be the O.G.T. Program? Will my identity be confidential? dispatched or will return your call. Wildlife of- Up to $1,000.00 can be rewarded for informa- YES fenses need to be investigated immediately by enforcement agents if there is to be a chance of tion leading to the arrest and conviction of a person(s) involved in: Will I get paid for any information that I making an arrest. The longer the delay in getting provide? information to the agent, the smaller the chances Class 1 – Reward up to $1,000.00 No. Only information which leads to the arrest of obtaining an arrest and conviction. 1. Commercialization of Wildlife. and conviction of a violator. (Specific offenses 2. Killing of an endangered/threatened covered) PUBLIC OPINION species. Class 2 – Reward up to $500.00 It is the desire of the Division of Fish and Wildlife to continue to provide the highest level of service 1. Over limit of black ducks, canvasbacks, to the public using our wildlife areas, boating turkeys or Canada geese. access areas, ponds, and marine resources. The 2. Poisoning wildlife. management of the Division of Fish and Wildlife 3. Interstate transportation of illegally taken invites comments or suggestions on the opera- wildlife. tion of our wildlife areas, wildlife management 4. Gross over limits of wildlife. programs, wildlife laws and regulations, or any 5. Illegally hunting or trapping on a state problems encountered with Division employees. game refuge. To voice a comment or offer a suggestion, you 6. Hunting/Trapping out of season. To report game law may contact the office of the Director of Fish and 7. Possessing, tending or setting killer traps violations call: Wildlife at (302) 739-9910 or write to the Director with a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches. of Fish and Wildlife at 89 Kings Highway, Dover, 8. Illegally hunting at night. 1-800-292-3030 Delaware 19901. Your comments or suggestions will be forwarded to the proper individual for consideration. PR I VAT E L A N DOW NER KEEPING COMMON SPECIES COMMON ASSISTANCE Updating Delaware’s Wildlife Action Plan The Division of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) is in both the public and private sectors to com- Delaware landowners hold over 80% of the land beginning its 2015 Delaware Wildlife Action pile updated information on important wildlife in Delaware, making them powerful decision- Plan revision process. Over the next two species and their habitats to serve as a blue- makers when it comes to land development and years, DNREC’s DFW and its partners will print for wildlife conservation for the state. conservation. As land development increases, so does the pressure on wildlife habitat, species, work with wildlife experts and other key Residents of Delaware play an important and natural resources. Conservation efforts made stakeholders throughout the state and region role in the revision of the Delaware Wildlife by landowners are necessary to ensure healthy to develop a comprehensive plan to con- Action Plan and its successful implemen- ecosystems and wildlife populations that future serve vulnerable wildlife and natural places, tation. Please visit www.fw.delaware.gov/ generations are entitled to enjoy. To support land- enhancing the quality of life in Delaware. dwap to learn more about Delaware’s Wildlife owners in this effort, many state and federal agen- The plan is non regulatory - it is a guide and Action Plan revision and find out how you can cies offer incentive programs with technical and template on how to keep common species contribute to the process! financial assistance available to restore or enhance common and prevent rare species from For more information, contact Kevin Kalasz wildlife habitat. There are several programs avail- becoming endangered. This Revision will at (302) 735-8667 or the DE Wildlife Action Plan able within DNREC that aim to engage landown- update the 2005 assessment of Delaware’s Development Team at DEwildlifeactionplan@ ers in conservation efforts. DNREC also partners wildlife and natural places, identify the prob- gmail.com. with federal and private organizations to achieve lems they face, and outline actions needed the same goal of conserving natural resources for to conserve them over the long term. This a more livable Delaware. qualifies DNREC for matching Federal State Wildlife Action Grant program funds to sup- Delaware Wildlife Action Plan For more information, contact Bill Jones at port conservation of Species of Greatest (302) 284-4795. Conservation Need (SGCN) and their habitats. This effort will enlist the expertise of partners and stakeholders from agencies, Keeping Today’s Wildlife from Becoming Tomorrow’s Memory universities, nongovernmental organizations,

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KENT COUNTY | Ted Harvey Conservation Area The Ted Harvey Wildlife Area, located on the St. Jones River, is one funding from the Delaware Bayshore Initiative. of the most scenic State Wildlife Areas managed by the Division of The managed agricultural fields, forests and wetlands of the area Fish and Wildlife. Steeped in history, this site was one of 10 original provide habitat to migratory waterfowl, water birds and shorebirds land grants patented in Kent County during the colonial settlement of and many other species of wildlife. The area is also home to abundant Delaware. The original land grants, Towne Point and Kingston-Upon- white-tailed deer, bobwhite quail and wild turkey. Birders are attracted Hull, comprise the majority of the acres of the current wildlife area. to this site, checking off many species on their life list while occasion- Present on the site is Kingston-Upon-Hull, known as the old courthouse, ally getting a glimpse of rare birds such as the whiskered tern and the an historic homestead. The house, listed on the National Register of white-winged tern that frequented the area in 1993. Historic Places, dates back to the early 1700s. The building can still be seen as a remnant of the early colonization and plantation life. This structure is connected to the John Dickinson Plantation by a trail that hugs the marsh edge between the properties. Deeded down through the Jonathan Dickinson family, the original properties eventually came under the ownership of Delaware Wildlands under the directorship of Ted Harvey. The area was named after Mr. Harvey when the state acquired the property in 1979. Today the area comprises 3,409 acres of wildlife habitat. The area consists of 3 major tracts: the Logan Lane tract, the Roberts/ Island Farms tract, and the Buckaloo tract, which has been enhanced by the recent acquisition of the adjacent 748 acre Morris property using

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NEW CASTLE COUNTY | C&D Canal Conservation Area The C&D Canal Conservation Area, formerly known as the C&D Ca- special permits or lotteries are required to hunt on this area. Anglers nal Wildlife Area, is the northern most wildlife area managed by the can try their luck along the banks of the C&D Canal where catfish Division of Fish and Wildlife. Located in central New Castle County, and striped bass are frequently caught, or in one of the numerous the C&D Canal Conservation Area encompasses over 5,200 acres ponds on the area which contain sunfish, largemouth bass, and hy- stretching from the Delaware River to the Maryland State line, lining brid striped bass. The area also contains two dog training areas, the both the north and south banks of the canal property. The land itself is Summit Retriever Training Area which is dedicated to the training of owned by the United States Army Corp of Engineers and is leased to retrieving dogs, and the Bowl Sporting Dog Area where any hunting the Division of Fish and Wildlife through a long term lease in order to dog can be trained. Dog training area maps are available on the Divi- provide public hunting, fishing, and other wildlife dependent activities. sion’s website and provide specific rules and regulations for each area. Recent visitors to the C&D Canal have likely noticed changes with Hunters and anglers should be aware that they can no longer access the creation and ongoing construction of the Michael Castle Trail. the wildlife area by using the lower tier access road since this road is The trail is a paved blacktop trail that will allow hikers, bikers, and now the Michael Castle Trail, however the other tiered access roads horseback riders to traverse the state uninterrupted from the shores remain open to allow vehicular access to most areas open to hunting of the Delaware River in Delaware City to the town of Chesapeake and fishing. Trail users should be aware that during hunting seasons City, Maryland, a trip totaling nearly 15 miles. As part of the trail, the trail will remain open, but hunting activities are permitted on dedicated parking areas have been constructed at Biddle’s Point and the adjacent wildlife area. Hunters are permitted to walk on the trail St. Georges, with a future third site to be constructed south of Lums to access hunting locations but are not permitted to possess loaded Pond State Park. These parking areas contain public restroom facilities firearms while on the trail itself. and picnic areas, and are managed on a “Carry-In Carry-Out” basis for trash. Future plans are being developed for the construction of ADA accessible fishing piers that will replace the existing fishing piers and will be located near each of the parking areas. A hike along the trail will provide area users with the opportunity to view the water of the canal and passing vessels, as well as observe various wildlife species that call the conservation area home. The C&D Canal Conservation Area consistently ranks as one of the most heavily used public hunting areas in the state, with the total annual deer harvest ranking second only to Redden State Forest (which is more than twice as large!). Hunters can also find abundant small game populations including rabbits and squirrels, as well as a rapidly growing turkey population. With the exception of turkey hunting, no

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SUSSEX COUNTY | Assawoman Wildlife Area The Assawoman Wildlife Area is one of the busiest State Wildlife Areas species to Delaware. Expansion of the area continued between 1989 managed by the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife. Located in and 1997 with an additional 830 acres acquired as six tracts. Today, Sussex County on Little Assawoman Bay, the southernmost of the three Assawoman Wildlife Area has become a destination for hunters, crab- Inland Bays, it is “a stone’s throw” from the ocean at Bethany Beach. bers, boaters and birdwatchers. The lands of what would become Assawoman Wildlife Area were The property has many interesting features. Two historic pavilions, assembled from 1936 to 1942 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s built from 1935 – 1936 under President Roosevelt’s Public Works (USDA) Forestry Service under a farm abandonment program designed Administration’s New Deal program, are located at Strawberry and to help struggling farmers. In 1948, the Delaware Board of Fish and Mulberry Landings - popular crabbing and boat launching areas. A Wildlife Commissioners signed a 99 year lease on 1,460 acres with 50-foot tall observation tower along Mulberry Landing Road provides the USDA for the “purpose of wildlife, recreation and forest manage- a view of Mulberry and 65-Acre Ponds, and impoundments built to ment,” purchasing the same lands in 1954 to establish Assawoman attract water birds and control mosquitos. Hunters will find 19 duck Wildlife Area. The original acreage was supplemented in 1989 with blinds and 80 deer stands camouflaged and ready for each season. the purchase of the Hickman Tract (227 acres) to protect Assawoman Memorial Pond is stocked with bass and bluegills and open to “catch & Pond, which contains a very rare plant, Hirst’s panicgrass, one of only release” fishing year-round. The four mile long Self-Guided Auto Tour three known occurrences in the world. In 1984, endangered Delmarva leads motorists over dirt roads through the wildlife area to numbered fox squirrels were released onto the area in an effort to restore the posts corresponding to points of interest described in the interpretive guide. Hikers, bikers and birdwatchers can follow the seven miles of roads to enjoy the loblolly pine and American holly forest, abundant bird life and beautiful vistas. Assawoman is divided into two peninsulas or “necks,” with Muddy Neck to the north of Miller Creek and Miller Neck to the south. Miller Neck holds the three “landings” -- Mulberry, Strawberry and Sassafras -- that provide access to crabbing, duck hunting and boating and to the pavilions where picnicking is welcome. A portion of Miller Neck is designated as “refuge” to protect nesting wildlife from human disturbance. Muddy Neck, which is more remote than Miller Neck, contains large fields planted in crops to provide winter food for migrating waterfowl, several fields planted in tall native grasses for nesting birds, two fields with created shallow water wetlands and a 25-acre forested wetland restored by plugging old drainage ditches.

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YOUTH HUNTING 2014-15 SCHEDULED YOUTH HUNTS INFORMATION Youth/Non-ambulatory Disabled Deer Hunt: The Division of Fish & Wildlife is committed November 1, 2014 to providing safe and responsible hunting opportunities for youth in Delaware. The Division’s established youth hunting Youth/Non-ambulatory Disabled Turkey Hunt: programs support Delaware’s recent Children in April 4, 2015 Nature Initiative, a statewide effort to improve environmental literacy in Delaware, create opportunities for children to participate in enrich- Youth Waterfowl Hunting Days: ing outdoor experiences, combat childhood October 4, 2014 and February 7, 2015 obesity, and promote healthy lifestyles. Dela- ware’s multi-agency initiative, which partners several state and federal agencies with community organizations, is part of the No Child • Question: Does an adult accompanying a and turkey permit even if the adult is not Left Inside program. youth hunting waterfowl need to have a hunting? Also, does the adult need a license license and waterfowl stamps if he/she is not and permit if he/she is calling but not in HUNTER EDUCATION CLASSES hunting and not in possession of a firearm? possession of a firearm? Youth 10 years and older are required to take Also, does the adult need a license and wa- a Hunter Education course before purchasing terfowl stamps if he/she is calling, but not Answer: Yes. The accompanying adult must a hunting license. Youth under the age of 10 in possession of a firearm? have a valid license and must have completed may accompany an adult to a Hunter Education an approved turkey hunting education course. course, but will need to take the course again Answer: Yes. Youth hunters must be accom- Also, the accompanying adult must be at least when they reach the age of 10. panied by a licensed adult who has both a 21 years of age. state and federal waterfowl (duck) stamp. If PURCHASING A HUNTING LICENSE the accompanying adult does not have a state • Question: Does a Junior Hunter need to have • Both resident and non-resident youth ages and federal waterfowl (duck) stamp, the adult a public lands blind site permit? 13 through 15 must purchase a junior license DOES NOT have the lawful right to hunt and to hunt. may not accompany the youth hunter. Answer: Yes, unless the hunter is participating in a Division of Fish & Wildlife youth • Both resident and non-resident youth under • Question: Does an adult accompanying a hunting day. the age of 13 must obtain a License Exempt youth hunting turkey need to have a license Number (LEN) and must be accompanied by a person who is the lawful holder of a hunting license or has a lawful right to hunt. • Youth under the age of 16 do not need to MARK’S purchase a State Waterfowl (Duck) Stamp. Hopkins FREQUENTLY ASKED YOUTH BUTCHERSHOP HUNTING QUESTIONS: DEER PROCESSING & BUTCHERY GUN SHOP • Question: If a youth licensed hunter (age 13-15) turns 16 in the middle of a hunting YOU GUT ‘EM, WE CUT ‘EM! season, does that person need to purchase Over 40 years experience in meat cutting! an adult hunting license?

Answer: Yes. In this case, the youth should “First and still participating member in consider purchasing an adult hunting license The Sportsman Against Hunger Program” instead of a youth hunting license in antici- pation of turning 16 during the course of the More than 20 different processed hunting season. items available, such as:

• Question: Can a person under the age of 18 HOT DOGS • JERKY • SLIM-JIMS obtain a guide license? CHIP STEAK-BOLOGNA • FRESH SAUSAGE MEATLOAF • AND MORE!!! Answer: No. Guides must be 18 years of age or older. 24-hour drop off All meat is boneless, • Question: Does an adult accompanying a into refrigerated roasts and hamburg New & Used Guns youth hunting need to have a hunting li- safe location. are seasoned. cense? It’s your meat... Quick and friendly Gun Safes · Ammo Field dress properly service Answer: Yes. A youth must be accompanied by Beretta Direct Dealer a licensed hunter who has the lawful right to hunt. Also, if a youth is hunting his/her own Just minutes from Pennsylvania, property of 20 acres or more and are license New Jersey and Maryland. exempt, the youth may be accompanied by a Located in the River Road Industrial Park license exempt hunter who also has a lawful 729 Grantham Lane • New Castle, Delaware right to hunt that property. Shop number: Cell: 302-322-3555 302-229-0897 302-684-4878 WWW.DELAWAREDEER.COM 18647 Josephs Road · Milton, DE 13 LICENSING AND PERMITS SECTION

NOTE: In addition to the licensing requirements listed herein, ALL hunters under the age of 16 must be accompanied by an adult (18 years or older) to carry a firearm/bow.

2014-2015 RESIDENT & NON-RESIDENT LICENSES RESIDENT LICENSES PRICE

Persons 16 years or over and under 65 (16-64 years) must purchase a license to hunt in Delaware. $25.00

Persons 13 through 15 years must purchase a junior license to hunt. $5.00

Persons operating a hunting guide service must purchase a guide license. $100.00

All persons under 65 years must purchase a license to trap in Delaware after first taking an approved trapping education $3.50 course if born after January 1, 1978.

Persons 16 years or over and under 65 (16-64 years) must purchase a state waterfowl (duck) stamp to hunt waterfowl $9.00 in Delaware.

Residents over the age of 65, youth under the age of 13, and certain military personnel may hunt or trap without a license in this state. Additionally, landowners and their immediate family members that own and reside on at least 20 acres of land but only plan to hunt or trap on their own property may hunt or trap without a license in this state. ALL exempt hunters Must Obtain a LEN or trappers must obtain a free License Exempt Number (LEN). Youth must be accompanied by a person who is the lawful holder of a hunting license or has a lawful right to hunt.

NON-RESIDENT LICENSES PRICE

Persons 16 years or over to hunt in this State Reciprocal (No exemptions are made for nonresidents over the age of 65 for licenses (Min. $130.00) or stamps.) Reciprocal Persons 13 through 15 years must purchase a junior license to hunt. (Min. $50.00)

Persons operating a hunting guide service must purchase a guide license. $300.00

All persons must purchase a license to trap in Delaware after first taking an approved trapping education course if $25.00 born after January 1, 1978.

Persons 16 years or over must purchase a state waterfowl (duck) stamp to hunt waterfowl in Delaware. $9.00

Three (3) consecutive day small game license (not valid for deer or turkey). $50.00

Provided they first obtain a free License Exempt Number (LEN): • Nonr esidents or aliens who are occupants of farms in this State containing 20 acres or more who are engaged in the science of husbandry, who actually reside thereon, and the immediate members of the family of such occupants who also reside on said farm, may hunt, fish or trap on said farms without being licensed hereunder. • A nonresident, who owns but is not an occupant of a farm in this State containing 20 acres or more and where the science of husbandry is practiced, and the immediate members of the family of the nonresident farm owner may Must Obtain a LEN hunt, trap, and/or fish on the farm if the farm occupant or resident, if any, gives the owner written permission or if hunting, trapping, and/or fishing is permitted pursuant to a written lease, if any, between the farm owner and the occupant or resident of the farm. • Nonr esidents other than aliens who are under 13 years of age may hunt without a license in this State when accompanied by a person who is the lawful holder of a hunting license or has a lawful right to hunt.

NOTE: Resident and non-resident hunters born on or after January 1, 1967 must complete a state approved Hunter Education course before obtaining a hunting license. Proof of successful completion of a Hunter Education Course must be provided at the time of license purchase in order to obtain a resident or non-resident hunting license. A Federal Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp is required for any person 16 years or older to hunt waterfowl. Stamps are sold at Post Offices. No exemptions are made for persons 65 years or older for purchasing Federal Stamps. License agents may charge a service fee of up to $2.50 to issue a license, up to $1.50 for deer tags and permits, and up to $1.00 for waterfowl (duck) stamps. License year is July 1 through June 30. Resident and non-resident trappers born on or after January 1, 1978 must take a 6 hour trapper education course before obtaining a trapping license. The class is offered at the Ommelanden Hunter Education Center on Saturday or Sunday of the first weekend in December. The Junior Hunting License expires on the child’s 16th birthday. If this will occur during the hunting season, hunters 15 years of age should consider purchasing the regular hunting license instead of the Junior license prior to the season. Residents of the State of Delaware (for more than a year) 65 years and older are exempt from hunting license requirements but must have proof of age and residency. Non-Resident seniors are not exempt.

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day 7 days a week by visiting www.fw.delaware. • Train dogs out of season SOCIAL SECURITY gov with a compatible computer and printer. (available only for retrievers) We also partner with over 85 Licensing Agents NUMBER AND where licenses can be purchased including our Dover Fish & Wildlife office at 89 Kings High- TRAPPING LICENSES HUNTING LICENSES way. A complete listing of Licensing Agents can be found on our website or by calling (302) Trappers must purchase their trapping license The Delaware Division of Child Support En- 739-9918. through the Division of Fish & Wildlife. Trap- forcement has the authority, under Federal ping licenses are not available electronically Welfare Reform Legislation (Title 42 of the US from licensing agents or online. Applications Code, Section 666 (a) (13) ), to collect Social Se- SPECIAL LICENSE are available online at www.fw.delaware.gov, curity Numbers for individuals who purchase by submitting the trapping application (see page recreational hunting and fishing licenses. For AND PERMITS 17) in this guide or by calling (302) 739-9918 for more information go to www.dnrec.delaware. an application. Trappers will be issued a license gov/fw/Services/Pages/Lic-Perm-Reg.aspx REQUIRED TO: number that can be renewed annually and 25 metal trapping tags that are supplied during the (These permits are only issued at DNREC’s first purchase. Additional metal trapping tags OBTAINING Dover office located at 89 Kings Highway) are available for purchase at the Division’s Dover office. Once a trapping license has been issued, A DUPLICATE • Deal in raw furs commercially the Division of Fish & Wildlife will automatically enroll the trapper in the annual trapping license HUNTING LICENSE • Hold a field trial for dogs mail renewal program. Duplicate licenses may be printed TWO times • Ship game out of state free of charge by going to www.fw.delaware. LICENSE gov. Select Licenses, Permits and Registrations and • Breed game commercially then Lost Your Recreational License? If you need EXEMPT more information please call the Recreational • Possess skunks or raccoons Licensing Office at (302) 739-9918. HUNTERS • Operate a shooting preserve Hunters and trappers that are license ONLINE LICENSING • Possess or collect wildlife for exempt are required to obtain an an- scientific purposes nual License Exempt Number (LEN) Delaware maintains a fully automated recreational licensing system. Sportsmen can purchase • Possess live wild animals or any and print licenses from our website 24 hours a protected animals Continued on page 16

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Continued from page 15 LICENSE associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom may, for the first REQUIREMENTS 12 months following the date the resident was honorably discharged or removed from active at no cost. If a license exempt hunter chooses RELATED TO status, be issued a card to hunt and/or fish in to purchase a license anyway, then they do this State without charge. not have to obtain the exempt number. The MILITARY A member of the Armed Forces of the United LEN system was created so that game harvest States who is a patient in a military hospital may and opinions of license exempt hunters and PERSONNEL be issued a card to hunt, trap and fish in this State trappers could be evaluated and considered without charge, upon receipt by the Department when establishing new statutes, regulations and Delaware laws contain several exceptions of a written statement signed by the applicant’s policies. If you obtain this LEN, use it whenever pertaining to Recreational Licensing for the commanding officer certifying the nature of the you are asked for your license number such as Military. applicant’s disability and place of station. for registering a deer, obtaining a HIP number Military applications are available at www. Residents living in this State for at least 1 year or purchasing additional deer tags or permits. dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Services/Pages/Rec- immediately prior to the date of application for You can obtain your annual LEN at www.dnrec. Lic.aspx or by calling (302) 739-9918. Military a license who have been honorably discharged delaware.gov/delhunt or by calling the toll free licenses are not available through State Licens- from the Armed Forces of the United States and number 1-855-335-4868 (1-855-DELHUNT). If ing Agents with the exception of the DAFB for certified by the Veterans Administration as hav- you have problems with these systems, call (302) active duty military stationed in Delaware pur- ing at least a 60% service-connected disability 735-3600 during normal business hours (8:00am chasing a license. License exempt Military ex- may be issued a card to hunt, trap and fish in - 4:30pm) Monday - Friday. For questions on ceptions are only processed through the Dover this State without charge. LEN eligibility requirements please contact the office. Please call (302) 739-9918 for assistance. recreational licensing office at (302) 739-9918 or Any member of the armed forces of the United www.dnrec.delaware.gov/fw/Services/Pages/ States of America while actually stationed within SPECIAL PERMITS FOR Rec-Lic.aspx. this State shall be deemed a resident of this State for the purpose of obtaining a license to hunt, DISABLED HUNTERS trap and fish in this State. Each such application shall be supported by a written statement signed A variety of hunting opportunities exist for by the applicant’s commanding officer certifying disabled hunters in Delaware. For a list of deer the applicant’s place of station within this State. stand and waterfowl blind facilities for disabled Any resident who has served honorably for hunters, see page 38. 90 or more consecutive days on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States, including service as a member of the Delaware National Guard, in military actions in Southwest Asia Continued on page 17

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The Delaware Guide License is a relatively The guide shall retain all hunting field recent addition to the licensing require- records for a period of three years. DISABLED HUNTER CERTIFICATION CARD ments. As such, the Division of Fish and A resident or non-resident Guide/Hunt Disabled hunters must obtain a disabled hunter Wildlife gets questions related to the spe- license is valid as a Guide and a Hunting certification card to use all facilities and oppor- cifics. Here are the requirements related license. A separate hunting license is not tunities made available to disabled hunters on to this license. For those still having ques- required. State Wildlife Areas and State Parks. For infor- tions, please call the Division’s Recreational A non-resident shall be exempt from the mation on obtaining this card, call the Division Licensing Office at (302) 739-9918. guide licensing requirement only while guid- of Fish and Wildlife at (302) 739-9912. All individuals receiving monetary or in- ing hunters for snow geese (light geese), kind compensation for providing personal provided: • Disabled hunters will be grouped in two cat- guide services to hunters are required to • The non-resident is properly licensed to egories. Category 1 hunters are those whose have a Delaware Guide License. License guide in another state or Canadian prov- disabilities confine them to a wheelchair for holders must be 18 years of age or older. ince which extends the same exemption movement. Hunters in this group will be Persons acquiring a guide license must to Delaware residents; given priority for use of disabled facilities not have been convicted for violations of any on state wildlife areas. Category 2 hunters wildlife or fisheries statutes or regulations • The non-resident guide purchases a are those with other disabilities that don’t within the last three years prior to applying Delaware migratory waterfowl (duck) allow them to use traditional hunting facili- for a Delaware Guide License. stamp and obtains a Delaware H.I.P. ties and equipment. These hunters may be All persons possessing a Delaware Guide permit; eligible for specialized state stands/blinds License are required to complete and sub- and other special permits. • The non-resident resides in another state mit an annual report to the Division within or Canadian province which extends the seven days after the close of the season HUNT FROM A VEHICLE PERMIT same exemption to Delaware residents. Approved non-ambulatory hunters may be per- to include the following information which mitted to hunt specified game animals from their must be readily available for inspection by vehicle with a permit issued by the Division. enforcement officers: full name of each hunter, address of each hunter in the party, HIP NUMBERS hunting license number for each hunter, Hearing impaired hunters can obtain their Har- date, number and species of each animal vest Information Program (HIP) numbers online harvested, location of hunts and the name at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/delhunt. and license number of the guide.

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This is an application for a: Resident Trapping License...... $3.50 Non-Resident Trapping License...... $25.00 An approved Trapping Education Course is MANDATORY for all persons born on or after January 1, 1978 as per Delaware Code. You must submit a copy of your Trapping Education Card with this application in order to obtain a license (if applicable).

Name: Amount Enclosed: $ (Check or money order payable to Division of Fish & Wildlife.) Address: If you wish to pay by Credit Card, City, State, Zip code: please fill in the following required information. Drivers License #: (Must submit copy of license or proof of residency) Card Number: Date of Birth: 3-digit card code: Exp. date: Do you intend to fur trap this season?...... Yes No Trapping Education #: Signature: (Must submit copy) Date: Daytime Phone number: Social Security Number-Mandatory: Social Security number is required under authority of the Delaware Division of Mail to: Fax to: Child Support Enforcement. The license will not be issued without it. Candace Dunning Candace Dunning NEW Anyone trapping snapping turtles are required to Division of Fish & Wildlife (302) 736-7925 obtain a free snapping turtle permit number. 89 Kings Highway Email to: Dover, DE 19901 Do you need a Snapping Turtle Permit Number?.... Yes No [email protected] An additional snapping turtle permit is needed for State Questions?: (302) 739-9918 Wildlife Areas. Call (302) 735-3600

2014-2015 DELAWARE HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE 17 2013 DELAWARE DEER HARVEST Delaware BY COUNTY AND MANAGEMENT ZONE COUNTY DEER HARVEST Deer Harvest New Castle 2,947 Kent 4,183 at a Glance Sussex 7,133 ZONE HARVEST Deer hunting in the First State has come a long way since 1954 when that first 1A 1,144 year harvest topped out at 505 animals. It’s been said that many thought too many deer 1B 379 were taken that year and that the population could not sustain that sort of pressure. The 2 894 graph shows that this was certainly not the case. Annual Delaware deer harvests now 3 759 routinely top 13,000 animals. For additional harvest information visit www.fw.delaware.gov 4 547 5 717 6 803 7 1,247 8 714 9 857 10 593 11 1,166 12 748 13 687 14 594 15 693 16 1,081 17 640 2013-14 Deer Season Highlights • 14,263 deer taken – 3rd highest harvest all-time

• Record harvests for both New Castle and Kent Counties

• Most adult does harvested in a single season: 6,584

• Most male deer harvested in a single season: 6,705

• Record harvest set for both the Crossbow (1,058) and January Muzzleloader Seasons (734)

• Most deer harvested with archery equipment (compound, recurve, longbows, and crossbows combined): 2,986

• 21,223 pounds of venison donated to the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program

18 2014-2015 DELAWARE HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE DEER HUNTING SECTION 2014-2015 DEER SEASONS AUTOMATED SEASONS DATES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DEER Hunters may use archery equipment during the muzzleloader, Statewide shotgun and handgun seasons provided they wear at least 400 CHECKING Archery** Sept. 1 - Jan. 31 square inches of hunter orange material displayed on the head chest, and back. SYSTEM Hunters may use crossbow equipment during the muzzleloader, Statewide shotgun and handgun seasons provided they wear at least 400 All successful deer hunters must Crossbow** Sept. 1 - Jan. 31 square inches of hunter orange material displayed on the head, register their deer within 24 hours of chest, and back harvest. Hunters can register their Statewide deer by calling the toll free number 1-855-DEL- Muzzleloader Oct. 10 - 18 Muzzleloaders may be equipped with scopes. HUNT (1-855-335-4868) or by going to www.dn- Jan. 26 - 31 rec.delaware.gov/delhunt. Hunters will answer a series of questions by using the computer or Statewide Muzzleloaders may be used during the shotgun season, and telephone. At the end of the questions, hunters Shotgun Nov. 14 - 22 may be equipped with scopes. will be given a deer harvest registration number. Jan. 17 - 24 This number will serve as proof the animal was This season is “any method,” to include archery, muzzleloader, Statewide checked and should be kept for your records and shotgun. You may only take antlerless deer, or deer with Special Antler- Oct. 3, 4, 20, 24, and written in ink on the deer tag utilized on both antlers less than 3 inches in length. Archery (including less 25, 27, 31 the animal harvested. If you have problems with crossbow) hunters may take antlered bucks in October but NOT Dec. 13 - 20 this system call (302) 735-3600. Hunters that take during the December antlerless season. their deer to a butcher shop or taxidermist will The handgun must be carried openly in a sling or in a holster Handgun Jan. 3 - 10 need to supply their registration number to the and not concealed. See page 21 for more details. shop owner as proof the deer was registered. Youth/ Non-ambulatory Nov. 1 Disabled Hunt DRESSING **Archery and crossbow hunters may take antlered bucks during the October antlerless deer season, but NOT during the December antlerless season. Prior to registering a deer, hunters may not cut It is now legal to hunt deer with a handgun during any shotgun deer season. The handgun must be used in place of a the meat or remove any part of the deer except shotgun. You cannot carry both in the field at the same time. the internal organs (known as the viscera). The Only 2 antlered bucks may be taken during any license year by all methods and seasons combined. The license year deer must be registered using the Automated runs from July 1 – June 30. Deer Checking System phone number or website.

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less deer and 1 Hunter’s Choice deer tag at no cable would generally need to have antlers that are DEER TAGS charge. For a Quality Buck Tag, license exempt at least as wide as the space between his ear tips. hunters will have to purchase the Quality Buck After harvesting a deer, an appropriate tag Tag for $10.00 using their annual mandatory must be attached to the animal before it is field License Exempt Number (LEN). METHOD OF TAKE dressed or moved from the place of kill. Hunters Persons not required to purchase a hunting must also record the harvest date, in ink, before license in Delaware must make their own deer HANDGUN HUNTING attaching the tag to the deer. Hunters worried tags or print a template of the deer tags when Legal handguns are limited to revolvers and sin- about the tag falling off of the deer may laminate obtaining the LEN online at www.dnrec.dela- gle shot pistols with a minimum barrel length of the tags prior to heading afield, stuff the tag ware.gov/delhunt. The deer tags, along with 5.75 inches and a maximum length of 12.5 inches down inside the ear canal prior to attaching it identification and License Exempt Number and chambered for and using straightwall hand- to the ear, or place the tags inside a plastic bag. must be carried while hunting. gun ammunition in .357 magnum, .41 caliber, .41 Exempt hunters are only allowed 2 antlered magnum, .44 caliber, .44 magnum, .45 caliber, .454 RESIDENT LICENSED HUNTERS bucks during any license year by all methods caliber, .480 caliber or .50 caliber and using open Delaware hunting licenses come with 4 antlerless and seasons combined. 1 free choice tag and 1 sights, metallic/mechanical, optical or telescopic deer tags. Hunter’s Choice Tags are available for purchased quality buck tag. sights. Since the .460 rowland is a .45 caliber, it $10 and come with a free Quality Buck Tag. The is legal under the existing handgun legislation. Hunter’s Choice Tag can be used on an antlerless NON-RESIDENT DEER TAGS The handgun must be carried openly on a or antlered deer. The Quality Buck Tag can only be Non-resident hunting licenses will come with sling or in a holster and not concealed. The used on an antlered deer with a minimum outside 4 antlerless deer tags. The cost of an Antlered handguns described above may be used for the spread of 15”. Hunters will only be allowed to har- Deer Tag and a Quality Buck Tag will be $25 pursuit, taking and attempted taking (hunting) vest a maximum of 2 antlered bucks (all seasons each for non-resident hunters. Hunters may of deer on privately owned lands situated south combined) by using the Hunter’s Choice Tag and purchase only one of each tag. of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal and on the Quality Buck Tag. All other deer taken must many state-owned wildlife areas. Consult area be antlerless. Additional antlerless deer tags are QUALITY BUCK TAGS maps for more details. available for $10 each. Quality Buck tags may only be It is now legal to hunt deer with a handgun This deer tag system has been implemented used on an antlered deer with during any shotgun deer season. The handgun to encourage hunters to harvest antlerless deer an outside antler spread of at must be carried in place of a shotgun. You can- and to promote quality bucks. Revenue will least 15 inches. The distance not carry both in the field at the same time. be used to fund the phone-in deer registration between the tips of a deer’s system and to further improve Delaware’s deer ears when both ears are held management program. straight out from the head in the “alert” position is approxi- LICENSED EXEMPT HUNTERS mately 15 inches so a deer in License exempt hunters will be allowed 4 antler- which this tag would be appli- Continued on page 22

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Continued from page 21 Someone will contact them for further informa- near Laurel; In Kent County: the Woodland tion as soon as possible. Since many of these Beach Wildlife Area Aquatic Resources Educa- deer are reported during the hectic firearms tion Center near Smyrna and the Main office season, please feel free to contact us again if on the Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area near SHARPS RIFLE you have not been contacted within a few days Viola; and in New Castle County: the Augustine Hunters may use a single shot antique or au- of previously calling. Wildlife Area, in Port Penn. thentic reproduction black powder Sharps rifle of .45 to .60 caliber using paper patched bullets for hunting deer during any shotgun deer season. HUNTER ORANGE YOUTH/NON- CROSSBOWS During a time when it is lawful to take a deer AMBULATORY Crossbows used must have a minimum pull with a firearm, any person hunting any wildlife weight of 125 pounds, be manufactured after except migratory game birds in this state shall DISABLED DEER 1980, and have a mechanical safety, and may display on that person’s head, chest, and back be equipped with a scope. Crossbows shall not a total of not less than 400 square inches of HUNT, be transported in or on a vehicle while in the hunter orange material. If a hunter utilizes a cocked position. ground blind to hunt deer during a time when NOVEMBER 1, 2014 it is lawful to take deer with a firearm and the VERTICAL BOWS hunter is completely concealed within a blind, Any youth from 10 years to 15 years and non- No person shall use a compound, recurve, or then 400 square inches of hunter orange mate- ambulatory disabled individuals may hunt. longbow with a pull weight less than 35 pounds. rial shall be placed within 10 feet outside of Young hunters must be accompanied by an the blind and at least 3 feet off of the ground. adult 21 years of age or older. Hunters 13-15 BAITING years of age must have completed a Hunter It is lawful to distribute and hunt over bait while Education Course and possess a certification hunting deer on privately owned lands only. QUALITY BUCK AREAS card and must also purchase a Delaware junior hunting license. ON PUBLIC LANDS The normal bag limits and regulations apply. WHITE-TAILED Adult companions must be licensed to hunt Several quality buck areas exist on public lands. in Delaware (or exempt) but may not possess DEER RESEARCH See Public Lands Hunting and Trapping Section a firearm during the hunt. on page 36 for more information. HARVESTING TAGGED DEER This past year and over the next several years, the University of Delaware in collaboration STATE DEER RECORDS with the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife, Continued on page 23 captured and tagged deer in Delaware. All deer The Division maintains records of the top hunter received numbered ear tags, and some received taken deer based on net Boone & Crockett radio transmitter collars. Both of which allow scores on its website at www.fw.delaware. us to collect data on deer ecology and hunter gov/Hunting/Pages/DeerRecords.aspx. harvests. Hunters should treat deer with collars Any whitetails meeting Pope & Young and ear tags as any other deer. If a marked deer minimums for bow kills (125 typical, 155 non- is legal for harvest, then it may be harvested. typical), Longhunter Society minimums for COLLINS If a hunter harvests a marked deer, they are muzzleloader kills (130 typical, 160 non-typical) asked to call the phone number listed on the or shotgun kills of 140 typical and better and TAXIDERMY3939 Webb Road · Pittsville, MD · 21850 metal ear tag (302-831-4621), so information 160 non-typical and better are eligible for entry. concerning the harvested deer can be collected. The Division is interested in Delaware whitetails taken in any year. Bill Jones, Division biologist (410) 835-2782 and official measurer for Boone & Crockett, www.DennisCollinsTaxidermy.com Pope & Young and the Longhunter Society, can be contacted at (302) 284-4795 for more information.

DELAWARE Quality & Service SPORTSMAN Since 1991 AGAINST HUNGER PROGRAM – VENISON DONATION PROGRAM Whitetail & Sika Deer The Division of Fish and Wildlife maintains walk- Turkey in coolers where hunters can drop off deer for Waterfowl donation to the Sportsman Against Hunger Pro- Life Size Mounts gram. These locations include in Sussex County: the Assawoman Wildlife Area near Bethany State & Federally Licensed Beach, the Mosquito Control Office in Milford, the headquarters office at Redden State Forest near Georgetown, the Gumboro Community Center in Millsboro and Trap Pond State Park

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Continued from page 22 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS SIKA DEER Q: Will sika deer compete with white-tailed deer? WHERE ARE THEY FOUND? Young hunters must be of sufficient size and Sika deer inhabit marshes, swamps, and associ- A: Research conducted in Maryland indicates that physical strength to safely handle a firearm. ated woodlands and agricultural fields. Sika Deer white-tailed deer and sika deer can coexist and All deer taken must be registered are a small elk introduced from Asia (China, Japan, it does not appear that they directly compete Open statewide on private and public lands. Korea, Taiwan) by private citizens into Maryland with each other. However, more research is On State Wildlife Areas and Bombay Hook in 1916. Recently, their range has expanded and needed to confirm this relationship. National Wildlife Refuge that require a stand some individuals have been found in Delaware. allocation drawing, the lottery drawing will As a result, the Division will allow Delaware hunt- Q: Will sika deer breed with white-tailed deer? be held 1.5 hours before legal shooting time. ers to harvest sika deer while hunting for white- Hunters should arrive at least 1.5 hours before tailed deer. The sika deer population in Delaware A: No, sika deer will not breed with a white- legal shooting time to sign up. is still very small and the Division would like to tailed deer. The breeding season for sika For more information on youth hunting, see keep it that way. Sika deer are not native to the deer occurs in mid to late October, while the the Youth Hunting section on page 13. State, so following the Division’s goal of not pro- breeding season for white-tailed deer occurs moting nonnative species they may be harvested. in mid-November. SELLING DEER PARTS WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE? Q: Are sika deer related to white-tailed deer? They are 2.5 feet high at the shoulder, weigh 50- OR DEER MEAT 100 pounds and the sika deer coat is dark brown A: Sort of, both sika deer and white-tailed deer to black. Some even have faint white parallel are members of the deer family (Cervidae), Title 7 § 787 (d) of the Delaware Code states that spots on their back. They also have a white rump. but are of a different genus Cervus (sika “No person shall purchase, sell or expose for sale, Males (stags) are larger than females (hinds) and deer) and Odocoileus (white-tailed deer). or transport, ship or possess with the intent to have antlers. Males also have a dark shaggy mane Sika deer are actually more closely related to sell, any deer or any part of such deer, except for running down their neck. Rocky Mountain elk than they are to white- the hides of lawfully killed deer, at any time.” tailed deer. Therefore, taxidermists and deer butchers may only charge for a service and may only WHAT TO DO IF YOU HARVEST ONE? charge those to whom they are providing the Tag the deer with the appropriate tag from your service. It is illegal to sell deer taxidermy items license as you would if you harvested a white- and deer meat in Delaware. This includes the tailed deer. However, instead of registering the “recouping” of processing fees for items or meat deer via the phone/internet registration system not picked up by the legal owner. please call the Division of Fish and Wildlife at (302) 735-3600.

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Management Zones Zone 1A All land north of the line created beginning at the Delaware Memorial Bridge and following Interstate 295 to its intersection with Interstate 95 to the Delaware/Maryland boarder.

Zone 1B All land south of the line created beginning at the Delaware Memorial Bridge and following Interstate 295 to its intersection with Interstate 95, thence to the Delaware-Maryland border to the C&D Canal.

Zone 2 Land bordered north by C&D Canal, south by Route 6, east by Route 13, and west by the Maryland State Line.

Zone 3 Land bordered north by the C&D Canal, south by Route 6, east by the Delaware River, and west by Route 13.

Zone 4 Land bordered north by Route 6, south by Route 8, east by Route 13, and west by the Maryland State Line.

Zone 5 Land bordered north by Route 6, south by Road 18, east by Delaware Bay, and west by Routes 13 and 113.

Zone 6 Land bordered north by Route 8, south by Route 12, east by Routes 13 and 113, and west by the Maryland State Line.

Zone 7 Land bordered north by Route 12, south by Route 16, east by Route 13, and west by the Maryland State Line. Zone 8 Land bordered north by intersection of Routes 13 and 113, south by Route 16, east by Route 113 and west by Route 13.

Zone 9 Land bordered north by Road 18, south by Route 1, east by Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean and west by Routes 113 and 1.

Zone 10 Land bordered north by Route 16, south by Route 20, east by Route 13, and west by the Maryland State Line.

Zone 11 Lane bordered north by Route 16, south by Route 9, east by Route 113 and west by Route 13.

Zone 12 Land bordered north by intersection of Routes 113 and 1, south by Route 9, east by Route 1 and west by Route 113.

Zone 13 Land bordered north by Route 20, south by Maryland State Line, east by Route 13, and west by Maryland State Line.

Zone 14 Land bordered north by Route 9, south by Route 24, east by Route 113, and south by Route 24.

Zone 15 Land bordered north by Route 9, south by south shore of Indian River Bay, east by the Atlantic Ocean, and west by Route 113.

Zone 16 Land bordered north by Route 24, south by Maryland State Line, east by Route 113, and west by Route 13.

Zone 17 Land bordered north by Indian River Bay, south by the Maryland State Line, east by the Atlantic Ocean, and west by Route 113. Positive Test Notification Any person who imports into Delaware any Advice to Hunters and Rules deer carcass or parts of a deer carcass (e.g. antlers, meat, hide, etc…) that was tested for CWD by a state other than Delaware and is notified Concerning Chronic Wasting Disease that the animal has tested positive for CWD must report the test results to the department within 72 hours of receiving the notification. What is CWD? In order to facilitate the proper disposal of any Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a naturally be obtained by calling the Division at, (302) infected material, the department may take into occurring disease of the brain and nervous 735-3600. The following is a list of such parts: possession any imported carcass or carcass part system in deer, elk, and moose. CWD belongs of an animal if the animal has tested positive to the family of transmissible spongiform en- It shall be unlawful to import or possess any for Chronic Wasting Disease. cephalopathies (TSE) that attacks the brain of carcass or parts of a carcass of any member of the deer and elk, producing small lesions on the family Cervidae (deer, elk or moose) originating Precautions Hunters Should Take brain that eventually result in death. The body from an entire state or Canadian province or Concerns over CWD shouldn’t stop you from condition of animals that contract CWD tends portion thereof, as described by the Delaware enjoying the hunting season as CWD has not to deteriorate before death. The currently is Division of Fish & Wildlife in which Chronic been found in Delaware and has not been shown no treatment for deer that contract CWD and Wasting Disease has been found in free-ranging to be transmissible to humans. However, hunt- is invariably fatal to the animal. No cases of or captive deer. Notwithstanding the foregoing, ers field-dressing or butchering deer should human infection have been associated with the following parts may be imported into the state: take the same precautions as they might to protect against other pathogens or diseases. The CWD. Since 2002, the Division has collected • Boned-out meat that is cut and wrapped; 5,961 CWD samples from deer harvested in following common-sense precautionary meas- Delaware and none have been positive for the • Quarters or other portions of meat with no ures are recommended for the safe handling, disease (results from the samples collected part of the spinal column or skull attached; field-dressing and home processing of venison: during the 2013/14 season were still pending • Hides or capes with no skull attached; • Avoid shooting or handling a deer that ap- at the time this publication was printed). pears sick. Additional information on CWD can be • Clean (no meat or tissue attached) skull found at the CWD Alliance website www.cwd- plates with antlers attached; • Wear latex or rubber gloves when field- dressing and/or butchering deer. info.org and on the Delaware F&W website • Antlers (with no meat or tissue attached); http://www.fw.delaware.gov. • Do not use household knives or utensils. • Upper canine teeth (buglers, whistlers, or Delaware Laws ivories); and • Remove all internal organs. • Finished taxidermy products. • Avoid cutting through bones or the spinal column (backbone). Concerning CWD The states locally that have found CWD which Transporting Harvested Delaware hunters are most likely to travel to • Bone the deer (remove the meat from the Deer into Delaware are: Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and bones and spinal column). Delaware has two primary laws in place to West Virginia. From these states, hunters are help prevent Delaware from becoming a state • If you saw off antlers or through a bone, or restricted from bringing entire deer carcasses if you sever the spinal column with a knife, with CWD. If you are a hunter that plans to and may only bring the above mentioned parts hunt in a state that has found CWD there are be sure to disinfect these tools prior to using from the locations listed below. If hunters are them for the butchering or removal of meat. certain rules you need to adhere to regarding hunting in portions of these states outside of bringing your harvest back to Delaware. Cur- those areas, they are not restricted in bringing • Remove all fat, membranes and connective rently 21 states and 2 Canadian provinces have their harvest back to Delaware. tissue from the meat. Note that normal field- detected CWD. The Division maintains a list dressing and trimming of fat from meat will of locations in which hunters are not allowed • Maryland – Allegany County remove lymph nodes. to bring portions of deer, elk, or moose, which • Pennsylvania – Adams, Bedford, Blair, Cam- are at high risk of having CWD infected tissues • Never eat a deer’s brain, eyeballs, spinal bria, Clearfield, Huntingdon, Jefferson, In- cord, spleen, or lymph nodes. present back into Delaware. REMINDER: If you diana, and York Counties hunt deer, elk, moose or other cervids in other • Always wash hands and instruments thor- states and/or provinces, particularly those in • Virginia – Frederick and Shenandoah Counties oughly after dressing and processing game which CWD has been detected, check with the • West Virginia – Hampshire, Hardy, and meat. respective fish and wildlife agencies regarding Morgan Counties special regulations or specific advice for hunters • Use a 50/50 solution of household chlorine as they may be more restrictive than Delaware’s For a complete list of restricted areas within bleach and water to disinfect tools and work laws. The list of restricted states is available other states please visit the website above or surfaces. Wipe down counters and let them on our website (www.fw.delaware.gov) or can contact the Division. dry; soak knives for one hour. Delaware law restricts bringing certain portions of deer, elk, or moose from areas that have found CWD but hunters are recommended to Location of Nearby Counties take the following precautions in case they are hunting in areas where the disease is present with CWD Import Restrictions but not yet verified (this includes deer harvested in Delaware). The parts that remain after processing a deer for consumption are con- Legend sidered household waste and hunters should dispose of the skeleton, hide, and scraps in a CWD Restricted Counties sealed trash bag and place it with the rest of States their household waste for transport to a landfill. Do not dump your butchering scraps on the ground as wild deer in Delaware could come in contact with these parts and if the animal that was processed had CWD, the wild deer could become infected after coming into contact with the scraps you put out on the ground. Additionally, deer disposed along roads or on State Wildlife Areas are an eye sore to the general public and do not shed a positive light on hunters and hunting, as it gives hunters a slob like persona. Furthermore, the animals This map shows the location of nearby counties in which hunters are restricted from bringing “high risk” por- that scavenge on the meat left on the carcasses tions of harvested deer back to Delaware. The Division may add additional restricted areas if CWD is discovered in new locations. For a complete list of restricted locations across the country, please contact the Division at that have been disposed of along roadways (302) 735-3600. may be struck by cars.

26 2014-2015 DELAWARE HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE SMALL GAME HUNTING SECTION 2014-2015 SMALL GAME SEASONS DELAWARE SQUIRRELS Sussex County hosts AND BAG LIMITS two species of diurnal tree squirrel: Gray SEASONS DATES LIMIT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION and Delmarva Fox Gray squirrels may be hunted with shotguns state- Gray squirrels are quite common while wide, .17 through .22 cal. rimfire and pellet rifles Delmarva fox squirrels are so rare they are Sept. 15 - Feb. 7 and muzzleloading rifles up to .36 cal. south of the Closed during C&D Canal. Only shotguns may be used north of the on the federal Endangered Species list. Gray Squirrel 6 Nov. Shotgun C&D Canal. When a squirrel season overlaps with If you hold a Delaware hunting license, Deer Season a deer firearms season, squirrel hunters must wear you are permitted to hunt gray squirrels 400 square inches of hunter orange displayed on the but NOT fox squirrels. Before you shoot, head, chest and back. take a good look at the squirrel in your Rabbit hunters must wear at least 400 square inches crosshairs! Cottontail of hunter orange material displayed on head, chest, Nov. 24 - Feb. 28 4 Rabbit and back when hunting during any deer firearms If you have seen a Delmarva fox squirrel, season. please call the Species Conservation and Groundhogs are an unprotected species and may Research office (302-735-8651) and, if you be hunted with longbows, crossbows, shotguns, have a camera, take a picture. Thanks! Groundhogs July 1 - June 30 No limit muzzleloaders, handgungs, and rimfire or centerfire rifles. Pheasant hunters must wear at least 400 square Ring-necked inches of hunter orange material displayed on head, Gray Squirrel Pheasant Nov. 24 - Feb. 7 2 chest, and back when hunting during any deer (Male Only) firearms season. FUR: Darker gray with rusty brown Quail hunters must wear at least 400 square inches of highlights Bobwhite Nov. 24 - Jan. 3 6 hunter orange material displayed on head, chest, and EARS: Longer and pointy Quail back when hunting during any deer firearms season. BELLY: White Season subject to Federal approval Sept. 1 - Sept. 27 Hours: ½ hour before sunrise to sunset SIZE: Smaller with less bushy tail Mourning Oct. 20 - Nov. 1 15 No State or Federal Waterfowl Stamps needed. During Dove Nov. 24 - Jan. 12 September, all dove hunting on State Wildlife Areas must be done using non-toxic shot. King & Clapper Rails bag limit of 10 See Sora & Virginia Rails bag limit of 25. Rails Sept. 1 - Nov. 8 Notes Seasons subject to Federal approval. Non-toxic shot is required for hunting rails. Crows June 26 - March 28 No limit Hunting allowed Thur, Fri. & Sat. Hours: Upland game (except raccoons, opossums & frogs) 1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset. Raccoons & frogs may be hunted at night. Season for hunting on private shooting preserves is October 15 – March 31. Commercial shooting preserves may operate on Sundays during this time period. NOTE: Small game hunting may be open on some state wildlife areas during January firearms deer seasons. Consult wildlife area maps for details.

2014-2015 Delmarva Fox Squirrel BULLFROG AND SNAPPING FUR: Silver gray with creamy to white belly, ears and muzzle (rarely have any brown fur) TURTLE SEASONS EARS: Shorter and wider SEASONS DATES LIMIT* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELLY: Creamy white SIZE: Longer with fuller tail Bullfrog May 1 - Sept. 30 24 Daily May be taken with a valid hunting or fishing license. Snapping turtle minimum length is 11 inches on the curvature of the top shell. Traps must be tagged with trapper’s name and address or current year’s license number. Baited fish hooks are unlawful. A free Snapping June 15 - May 15 No limit snapping turtle permit number must be obtained Turtle* and will be issued at the time of the trapping license purchase. Those wishing to trap on Division of Fish & Wildlife lands will need to contact the Regional Manager for an additional permit for those lands. Diamondback Sept. 1 - Nov. 15 4 Daily Terrapin* *No other turtles may be sold. *Contact the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s Wildlife Section with questions: 302-739-9912.

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TURKEY SEASON CALLS PUBLIC LAND Delaware’s 2015 spring wild turkey hunting All non-electric calls will be legal. For safety TURKEY PERMITS season will run from April 11, 2015 - May 9, reasons, hunters should not imitate the male 2015. Private land hunters may hunt all 25 days gobbling call. A permit is needed to hunt turkey on public of the season. Public land permits can only be lands. See page 40 for the permit application used on the property for which they are issued. form. The number of permits issued for each Applications must be received by January 9, 2015 LEGAL FIREARMS, public hunting area by season segments A, B, to be processed for the lottery drawing. C & D is as follows: Season segments A-D for Public Land BOWS, AND Permits are: SUSSEX COUNTY (A) April 11 - April 17 SHOT SIZES Assawoman WA – 3, Marshyhope WA – (B) April 18 - April 24 4, Midlands WA – 8, Nanticoke WA – 8, (C) April 25 - May 1 1. Shotguns – 20, 16, 12, 10 gauge – legal shot Old Furnace WA – 6, Industrial Forest (Whites- (D) May 2 - May 9 sizes: #4, #5, #6 lead or steel. 7 or 7 ½ shot may ville, Edwin Bell, Ralph’s Corner) – 6, Prime Youth Day: April 4, 2015 be used if it is part of a duplex or triplex load Hook State WA – 2, Redden State Forest –30, No Sunday Hunting containing 4, 5, or 6 shot. Taber SF - 2, Industrial Forest (Barr Complex) - 5 2. Muzzleloaders – smoothbore muzzleloading shotguns only; #4, #5, #6 shot only. KENT COUNTY TURKEY HUNTING 3. Longbow/compound/crossbow – Minimum Blackiston WA – 4, Little Creek WA – 6, Milford broadhead width of 7/8 inches. Neck WA – 8, Woodland Beach WA – 4, Norman HOURS 4. Crossbows may be used for turkey hunting. G. Wilder WA – 8, Ted Harvey WA – 4, Urban/ Crossbows must meet the same standards as Fortney WA – 3 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1:00 p.m. All turkeys for deer hunting. must be checked at an authorized turkey check NEW CASTLE COUNTY station by 2:30 p.m. on the day the bird is killed. Blackbird SF – 6, Cedar Swamp WA – 4, Blackbird CLOTHING Reserve WA – 3, C&D Canal – 4, Augustine – 2 TURKEY CHECK For safety reasons, it will be illegal to wear any visible garment having the colors red, white YOUTH/NON- STATIONS or blue. AMBULATORY Locations and hours will be posted on the Divi- sion’s website www.fw.delaware.gov. just prior BLINDS/DECOYS DISABLED to the season. Information can also be obtained by calling 735-3600 or 739-9912. Temporary blinds of vegetation or camouflage TURKEY HUNT, material are legal. Artificial turkey decoys are legal. Decoys may have no parts from a formerly APRIL 4, 2015 LEGAL BIRDS live turkey. Open statewide. Any youth from 10 years to 15 AND BAG LIMIT years and non-ambulatory disabled individuals RESTRICTIONS may hunt. Young hunters must be accompanied Bearded birds only. Bag limit is one turkey by an adult 21 years of age or older. Hunters 13- per year. Dogs or bait may not be used. Hunters may 15 years old must have a valid Delaware junior not drive turkeys or shoot them while they are hunting license and must have taken a Basic at roost. Hunter Safety course as well as a Delaware approved turkey hunter safety course. The normal bag limits and regulations apply. HUNTING PRIVATE Adult companions must be licensed to hunt in Delaware and must have taken a Delaware AND PUBLIC LANDS approved turkey hunter safety class. Adult companions may not possess a firearm during the Private land turkey hunters must carry proof of hunt. Young hunters must be of sufficient size turkey hunting safety course completion. Public and physical strength to safely handle a firearm. land hunters must have an annual permit from the Division. • All turkeys taken must be registered.

• All state wildlife areas and state forests open for turkey hunting will be open for the Youth/ Non-Ambulatory Disabled Turkey Hunt. Hunters may go to any areas they choose. If overcrowding occurs, the Division may add this hunt to its pre-season lottery system in future seasons.

For more information on youth hunting, see the Youth Hunting section on page 13.

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DELAWARE BAYSHORE INITIATIVE FIRST TIME TURKEY HUNTERS Rich Natural Resources The Delaware Bayshore is recognized as an area of global ecological significance for All first time Delaware turkey hunters must its expansive coastal habitats and abundant wildlife and fish found throughout the region. successfully complete a Division approved The wild and scenic beauty of the area draws people to the Bayshore for recreational Turkey Hunting Safety class. This includes activities such as fishing, hunting, birding, boating, kayaking and other forms of ecotourism. both public and private land hunters. Bayshore Hunters MUST take the turkey hunting class The Delaware Bayshore Initiative is geared toward conserving the area’s natural lands before they can apply for a public land turkey and waters, while also preserving the agricultural and maritime character of the land- permit.To register for a Turkey Hunting Safety scape. The Initiative seeks to encourage Delawareans and visitors to pursue outdoor class call (302) 735-3600. adventures along the Bayshore by enhancing access on public lands while protecting sensitive species and habitats. The Initiative is also working to strengthen the area’s Pending regulatory changes will allow youth 12 towns and communities by encouraging local economic development, improving years of age or younger to hunt turkeys with- visitor facilities and promoting volunteerism and environmental education. out taking the Turkey Hunting Safety class, provided they are accompanied by an adult Take the Bayshore Survey 21 years of age or older who has completed DNREC is inviting recreational users of public lands along the DE Bayshore the course and possesses either a valid hunt- to participate in a survey to help the Bayshore Initiative Team with planning ing license or license exempt number (LEN). and implementing investments and projects in the Bayshore region. To take Check with the Division prior to turkey hunting the survey, visit the Bayshore Initiative website: season for more information. www.dnrec.delaware.gov/Pages/Delaware-Bayshore.aspx

Seen Any Turkeys? If you see turkeys (especially poults!) during the months of July and August please record your observations on the table below and return the survey to the Division of Fish and Wildlife. Your participation in this volunteer survey will help us measure annual turkey production and manage Photo: Dave Wolanski our turkey population. Questions? Call 302-735-3600

OBSERVER INFORMATION INSTRUCTIONS • Each time you see turkeys, record the date, • If you cannot determine sex or age, record them Name: county, and number of adult hens, poults (young in “UNKNOWN” column – that information is still of the year), & adult gobblers. Record ALL important. turkeys seen, not just broods. Use additional • Either mail, fax, or email the survey by Septem- sheets if necessary. Address: ber 10 to: • Please record the turkey management zone in Matt DiBona, which your observation was made. REFER TO Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife Phone: INCLUDED MAP. 6180 Hay Point Landing Road • AVOID REPORTING DUPLICATE SIGHTINGS Smyrna, DE 19977 (e.g. if you see the same number of hens and Fax: 302-653-6755 Email: Matthew.DiBona@ Email: poults in the same location several days in a state.de.us row, only record once).

NUMBER OF TURKEYS OBSERVED DATE TURKEY MGMT ZONE (RECORD ALL TURKEYS SEEN, NOT JUST BROODS) COUNTY (MONTH/DAY) (REFER TO MAP ON PAGE 24) HENS POULTS GOBBLERS UNKNOWN

Please cut this form out and return it to the Division of Fish and Wildlife once completed.

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bird harvests and the status of migratory bird older. No state or federal stamps are required. HARVEST species. If you are going to hunt migratory birds Thirteen, fourteen and fifteen year old hunt- in Delaware, you MUST have a H.I.P. permit. To ers must purchase a Delaware junior hunting INFORMATION obtain a permit visit www.dnrec.delaware.gov/ license. Regular season limits and waterfowl delhunt or call toll free 1-855-335-4868. hunting regulations apply. PROGRAM – H.I.P. THIS PERMIT IS FREE. For more information on youth hunting, see the Youth Hunting section on page 13. If you are a Delaware migratory bird hunter (ducks, geese, doves, woodcock, 2014-15 YOUTH *Pending Federal approval - See 2014-15 Waterfowl rails, snipe, and coots), you MUST ob- Season Summary Pamphlet for approved dates. tain a new H.I.P number each year. What is H.I.P.? WATERFOWL H.I.P. is the “Harvest Information Program” being WATERFOWL REGULATIONS WERE implemented by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service HUNTING DAYS ADOPTED THROUGH FEDERAL (USFWS). It was started in 1992 when California, REGULATIONS. Missouri, and South Dakota participated in the YOUTH WATERFOWL HUNTS, pilot program. For many years, the USFWS has OCT. 4, 2014 AND FEB. 7, 2015 collected waterfowl harvest information through Open statewide on private and public lands, in- a post-season survey of hunters who purchased cluding state wildlife areas and the federal refuges. Federal duck stamps. This survey was fine for its The lottery drawing for state blinds is 1.5 hours time, but better information is now needed. Also, before legal shooting time except for the Little CAUTION: the previous survey did not provide harvest data Creek WMA where the drawing is 2 hours before Shot carries beyond the lethal range. on other migratory birds like doves and woodcock. legal shooting time. Hunters should arrive prior H.I.P. will fulfill these needs. Under the Harvest to 2 hours before legal shooting time to sign up Duck hunters should use extreme Information Program, migratory bird hunters for the lottery. caution when selecting the direction need a special permit to hunt. To get the permit, Children 10-15 years old may hunt, but must they shoot in. hunters have to provide their name and address, be accompanied by an adult 21 years of age or and answer a few questions about their previous year’s hunting effort and success. This information is collected by the state, remains totally confidential, and goes immediately to the USFWS which NON-TOXIC SHOT randomly selects hunters to receive a survey form. This way, hunters have the forms to record harvest Non-toxic shot, as approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is required for all information during the season instead of after the waterfowl hunting within the State of Delaware. There are no exceptions. For a list fact like the old survey required. By surveying of currently approved non-toxic shot types visit http://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/ while hunting is going on, much better information CurrentBirdIssues/nontoxic.htm should be available to the Service for evaluating

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of capsizing and falls overboard occur with 2014-2015 boats less than 20 feet in length. Special type III (wearable) vests for hunting are available and are comfortable and warm for the coldest, DELAWARE SMALL BOAT nastiest duck and goose hunting days. They can be purchased in camo colors. Hunters use EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS smaller, more easily transportable craft like john boats, bass boats or canoes. Some boat designs CLASS 1 CLASS A are not as stable as others. These types, because EQUIPMENT (16 FEET TO LESS THAN (LESS THAN 16 FEET) of their flat bottoms or narrow beams, are more 26 FEET) prone to swamping or capsizing. How can you 1. Registration fee $10.00 $20.00 avoid an unplanned fall into the water? 2. Decals & boat number Display properly on bow Display properly on bow • Wear your life jacket. Camouflage float coats are available at most marine dealers. 3. Personal flotation Device One approve Type I, II, III or One approved Type I, II, III or V (PFD)*Must be serviceable V for each person on board for each person on board • Never cross large bodies of water during (see below) plus one throwable Type IV. rough weather in a boat that can’t take the One hand, mouth or power One hand, mouth or power conditions due to size and/or overloading. 4. Whistle operated, and audible at least operated, and audible at one half (1/2) mile least one half (1/2) mile • Stay with your boat if you capsize and can’t get to shore. Try to climb on it. One type B-1, if carrying One type B-1, if carrying passen- passengers for hire, gers for hire, or if boat construc- • Avoid standing up or moving around in the 5. Fire Extinguisher Portable or if boat construction tion will permit entrapment of boat. will permit entrapment of flammable vapors. flammable vapors. • Never move about your boat with a loaded gun or rifle. 6. Lights • Don’t overload, read the capacity plate attached to the inside hull as a guide.

• Distribute you gear evenly.

• Don’t drink alcohol, it lowers your body core temperature and encourages one to take chances they wouldn’t normally take.

Every sensible hunter knows that guns, alcohol and drugs don’t mix. Hunting under the influence of alcohol is a Federal hunting violation not excluding loss of state hunting license if convicted. Those persons born on or 7. Ventilation At least two ventilator ducts fitted with cowls or equivalent, after January 1, 1978 must take an approved if boat construction will permit entrapment of flammable vapors. boating certification course before operating a boat. Contact the Office of Boating Education 8. Atlantic Ocean, Delaware Bay and Delaware River South of Artificial Island—U.S. Coast for more information on taking a boating educa- Guard regulations require all vessels to carry day and night distress signaling devices. Outboard motorboats less than 16’ in length are exempt from daytime requirements. tion course at (302) 739-9915 or take an online course at www.boat-ed.com * Test for serviceability of PFD—All PFD’s must be readily accessible, in serviceable condition, legibly marked with approval number of the U.S. Coast Guard and be of appropriate size. PFD’s must have flotation material without rot or being waterlogged, untorn or damaged coverings and straps in good condition. WATERFOWL HUNTER WATER SURVIVAL TIPS Most drownings could have been prevented. WATERFOWL door Life and Death” struggle. Rather the ac- What causes them? Drownings occur because the cident reports usually read: “Fell out of boat victim made the wrong decision, did not realize HUNTERS reaching for a decoy and never resurfaced” or the dangers of boating in rough, cold water, was “capsized boat due to overloading or uneven not properly prepared, had the wrong equip- AND BOATS distribution of decoys, dog, and other hunt- ment, or failed to wear a life-jacket (PFD). Small ers”. Many hunters do not regard themselves as boats, by their very nature, are extremely unstable Each year more hunters die from drowning a“boater” and as a consequence do not consider crafts. Often the victim of a small boat accident and the effects of hypothermia than from gun- the special conditions and challenges of the did not realize just how unstable their craft was. shot wounds. Most of the accident reports from marine environment. Personal Flotation Devices Add to this, cold, rough water, and the chances waterborne hunting fatalities are not dramatic (PFD’s) are essential and should be worn at all for survival for falling overboard are very slim. stories. The hunter didn’t succumb in an “Out- times. Statistics show that the great majority COLD WATER KILLS—even those in excellent condition who know how to swim. TAKE A BOATING EDUCATION COURSE

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Continued from page 31 puter registration at www.dnrec.delaware.gov/ SNOW GEESE delhunt. The need for the Delaware waterfowl stamp follows the requirements on page 14 of Hunters are reminded that Delaware and Mary- this guide as related to hunter age. THE FIVE PRIMARY CAUSES OF land have a reciprocal agreement for hunting WATER DEATHS ARE: snow geese. Delaware hunters can hunt snow 1. Hypothermia – The rapid loss of body heat geese in Maryland with their Delaware hunting WATERFOWL in cold water. license provided they have a Maryland Migra- 2. “Dry” Drowning – Constriction of the throat, tory Game Bird stamp, a Federal Duck Stamp, a • The non-resident 3-day hunting license can and the resulting suffocation, due to a sudden Maryland H.I.P. number and are in compliance now be used to hunt waterfowl provided inrush of cold water. with Maryland Hunter Safety laws. Maryland the hunter has purchased the Federal Duck 3. “Wet” Drowning – The displacement of air resident hunters can hunt snow geese in Dela- Stamp and state waterfowl (duck) stamp and in the lungs by water. ware with their Maryland resident hunting license has a H.I.P. permit. 4. Massive Heart Attacks in older, out-of-shape, provided they have a Delaware waterfowl (duck) non-swimmers in cold water. stamp, a Federal Duck Stamp, a Delaware H.I.P. • When purchasing your waterfowl (duck) 5. Being run over by own boat, especially when number and are in compliance with the Delaware stamp on the electronic systems, the stamp starting in gear. Hunter Safety laws. This agreement only applies image is printed on your license if you pur- to residents of Maryland and Delaware. chase your hunting license at the same time. DROWNING IS THE PRIME If you purchase the stamp separately you CAUSE OF HUNTING DEATHS! CONSERVATION ORDER will receive the stamp image. The Division Aggressive CPR (rescue breathing and heart The snow goose Conservation Order (CO) is ex- no longer mails original waterfowl (duck) massage) can save your life. What do you and pected to reopen during the winter and spring stamps automatically at the end of the season your fishing, hunting, and canoeing friends know of 2015 after other waterfowl hunting is closed. (June 30th of each year). If you would like an about it? When the CO is open, snow goose hunters can original stamp sent to you please call (302) use unplugged shotguns and electronic calls. In 739-9918 and give us your name, address MANY PEOPLE—APPARENTLY DEAD addition, hunting hours are extended to a half and order ID number after you purchase the FROM DROWNING—MAY NOT BE! hour before sunrise to a half hour after sunset electronic stamp. Cold water not only kills, but in some instances, and daily bag and possession limits are removed. it preserves. Warming drowning victims from Participants hunting during the CO must have • For more information on ordering Collector the inside out by CPR or warm, moist inhalation a valid Delaware or Maryland resident hunting Waterfowl (Duck) Stamp(s) and waterfowl may bring them back to life! license, a 2013 Delaware waterfowl (duck) stamp prints contact Candace Dunning at (302) 739- (Federal stamp not required), a Delaware HIP 9918. The collector stamps and prints are not number and the free CO permit issued by the available online. Division. This permit can be obtained by com-

DELAWARE WATERFOWL (DUCK) STAMP PROGRAM

2014 Delaware Waterfowl (Duck) Stamp Beginning with black ducks painted by Ned Mayne in 1980, the first year of Delaware’s waterfowl art competition, 33 of the State’s Waterfowl species have adorned the annual stamp that is required of waterfowl hunters and prints that are collected by conservationists. The Division of Fish & Wildlife, in partnership with Delaware Ducks Unlimited, began the waterfowl stamp and print program in 1980 to raise funds for waterfowl conservation, including acquiring and improving the wetland habitats that are vital for the survival of migratory waterfowl. To date, more than $2.5 million has been raised. These funds improve waterfowl habitat in Delaware and Canada. This conservation effort helps to ensure that waterfowl species will prosper and provide enjoy- ment for generations to come. Thank you for the support! The 2014 stamp is the sixth in a series that is open to all Delaware native species and can include any other related subject. The 2014 prints and stamps (as well as the 2012 and 2013 stamps and prints) will be available July 1, 2014. After June 30, 2014 the 2011 prints and stamps will be destroyed in accordance with waterfowl stamp program policy. For information on the Delaware Waterfowl Stamp Program or to reserve and purchase stamps/ prints, contact the Division at (302) 739-9918 or visit our website: Blue Winged Teal By Jeffery Klinefelter Etna Green, IN www.fw.delaware.gov/hunting/pages/waterfowlstamp.aspx

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WOOD DUCK BOX PROGRAM

Plastic Bellrose wood duck nest boxes are available to the public for purchase through the Division of Fish & Wildlife’s regional wildlife offices. Nest box costs are subsidized with State Waterfowl Stamp funds and donations from the Chesapeake Chapter of the Safari Club International. Because of these subsidies, these $60 nest boxes can be purchased from the Division for just $30. Contact a Fish & Wildlife regional manager to learn more! New Castle County: (302) 834-8433 Kent County: (302) 284-1077 Sussex County: (302) 539-3160

The Wood Duck Box Program is sponsored by the DE Division of Fish & Wildlife in partnership with the Chesapeake Chapter of the Safari Club International.

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TEXT HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS NEW STATE WILDLIFE AREAS Each year the Division accepts sealed bids for 2014-2015 persons to trap on its wildlife areas. Bidding information is published in early September and bids are opened in early November. Bid FURBEARER TRAPPING SEASONS information can be obtained through the Office of Management and Budget Bid Solicitation SPECIES SEASON Website at http://bids.delaware.gov or by calling the Division at (302) 739-9912. Maps of the trapping units can be found on the Division’s New Castle County** Dec. 1- Mar. 10 website. No trapping is permitted on any Divi- Muskrat, Mink, Otter sion lands without a permit. Raccoon,* Opossum, Nutria Kent & Sussex Counties Dec.15 - Mar. 15 TRAPPING Beaver Dec. 1 - Mar. 30*** PROHIBITIONS Red Fox, Coyote Dec. 1 - Mar. 10 – IT IS UNLAWFUL TO: • Use traps to take wildlife except muskrats, Groundhog July 1 - June 30 mink, otter, beaver, raccoons, opossum, groundhogs, nutria, red foxes, and coyotes. *Box traps may be used for raccoon during the hunting “kill” season. Box traps may be used by landowners to trap **In New Castle County, on embanked meadows, the season closes March 20. rabbits during the open season. ***Season bag limit is 8 beavers. See more information in the beaver section on page 35. • Use any type of trap, except for muskrats, without marking the trap with a metal tag stating the trapper’s license number and year or the trapper’s name and address. 2014-2015 • Set traps on public or private land without first acquiring written permission from the FURBEARER HUNTING SEASONS landowner. AND BAG LIMITS • Fail to visit traps at least once every 24 hours. • Set traps any time before the opening day of SPECIES SEASON DAILY LIMIT NOTE a season or any time after the last day of a season. (There is no provision in Delaware’s laws to set up traps the day before a season opens or to allow the removal of traps for Season closed statewide during Nov. shotgun several days after a season closes.) Sept. 2 - Sept. 11 Chase and Oct. muzzleloader deer seasons. Hunt Oct. 20* - Oct. 31 Chase hours 7:00 p.m.-midnight during Dec. and Raccoon and • Set foothold traps with a jaw spread in excess Nov. 1 - Nov. 15 Hunt No Limit Jan. deer seasons. See below for special zone Opossum of 6 ½” above the waterline or 7 ¾” beneath the Nov. 23* - Feb. 28 Hunt where season is open all year except Sundays and during deer seasons listed above. waterline. “Waterline” shall refer to beneath Mar. 1 - Mar. 31 Chase the surface of the water or below the mean *Season reopens one hour after sunset high tide line in an area ordinarily subject to the rise and fall of the tide. Jaw spread is measured as the widest distance from this Chase: Oct. 1 - Apr. 30* inside of both jaws on a line drawn perpen- *From Jan.-Apr. fox hunting by chase during except season closed dicular through the jaw pivot points when deer hunting season shall be permissible on the trap is in the set position. during deer gun sea- private lands only on Tuesday, Wednesday sons Oct. thru Dec. and Thursday if the owner of the private land Red Fox No Limit • Set foothold traps in areas above the waterline See page 19 for deer has authorized such hunting to occur thereon. without them having offset, laminated, or season dates. Red fox may be hunted with a longbow, padded jaws. Hunt: Nov. 1 - Feb. 28 crossbow, shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, rimfire or centerfire rifle up to 25 caliber. Statewide • Set foothold traps with toothed or serrated jaws.

• Set snares, now referred to as cable re- Coyotes may be hunted with longbow, straints, without the following criteria be- Sept. 1 - Feb. 28 Coyote No Limit crossbow, shotgun, muzzleloading rifle, ing met: comprised of stranded steel cable Statewide rimfire, or centerfire rifle up to .25 caliber. with a minimum diameter of 5/64 inches. Cable restraints must be equipped with a relaxing-type lock. The cable may not exceed

Hours: Fox, opossum, and coyote – 1/2 hr. before sunrise to 1/2 hr. after sunset. Raccoons may be hunted at night. Continued on page 35

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COYOTES

Identification Most coyote sightings occur around sunrise and sunset. Adult coyotes usually weigh from 20 to 45 pounds, with females generally smaller than males. Coyotes look somewhat like small collie dogs. They have erect pointed ears, a slender muzzle, and a bushy tail usually held low to the ground. Most coyotes are brownish gray in color with a light gray to cream-colored belly although they can vary in color from reddish to even black. While coyotes have reached Delaware, and been here for at least 20 years, Photo: Steve Thompson, USFWS many reported sightings in the last year have been the misidentifying of dogs and red foxes as coyotes.

Range Diet Historically, coyotes were most common on the Great Plains. Their One of the keys to the coyote’s expanding existence is its diet. A true range now extends from Central America to the Arctic. Except for generalist, the coyote will eat just about anything. Coyotes will con- Hawaii, coyotes live in all U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico. Coyotes sume practically anything that they can catch and fit into their mouth. have only recently begun to inhabit Delaware. Due to Delaware’s The diet varies seasonally based on food availability but potential geography (a peninsula), coyotes have been slow to move into the state food items are rodents, small mammals, snakes, foxes, deer, birds, from the North. In spite of being hunted and trapped for more than frogs, grass, fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, insects, unattended 200 years, more coyotes exist today than when U.S. Constitution was small pets, livestock, and even poorly discarded garbage. Coyotes signed. Hardly any animal in America is more adaptable to changing are active mainly during the nighttime, but they may move about at conditions--the coyote can live in deserts, swamps, tundra, grasslands any time during the day. and dense forests, from below sea level to high mountains. They have now learned to live in suburbs and cities.

Continued from page 34 New Castle or Kent Counties from the southerly harvested anywhere within or outside of Dela- boundary of Rt.380 and east and southeast of the ware may be sold. center line of Rt. 13 and Rt. 113, south to the Saint Jones River with permission of the landowner. 7 feet in length from the anchor point to the RED FOX relaxing lock and must be equipped with at least one swivel device, which allows for 360° COYOTES It is unlawful to kill a red fox that is being pur- rotation, between the loop and the anchor. sued by dogs. During any deer firearms season, it The cable restraint must have stops affixed to Anyone that shoots or traps a coyote must re- will be unlawful to hunt red fox with any firearm the cable to ensure that the cable that makes port the harvest by contacting the Division of that is not also legal for deer hunting. Landown- up the loop may not have a circumference Fish & Wildlife at (302) 735-3600 by the close ers may apply to the Division of Fish and Wildlife greater than 38 inches when fully open, or of business on the day following the harvest. for a permit to control red foxes on their property. a circumference less than 6 ¼ inches when Harvest reports are an important way for Divi- Hides of foxes legally taken may be sold. fully closed. Cable restraints with a maxi- sion biologists to track coyote distribution and mum loop circumference of 12 ½ inches do abundance across the state. During any deer not require cable stops. Cable restraints must firearms season, it will be unlawful to hunt NUTRIA be maintained in good condition so that all coyotes with any firearm that is not also legal components operate properly. for deer hunting. Hides of coyotes legally taken Anyone that traps a nutria must report the har- may be sold. vest by contacting the Division of Fish & Wildlife • Move, take, or damage any trap, or take, or at- at (302) 735-3600 by the close of business on the tempt to take, wildlife from any trap without day following the harvest. Harvest reports are first acquiring specific advance permission. RIVER OTTER an important way for Division biologists to track nutria distribution and abundance across the • Use or possess killer or conibear traps with Otters must be tagged by an authorized repre- state. Captured nutria may not be released back a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches. sentative of the Division of Fish & Wildlife in into the wild alive and must be killed. Hides of accordance with CITES requirements. Please nutria legally taken may be sold. • Use diving or box traps for muskrats. contact the Division at (302) 735-3600 to make arrangements to have your otter tagged once • Set traps (except box/cage traps) within 10’ of the pelt has been stretched and dried but before exposed meat used as bait. The use of animal it is sold or shipped out of state. Tags will not fur or feathers without any attached animal be distributed to trappers but instead must be ATTENTION TRAPPERS tissue is not restricted. affixed to otter pelts by a representative from the Division so bring your pelts with you for tagging. ZANDER FUR RACCOONS TOP PRICES PAID FOR ALL WILD FUR BE AV E R Direct source to all world Raccoons may be trapped in season statewide fur markets with foothold traps, including foot encapsulat- Landowners with damage caused by beavers ing style traps, cable restraints, or box traps may take up to 8 per season without a permit Sell when YOU want, No fees or commissions operated to confine but not harm the entrapped from December 1 through March 20 provided animal. The trap opening of box/cage traps may they report their catch by April 1. Beavers may Call about our Eastern not exceed 195 square inches. Raccoons may be taken at any other time or more than 8 may Shore buying routes be hunted and trapped on private land only, be taken with a permit from the Division. Beaver at any time of the year, except on Sundays, in hides and the meat of lawfully taken beaver (856) 848-5885 643 Mantua Grove Rd (609) 820-4967 West Deptford, NJ 08066 PO Box 139 [email protected] Gibbstown, NJ 08027 2014-2015 DELAWARE HUNTING AND TRAPPING GUIDE 35 PUBLIC LANDS HUNTING AND TRAPPING SECTION

PUBLIC HUNTING AREAS WITHIN WATERFOWL HUNTING EACH COUNTY ON PUBLIC LANDS SMALL Waterfowl hunters have a variety of opportu- ZONEA WATERFOWL DEER TURKEY GAME nities to hunt on public lands in Delaware, including marsh blinds, marsh blind sites, upland NEW CASTLE blinds, and goose pits. Refer to individual area STATE WILDLIFE AREAS maps, or contact the regional manager for spe- Augustine Wildlife Area 3 X X X X cific area rules, lottery days, times, and locations. Blackbird Reserve Wildlife Area 3 X X X LOTTERY AREAS C&D Canal Conservation Area 1,2,3 X X X X • Augustine Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area 3 X X X X • Cedar Swamp STATE PARKS • Woodland Beach • Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge/ Brandwine Creek State Park 1 X Kelley Island Fort Delaware State Park 1 X X • Little Creek/Ted Harvey Fort DuPont State Park 1 X • Prime Hook • Assawoman Lums Pond State Park 1 X White Clay Creek State Park 1 X FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED FROM STATE FORESTS BLINDS OR BLIND SITES ONLY* Blackbird State Forest 2 X X X • Milford Neck/Cedar Creek • Piney Point (Assawoman) KENT STATE WILDLIFE AREAS *Most areas have state built blinds that are Blackiston Wildlife Area 4 X X X X not grassed, some are open for the public to Little Creek Wildlife Area 5 X X X X build blinds. McGinnis Pond Wildlife Area 8 X X FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVED Milford Neck Wildlife Area 9 X X X X JUMP SHOOTING Norman G. Wilder Wildlife Area 6 X X X X • C&D Canal • Reedy Island Ted Harvey Conservation Area 5,8 X X X X • Little Creek (south of Pickering Beach Road Urban/Fortney Wildlife Area 4 X X and north of Port Mahon Road) Woodland Beach Wildlife Area 5 X X X X • Blackiston STATE PARKS • Norman G. Wilder • Limited areas of Milford Neck Killens Pond State Park 8 • Marshyhope STATE FORESTS • Nanticoke Taber State Forest 7 X X X NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES DEER HUNTING Bombay Hook NWR 5 X X X SUSSEX Shotgun hunting is available by permit only for: STATE WILDLIFE AREAS • White Clay Creek State Park • Fort DuPont State Park Assawoman Wildlife Area 15,17 X X X X • Blackbird State Forest Barr Complex 11 X X X X • Ennis Tract at Woodland Beach Industrial Forest Lands -Laurel 13,16 X X X X • Cedar Swamp Marshyhope Wildlife Area 10 X X X • Ted Harvey-Logan Lane • Buckaloo Tracts Midlands Wildlife Area 14 X X X X • Augustine Milford Neck Wildlife Area 9 X X X X • Assawoman State Wildlife Areas Nanticoke Wildlife Area 13 X X X X Old Furnace Wildlife Area 11 X X X Except for Brandywine Creek State Park, the above areas will utilize a daily lottery. Elevated Prime Hook Wildlife Area 9 X X X X stands are provided for each permittee. Deer STATE PARKS hunting at Lums Pond State Park is by permit Cape Henlopen State Park 9 X X only and hunters should contact the Lums Pond office for details at (302) 368-6989. Delaware Seashore State Park 15 X X X Deer hunting is also available at many other Holts Landing State Park 15 X state wildlife areas without a permit. Check Trap Pond State Park 16 X X area maps for details of specific rules regarding STATE FORESTS types of hunting available. Redden State Forest 8,11,12,15 X X X NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES Prime Hook NWR 9,12 X X X A – Zone refers to the Wildlife Management Zone(s) in which the public land is located. Refer to page 24 for zone locations. Always refer to individual area maps for specific seasons, rules, regulations and public land locations.

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RULES FOR STATE seasons or authorized by the Division of Fish must be removed at the end of each day’s WILDLIFE AREAS and Wildlife. hunt. No screw-in steps or stands allowed. • No rifled guns allowed on lands along the • It shall be unlawful to possess, consume or be Hunters are advised to check each area map C&D Canal except muzzleloaders and shot- under the influence of alcoholic beverages, liq- for specific rules and information. guns during the deer seasons when it is uors or drugs while hunting or in the posses- All vehicles used on wildlife areas must be lawful to use such firearms. sion of firearms when on lands administered licensed, use only designated roads, not exceed by the Division. 20 m.p.h., and not make excessive noise. See • Firearms may not be discharged on Sunday wildlife area maps for detailed regulations. except in designated areas. • Collection and removal of any wildlife species from a State Wildlife Area is prohibited unless • No person may trespass into areas closed • No firearms are permitted on dikes and otherwise provided by statute, regulation or by the Division. walking on dikes is prohibited during the authorized by the Division Director. waterfowl season. • Entry limited from sunrise to sunset, except to lawfully hunt and fish. • No trapping on state areas without a valid AREA MAPS lease. Leases will be bid in September of • No camping or swimming without special each year. Maps for all state wildlife areas may be obtained authorization of the Division. from the Division of Fish and Wildlife Office, • Non-resident hunters may not participate 89 Kings Hwy., Dover, Delaware 19901. Regula- • No dumping or littering, no target shooting in deer drives. tions covering each area are included. Individu- including paintball. als can receive up to 5 maps free. Additional • Small game hunting closed during some maps will cost 50 cents each. A complete booklet • Hunting can only be done as specified on deer seasons. See area maps for details. of maps can be obtained for $5.00 plus $1.00 for area maps available from the Division. shipping. Maps are also available for free on the • No baiting for deer hunting. Division’s Web Site (www.fw.delaware.gov). • Horses may be used on wildlife areas only on established roads open to vehicular traffic. No • Rabbit dogs may be trained on some areas • Hunters should note that days open for hunt- off road vehicles registered or unregistered. on Sundays during September, October, and ing some species on public lands may vary November except for the Sunday during from the general hunting season. Hunters • Waterfowl may be hunted on each area only firearms season. See specific wildlife area should check the regulations for each public as posted. See wildlife area maps for details. maps for dog training regulations. area they plan to hunt.

• No firearms on Division lands from March • No permanent non-state deer stands are al- 1 – August 31 except during legal hunting lowed and all parts of a portable deer stand BARNWEDDINGS

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• Small game hunting is closed on State Forest DEER STAND & WATERFOWL BLIND lands during firearm deer season. • The Delaware Forest Service reserves the FACILITIES FOR DISABLED HUNTERS right to close to hunting specific State Forest tracts during specific hunting seasons. There- DEER HUNTING AREA DEER STANDS WATERFOWL BLINDS fore, it is important to consult the current LOCATIONS hunting guide for a listing of these closures. CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 1 CAT 2 CAT 1 CAT 2 • Trapping rights may be leased for State For- Augustine 1 1 1 1 est lands. No other trapping is permitted on State Forest lands. Cedar Swamp 2 6 1 1 • Target shooting is prohibited. Firearms are Woodland Beach 2 6 3 3 allowed for legal hunting only, and are pro- Little Creek 2 2 hibited on State Forest Lands from March 1 through August 31. Ted Harvey 6 3 3 1 • Waterfowl hunting is not permitted on State Assawoman 4 5 1 Forest land or waters.

Nanticoke 1 • No dumping or littering.

• Placing paint, ribbon, flagging, reflectors, etc., is not permitted

• No living trees, shrubs or other vegetation WILDLIFE AREA HUNTING RULES may be cut, felled, uprooted, removed or DEER STAND/ AND REGULATIONS otherwise injured or destroyed. • No off-road vehicles registered or unregis- WATERFOWL BLIND ON STATE FORESTS tered. LOTTERY PERMIT THE FOLLOWING RULES AND • Camping is available by permit in desig- REGULATIONS APPLY TO ALL nated areas only. Hunters that use a State Wildlife Area waterfowl STATE FOREST LANDS: blind or deer stand for hunting that was assigned • State Forests are year-round multiple use • It is unlawful to use bait for hunting pur- through a daily lottery must purchase a $20 areas. Hunters share the use of State Forest poses on all State lands. annual Wildlife Area Deer Stand/Waterfowl Lands with other public users such as hikers, Blind Lottery Permit. All individuals must be in campers, horseback riders, firewood cutters, • No parking in front of access gates to State possession of this permit when using the blind and loggers. forest lands. or stand. These permits can be purchased where hunting licenses are sold or online at www. • No special permits are required to hunt on RESTRICTIONS APPLY TO fw.delaware.gov. The following State Wildlife State Forest lands, except as specified in the REDDEN STATE FOREST Areas use a daily lottery to assign blinds and DNREC, Division of Fish and Wildlife an- • Closed to gun deer hunting during October stands: New Castle Co.: Augustine Wildlife Area, nual Hunting and Trapping Guide. Properly and December antlerless seasons. Cedar Swamp Wildlife Area / Kent Co.: Wood- licensed hunters may hunt during any open land Beach Wildlife Area, Little Creek Wildlife season except on areas designated, such as • Headquarters, Jester, Ellendale and Chesa- Area, Ted Harvey Conservation Area, Milford those marked with Wildlife Sanctuary, NO peake Tracts are Quality Buck only. Neck Wildlife Area (select areas and seasons) / HUNTING, or Safety Zone signs. Sussex Co.: Assawoman Wildlife Area. RESTRICTIONS APPLY • Hunting is only permitted as specified on State TO SEVERAL TRACTS Forest maps available free-of-charge from State AT BLACKBIRD STATE FOREST. RULES FOR Forest Offices and online at http://dda.dela- Maps delineating these areas are available ware.gov/forestry/maps.shtml. at Blackbird State Forest headquarters or by DELAWARE FOREST calling (302) 653-6505. • No permanent deer stands, platforms, lad- SERVICE LANDS ders, or blinds may be constructed. No screw- • Deer hunting is limited to numbered stands in steps, tree spikes, crews, or nails are al- on Tybout, White Road, Dulany and South (BLACKBIRD, REDDEN, lowed. All parts of temporary (portable) deer Barlow Tracts. AND TABER STATE FORESTS) stands must be removed on the final day of (Administered by Delaware Forest Service, the January muzzleloader season; any stands • Double stands can only be used by either one Department of Agriculture) remaining after this date will be removed adult or one adult and one youth. and become property of the Delaware For- • For Redden State Forest information call: est Service. • For shotgun season, stands will be chosen in (302) 856-2893. a lottery. There will be a daily lottery held at • Deer drives by any person or persons are Blackbird State Forest headquarters, located • For Blackbird State Forest call: not permitted on any State Forest land at on the Tybout Tract on Blackbird Forest Road (302) 653-6505. any time. (Rd 471), 1.5 hours before legal hunting time.

• For Taber State Forest call: • Portions of some State Forest tracts are only (302) 698-4549. open to archery hunting for deer. Please contact your local State Forest office for more information. Continued on page 39

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Continued from page 38 • Stands will be available during Archery by the National Wildlife Refuge System Im- season on a first-come, first-served basis. provement Act of 1997 as one of the six wildlife- dependent recreational uses on refuges, is an • No more than one hunter may hunt from a important part of Delaware’s heritage and tradi- • For Muzzleloader season there will be a stand at any one time. tion. Public hunting opportunities are available lottery held at Blackbird State Forest Head- for deer, upland game & webless migratory birds, quarters, located on the Tybout Tract on • Squirrel hunting is not allowed with a rifle and waterfowl on both refuges. A complete list- Blackbird Forest Road (Rd 471), 1.5 hours or muzzleloading rifle. Shotgun squirrel ing of hunting information and regulations can before legal hunting time. hunting is permitted. be accessed for Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge at http://bombayhook.fws.gov or (302) • For the October antlerless deer seasons, the RESTRICTIONS APPLY 653-9345 and for Prime Hook National Wildlife Tybout Tract, including the Reynolds Farm, TO TABER STATE FOREST. Refuge at http://primehook.fws.gov or (302) will be closed for hunting (this includes • Squirrel hunting is not allowed with a rifle 684-8419. stands 1-22 and R1 – R5). The stands on White or muzzleloading rifle. Shotgun squirrel Prime Hook and Bombay Hook have a long Road, Dulany Manor, and Barlow will be hunting is permitted. standing history of partnering with the Dela- available on a first-come, first-served basis ware Division of Fish & Wildlife. A few of the through the stand permit box at Blackbird • For deer hunting, only the entrails (internal many examples of these conservation highlights State Forest Headquarters located on the organs known as viscera) may be left behind include endangered species management, en- Tybout Tract on Blackbird Forest Road; there on State property; all other deer parts must hancing hunter education & hunting opportuni- will be no stand lottery for the October ant- be removed from State property. ties, improving wildlife habitat, and promoting lerless season. outreach and environmental education. • Turkey hunting is archery only in those same • Dulany Tract is managed for Quality Bucks areas shown as deer archery only on Taber only. maps. RULES FOR DELAWARE • No small game hunting on Dulany Tract. STATE PARK LANDS HUNTING AT • Please note that archery hunting is the only (ADMINISTERED BY DIVISION type of hunting allowed on the Meadows BOMBAY HOOK OF PARKS AND RECREATION) and North Barlow Tracts. The Meadows A State Park Registration fee ($10) is required to Tract contains the Blackbird State Forest & PRIME HOOK hunt on State Park lands. Register at any State Education Center, which includes an outdoor Park available for hunting. Your registration is education trail, so hunters should be aware NATIONAL good for all State Parks for the 2013-14 seasons. that they may encounter other individuals Include your E-mail address on the registration on this property. WILDLIFE REFUGES for Special Hunt opportunities. *Note that the F&W Wildlife Area Deer Stand/Waterfowl Blind • All hunters on these tracts, during shotgun Stretched along the eastern coastline of Dela- Lottery Permit is only accepted at Brandywine and muzzleloader season, must hunt from ware near Milton and Smyrna and covering Creek and Ft. DuPont, not other parks. State Park the stand only, as walk around hunting is 26,000 acres, the Bombay Hook & Prime Hook Rules are generally more restrictive than on State not permitted. National Wildlife Refuges provide habitat for Wildlife Areas. You can obtain the rules and a diversity of wildlife. maps specific to the Park you intend to hunt at • During Archery season bowhunters must be Game species are sought after by avid hunters http://www.destateparks.com/activities/hunt- within 50 yards of their designated stand. on both refuges. Hunting, which is identified ing/ or by calling (302) 739-9220.

Taylor’s Gut Impoundment – Woodland Beach Wildlife Area

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2014-2015 Application for Public Land Turkey and Deer Hunts Remember: You can’t apply for a public land turkey permit if you have not completed an approved turkey hunting safety class.

Hunter’s License Number or LEN: Turkey Lottery Application Elligible Wildlife Areas

Hunter’s Name: Assawoman, Augustine, Blackiston, Blackbird Reserve, Cedar Swamp, C&D Canal, Industrial Forest Lands-Barr Complex*, Address: Industrial Forest Lands* (Whitesville, Edwin Bell, Ralph’s Corner), Little Creek, Marshyhope, Midlands, Milford Neck, Nanticoke, City/State: Norman G. Wilder, Old Furnace, Prime Hook, Ted Harvey, Urban Fortney, Woodland Beach Zip Code: *The Industrial Forest Lands are now two seperate permits and the Date of Birth: Barr Complex is no longer part of the Redden State Forest Permit.

Telephone Number: Elligible State Forests: Blackbird, Redden, Taber

Write in your preferred areas and season segments (up to 3) in order of preference. If you would accept other season segments or areas put a check mark on the appropriate line.

Preferred Area: Area Season To Accept Other Seasons To Accept Other Areas 1. 2. 3.

Season Segments: A (4/11 - 18), B (4/18 - 24), C (4/25 - 5/1), D (5/2 - 5/9)

Brandywine Creek State Park Deer Hunt Application The deer hunt at Brandywine Creek State Park will take place on December 16th and 17th, 2014. Select your date preference(s) and mark them 1 & 2 in order of preference. Dec. 16 Dec. 17

2014-2015 Application for a Public Land Turkey and Deer Hunt

Application Information: • Print all information clearly. • Only one application per person. More than one application will disqualify you. • Preferred dates will have priority over areas. • The Wildlife Section must receive the Brandywine Deer Hunt application by October 3, 2014. • The Wildlife Section must receive Turkey Hunt applications by January 9, 2015. • Remember: You can’t apply for a public land Turkey Permit if you have not had the Turkey Hunting Safety Class. • All issued permits are non-transferrable. Successful and non-successful lottery applicants will be notified by mail. • Mail the application to: Wildlife Section, 6180 Haypoint Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977

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THE DELAWARE HUNTER EDUCATION PROGRAM

Delaware’s Hunter Education Program was established in 1970. Section amount of habitat and accessible open space for hunting have created 501, Title 7, Delaware Code, requires all persons born on or after January new considerations for hunters, landowners, the Division of Fish and 1, 1967 to satisfactorily complete a Basic Hunter Education Course in Wildlife and Delaware’s general public who may or may not be hunters order to obtain a Delaware hunting license or Youth Hunting License. themselves. In response, the Delaware Hunter Education Program has Since 1970, tens of thousands of Delaware hunters have been certified also changed to meet the demands and challenges of a new hunting era. by the volunteer instructors of the Delaware Hunter Education Program. In addition to a live firing requirement, today’s curriculum includes an The program has been extremely successful and effective in significantly increased emphasis on safety and ethical behavior, landowner relations, reducing risk and accidents. wildlife identification, wildlife management and conservation, hunting Emerging factors such as changing demographics and the decreasing laws and regulations.

IMPORTANT NOTICE Courses including live firing are offered free NEED A NEW HUNTER EDUCATION CARD? of charge throughout the year. All firearms and ammunition are provided by the Hunter • WANT TO SEE WHERE & WHEN COURSES ARE SCHEDULED? Education Program. Please try to complete • NEED TO UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS OR CHANGE YOUR CONTACT INFO? your training at least one month before you plan to hunt. Your certification cards can be • WANT TO FIND AND SIGN UP FOR A COURSE? printed online a few days after you complete the USE YOUR ONLINE ACCESS AT: www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered course. The card must be presented to purchase a Delaware hunting license.

ADVANCE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. fair chase hunting. In addition to mandatory ing and ensuring its future for generations to Seating is limited and classes will fill quickly Basic Hunter Education, Turkey Education and come. All of these courses and programs give as hunting season approaches. Delaware law Trapper Education courses, the program offers the hunter/trapper a resource for continued now requires live firing of a shotgun as part of advanced courses in Bowhunting, Muzzleload- educational opportunities that keep the hunter basic hunter education. ing, Handgun Hunting for Deer, Successful updated in specific disciplines. Hunters have a Deer Hunting, Precision Firearms for Large responsibility to themselves, other hunters, the A RELEASES OF LIABILITY IS Game, Young Waterfowler’s Program, Deer landowner and the wildlife, to continue their REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION Workshops, etc. The Delaware Master Hunter education beyond the basics. More informa- IN ANY HUNTER EDUCATION program now provides advanced hunter education is available online at www.fw.delaware. COURSE WITH LIVE FIRING. tion for the experienced hunter and addition- gov, or call the Hunter Education Coordinator The form is a legal release. It can be down- ally strives to develop advocates, ambassadors at (302) 735-3600. loaded and filled out when registering online and role models for hunting with the goal of or requested by calling the Hunter Education continuing the heritage of responsible hunt- Office – (302) 735-3600.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, A PARENT OR GUARDIAN NEEDS TO SIGN FOR YOU AND HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE OMMELANDEN HUNTER EDUCATION VERIFIED BY A NOTARY. TRAINING CENTER IF YOU ARE 18 OR OLDER, YOU DELAWARE DIVISION OF FISH AND WILDLIFE 1205 RIVER ROAD, NEW CASTLE, DE 19720 DON’T NEED TO HAVE THE WAIVER | | NOTARIZED BUT YOU STILL NEED TO SIGN IT AND MAIL IT BACK. COME AND ENJOY A DAY OF Please return original to the hunter education VARIOUS TYPES OF TARGET office one week prior to course beginning to SHOOTING AT THE RANGE! complete your course registration. A copy is also available in the Delaware Hunt- TRAP & SKEET - $5.00 /25 TARGETS ing and Trapping Guide or may be picked up at the DNREC R & R Building at 89 Kings High- 5 STAND - $8.00/25 TARGETS way in Dover. Certification will not be issued ARCHERY to youths under the age of ten. Students under PRACTICE/SIGHT IN RANGE - $3.00 PER ½ DAY. the age of twelve must be accompanied by a 2-D FIELD COURSE - $4.00 PER PERSON responsible adult. Parents are reminded that 3-D FIELD COURSE - $5.00 PER PERSON younger students require a level of maturity and vocabulary sufficient for understanding adult RIFLE/PISTOL RANGE subject matter and completing assignments. $4.00 PER PERSON, PER ½ HOUR Students of smaller physical body size may find it very difficult or impossible to successfully complete live firing exercises. FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL THE The Delaware Hunter Education Program is OMMELANDEN CENTER AT (302) 323-5333 committed to preserving Delaware’s heritage of

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COURSE OFFERINGS AND LOCATIONS blind construction and safety, decoy use, duck calling, camouflage technique, boating safety, Please note that our courses are taught by volunteer instructors who schedule most of their courses bird recovery, laws and regulations, language from late August through December. All class details are subject to change without notice based and tradition, firearms, ammo and equipment on availability of instructors and sufficient student participation. The classes listed below may will be covered. The course includes basic not always be available. Not all of the printed locations may be used. The online schedule is the hunter education and finishes with an actual most accurate and will be updated immediately as soon as new courses are available and posted. mentored waterfowl hunt. Participants must be hunter education qualified prior to hunting. A signed release of liability and advance online registration at www.fw.delaware.gov are required for participation.

MANDATORY TURKEY Plan Ahead! EDUCATION Don’t wait until the last minute to take the course! Seating is limited. Confirm course dates. Ad- Classes are usually available somewhere in the state during every month of the year. vance online registration at www.fw.delaware. If you plan to go hunting in the coming season, and you need hunter education certification gov/huntered is required for all courses or call in order to buy a hunting license, check the latest online schedule today at www.fw.delaware. (302) 735-3600. gov/huntered. In addition to complying with other hunter Register for the course of your choice on line at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered or call education requirements, Delaware hunters must (302) 735-3600 during business hours. All course schedules are subject to cancellation successfully complete a mandatory, one day turkey hunter education class before they can or change without notice. It can take several weeks to process tests and enter the results apply for a public land turkey hunting permit into our computer. or legally hunt turkeys in Delaware. Successful completion of the course Manda- tory Turkey Education on your Hunter Education Card is required for hunting on private land. TRADITIONAL, LIVE BASIC skills, specialty hunting techniques, wildlife HUNTER EDUCATION COURSES management, wildlife ID, survival, etc. Students Online Turkey Course Option Seating is limited. Advance online registration with certificates in hand must then register and Delaware also accepts an online turkey course at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered is required attend a specially designed, “hands–on” field that can be found at www.wildturkeyhunt- for all courses or call (302) 735-3600. day training session for final Delaware certi- ingcourse.com. Upon completion of the online New hunters learn safety, ethics, firearm fication. Field day training for online courses course, contact the Hunter Education office at types, safe gun handling, marksmanship tech- includes Delaware laws and regulations, load- (302) 735-3600. niques, specialty hunting techniques, wildlife ing, unloading, safe handling and transporting Public land hunters will still have to apply for management, wildlife ID, survival, etc. Dela- of firearms; field skills involving blinds, boats the permit lottery by sending in the application ware requires hunter ed certification via tradi- and tree stands; zones of fire; obstacle crossing; form found in the Hunting & Trapping Guide. tional live course or via internet course and field operation of safeties and shotgun live firing. Successful applicants for public land hunts will day for all hunters born on or after 01/01/1967. Live firing of shotguns requires a liability be sent a permit for a 6 day hunt on a public area. The courses are recognized in all states and release signed by students 18 or older or a Canadian provinces. notarized signature of parents/guardians of MANDATORY TRAPPER Sign up for traditional basic hunter educa- students under the age of 18. All students must EDUCATION tion course given live at one of the classroom have protective shooting glasses and hearing Ommelanden Hunter Education Training Center locations throughout the state. Delaware law protection. Adult and youth firearms, targets Seating is limited. Advance online regis- now requires all basic hunter education course and ammunition will be provided. For more in- tration at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered is participants to participate in a live firing expe- formation Delaware approved Internet courses required for all courses or call (302) 735-3600. rience with a trained instructor. Live firing of visit www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered or call Trapper education is a mandatory prereq- shotguns requires a liability release signed by (302) 735-3600. uisite for purchasing a Delaware trapping li- students 18 or older or a notarized signature of cense for all persons born on or after January parents/guardians of students under the age IBEP BOWHUNTER EDUCATION 1, 1978. Class and Field work sessions include of 18. All students must have protective shoot- Seating is limited. Advance online registration trapping history, heritage and ethics, furbear- ing glasses and hearing protection. Adult and at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered is required ing animals of Delaware, trapping equipment, youth firearms, targets and ammunition will for all courses or call (302) 735-3600. boating safety, hypothermia, practical water be provided. All live courses are free of charge Though not a Delaware requirement, this sets, hands-on instruction, how tides affect sets, with most held in the late summer and fall. special course is required in many other states proper skinning techniques, fur handling and Classes are available all year at Ommelanden and provinces for bowhunters. Participants in how to market furs. Hunter/Trapper Education Center on Route 9 this course learn bowhunting methods, game near New Castle. Pre-registration is required. trailing and recovery, field experience, bow- Online Option for Trapper Course: To sign up, go to the Hunter Education Online hunting safety, reading game signs, safe use of Delaware also accepts an online trapper course Access at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered or tree stands, calling, field dressing, and more. that can be found at www.trappered.com (Kan- call (302) 735-3600. Youths under the age of 14 must attend with a sas Furbearer Course). Upon completion of the responsible adult. online course, contact the Hunter Education ONLINE OPTION FOR BASIC Live firing and a signed release of liability Office at (302) 735-3600. HUNTER EDUCATION COURSES and advance online registration are required for Complete your hunter education coursework participation at www.fw.delaware.gov. For more information about additional classes online with one of three private vendors. All or the Hunter Education Program, visit our three courses allow you to study and take the YOUNG WATERFOWLERS PROGRAM website at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered exam for free, with a fee due only when you are Participation is limited. Advance online reg- ready to have the vendor certify your successful istration at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered is Or contact: completion. The State of Delaware has reviewed required for all courses or call (302) 735-3600. The Hunter Education Office and approved these interactive courses but Always a favorite, these courses (approx 20 6180 Hay Point Landing Road receives no portion of the vendor’s fee. New hours) provide youths between the ages of 12 Smyrna, DE 19977 hunters learn safety, ethics, firearm types, safe – 16, exposure to the complete waterfowl experi- (302) 735-3600. gun handling, hunting and marksmanship ence. Everything from waterfowl ID, biology,

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DELAWARE MASTER HUNTER trends, tactics, skills and regulations. You realize Master Hunter, officially qualified, certified and Seating is limited. Advance online registration that there is a lot more to learn about wildlife, recognized by the State of Delaware. at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered is required wildlife management and the role of hunting in If the above description sounds like you, you for all courses or call (302) 735-3600. our modern society. You know that hunting is a may be a candidate for the Delaware Master controversial issue and you want to keep up to Hunter Program. Download an application and Not for Beginners. date on what’s happening in Delaware. You’d check the online schedule for dates at www. You are already an experienced hunter. You love like to benefit from the opportunity to learn from fw.delaware.gov/huntered or call (302) 735- hunting; you read about it and think about it all your peers and share some of the things you’ve 3600 and ask for an application by mail for this year long. You are dedicated to the principles of learned the hard way. As a lifelong advocate unique, one-of-a-kind program. The Delaware ethical, responsible, fair chase hunting. You’ve and ambassador for hunting you want to help Hunter Education Office of the Division of Fish learned a lot over the years but you are always continue the heritage of hunting and ensure its and Wildlife will be glad to mail you an applica- ready to learn more. You want to keep yourself future for the coming generations. You’d value tion form and an information sheet with details up to date with the latest hunting developments, the personal satisfaction of being a Delaware about the next course.

DIRECTIONS TO HUNTER/TRAPPER EDUCATION CLASSROOM LOCATIONS

CEDARFIELD RURITAN CLUB - KENT COUNTY HUNTER EDUCATION TRAINING MILFORD CENTER AT LITTLE CREEK WILDLIFE AREA – From Route 113 South: Head South on Rt. 113. RT 9 DOVER / LITTLE CREEK, 3018 BAYSIDE DRIVE Before coming to the Rt. 113/Rt. 1 split you will DOVER, DE 19901, (302) 735-2983 see I.G. Burton car dealership on your right. From SR 1, south of Dover Air Force Base, take exit 91 for Little Creek/ Pass the dealership and immediately take the Kitts Hummock. Travel 3.5 miles north on SR9 to Little Creek. (3018 1st right onto Tub Mill Pond Road. Wind around Bayside Drive is .5 miles north of Little Creek city limits on the east side of the roadway) the “S” curve and the Ruritan Club (white building) is on your left. The Little Creek Wildlife Area is located on the east side of Rt 9, approximately one mile south of Little Creek. DNREC / DIV F & W AUDITORIUM IN THE R & R BUILDING - 89 KINGS HIGHWAY IN DOVER From US 13, turn west on Loockerman Street. SUSSEX COUNTY HUNTER EDUCATION TRAINING Cross the bridge and turn right at the first traf- CENTER OWENS STATION SPORTING CLAY RANGE fic light (next to the Post Office). The road leads AND DOG TRAINING CENTER directly into the DNREC building parking lot. 12613 HUNTERS COVE ROAD, GREENWOOD, DE 19950 From Rt 113, take Rt 16 West approx 4.75 miles and turn South (left) OMMELANDEN HUNTER / TRAPPER onto Owens Rd. Drive approximately .75 miles and turn left again EDUCATION CENTER AND RANGE onto Hunters Cove Rd. Drive approximately .3 miles to entrance on left side. - RT 9, NEW CASTLE, (302) 323-5333 From the City of Wilmington: Follow Rt. 13 From Rt 13, take Rt 16 East, approximately 2.5 miles and turn right onto Hunter’s Cove South towards New Castle. Continue following Road. Drive straight across Owens Rd (stop sign) then drive .3 miles to entrance on left side. Rt. 13 past the split at Rt. 40. Pass the traffic light at the Beaver Brook Apartments, Beaver Brook Shopping Center and Chaddwyck. Pull into the third turn lane and turn left onto Federal Lane. 156B on the left towards Rt. 13 North. At the first Drive north about 3 miles on Rt 9. There is a large There are signs for Ommelanden and the Kirk- intersection are two gas stations and a Wawa. Turn wooden sign and a gate outside the Ommelanden wood Soccer Club in the median. After turning right at this light onto Hamburg Road. Follow Range across from the Kirkwood Soccer Club. left, follow Federal Lane until it connects with Hamburg Road until it ends at Rt. 9 (River Road). Rt. 9 (River Road). Turn left onto Rt. 9 North and Turn left onto Rt. 9 North. Ommelanden is approx. TAYLOR’S BRIDGE travel approx. 100 yards. The facility is located 2 miles on the right. There is a large wooden sign COMMUNITY CENTER on the right side of River Road and has a large and a gate outside the facility. Ommelanden is From Odessa at US RT 13: Follow Rt 299 South wooden sign and a gate at the entrance. Omme- across from the Kirkwood Soccer Club. and East. From Rt 299 turn left onto Rt 9 also landen is across from the Kirkwood Soccer Club. called Taylor’s Bridge Road. About 6.6 miles from From points South: Follow Rt.s 1 and 13 North Odessa, at the old lighthouse, Rt 9 makes a sharp From points North: Follow I-95 South. Take exit 4A over the Rt. 1 C&D Canal Bridge. Take the first exit right turn to the south and becomes Flemings towards the Christiana Mall Road and Rt.s 1 and 7 after the bridge and turn right towards Delaware Landing Road. The Taylor’s Bridge Community South. Stay in the left lane and follow Rt. 1 South. City. Turn left at the second traffic light and head Center (old brick schoolhouse) is about 100 yards Pass the exits for Rt.s 273 and 40. Get off at exit north on Rt 9 between the refinery and the oil tanks. south of the turn on the east side of the road. HUNTER EDUCATION NEEDS YOU! Have you ever thought of becoming a Delaware Volunteer Hunter – Trapper Education Instructor? Download an application at www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered, and mail it to the Office of Hunter Education, 6180 Hay Point Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977, or call the Hunter Education Coordinator at (302) 735-3600 with questions about the program.

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Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife McKay House – Office of Hunter Education 6180 Hay Point Landing Road, Smyrna, DE 19977 Tel: (302) 735-3600 Fax: (302) 653-6755

To All Hunter Education Course Participants: Since January 1st, 2010, section 501 Delaware Code Title 7 has required all basic hunter education students to participate in a live firing experience with a trained firearms instructor in order to successfully complete the course. Insurance rules of the State of Delaware require all participants in any course which includes live firing to sign the attached “Release From Liability Waiver” before taking part in the live firing. This form is a legal release.

FIRST: CHOOSE A COURSE AND SIGN UP online at www.fw.delaware.gov or call (302) 735-3600 SECOND: IF YOU ARE 18 OR OLDER, you don’t need to have the waiver notarized but you need to fill it out, sign it and mail it back.

IF YOU ARE UNDER 18, a parent or guardian needs to sign the waiver for you and have their signature verified by a notary. You may find notarization by an official at your bank or library to be the easiest solution. You can also bring the document and a valid ID or driver license to the Fish & Wildlife Headquarters at 89 Kings Highway in Dover. We’ll be glad to notarize it for you.

THIRD: MAIL THE ORIGINAL, signed Waiver of Liability (with notarized signatures of parents or guardians of minor students under 18) to: Office of Hunter Education 6180 Hay Point Landing Road Smyrna, DE 19977

TO COMPLETE YOU COURSE REGISTRATION, YOUR ORIGINAL WAIVER MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HUNTER EDUCATION SEVEN (7) DAYS BEFORE THE COURSE STARTING DATE. You must provide us with the original signed waiver if you want to participate. All required information must be provided. Sorry, we cannot accept any waivers sent by fax. If you have any questions or want to check and make sure that your original waiver has arrived at our office, feel free to call us at (302) 735-3600 during the week before your course. If you mailed in your waiver but are unable to attend the class you signed up for, please call us after you have made a new selection so that we can place your waiver with the new class and date. We look forward to seeing you in Hunter Education soon.

INSTANT ONLINE ACCESS TO HUNTER/TRAPPER EDUCATION

• NEED A HUNTER / TRAPPER • NEED A REPLACEMENT CARD? EDUCATION COURSE? INSTANTLY PRINT OUT NEW CERTIFICATES AND CHECK THE LATEST SCHEDULE FOR UPCOMING REPLACEMENT HUNTER ED CARDS ON YOUR COURSES AND SIGN UP ON LINE! OWN COMPUTER!

• CHECK YOUR HUNTER EDUCATION RECORDS! www.fw.delaware.gov/huntered UPDATE YOUR CONTACT INFO! CHANGE YOUR ADDRESS, PHONE NUMBER, AND EMAIL!

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Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Rise Set Day A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. A.M. P.M. 1 7:18 4:50 7:06 5:22 6:32 5:53 5:45 6:24 5:03 6:52 4:38 7:19 4:40 7:28 5:02 7:11 5:30 6:30 5:56 5:43 6:27 5:00 6:59 4:40

2 7:18 4:51 7:05 5:24 6:31 5:54 5:44 6:25 5:02 6:53 4:38 7:19 4:40 7:28 5:03 7:10 5:30 6:29 5:57 5:42 6:28 4:59 7:00 4:39

3 7:18 4:52 7:04 5:25 6:30 5:55 5:42 6:26 5:01 6:54 4:37 7:20 4:41 7:28 5:04 7:09 5:31 6:27 5:58 5:40 6:29 4:58 7:01 4:39

4 7:18 4:53 7:03 5:26 6:28 5:56 5:41 6:26 5:00 6:55 :437 7:21 4:41 7:28 5:05 7:07 5:32 6:26 5:59 5:38 6:30 4:57 7:02 4:39

5 7:18 4:54 7:02 5:27 6:27 5:57 5:39 6:27 4:59 6:56 4:37 7:21 4:42 7:28 5:06 7:06 5:33 6:24 6:00 5:37 6:31 4:56 7:03 4:39

6 7:18 4:54 7:01 5:28 6:25 5:57 5:38 6:28 4:58 6:57 4:36 7:22 4:42 7:27 5:06 7:05 5:34 6:23 6:01 5:35 6:32 4:55 7:03 4:39

7 7:18 4:55 7:00 5:29 6:24 5:59 5:36 6:29 4:56 6:58 4:36 7:22 4:43 7:27 5:07 7:04 5:35 6:21 6:02 5:34 6:33 4:54 7:04 4:39

8 7:18 4:56 6:59 5:30 6:22 6:00 5:35 6:30 4:55 6:59 4:36 7:23 4:44 7:27 5:08 7:03 5:36 6:19 6:03 5:32 6:34 4:53 7:05 4:39

9 7:18 4:57 6:58 5:32 6:21 6:01 5:33 6:31 4:54 7:00 4:36 7:24 4:44 7:27 5:09 7:02 5:37 6:18 6:04 5:31 6:36 4:52 7:06 4:39

10 7:18 4:58 6:57 5:33 6:19 6:02 5:32 6:32 4:53 7:01 4:36 7:24 4:45 7:26 5:10 7:01 5:37 6:16 6:04 5:29 6:37 4:51 7:07 4:39

11 7:18 4:59 6:56 5:34 6:18 6:03 5:30 6:33 4:52 7:01 4:36 7:24 4:46 7:26 5:11 6:59 5:38 6:15 6:05 5:28 6:38 4:50 7:08 4:39

12 7:17 5:00 6:55 5:35 6:16 6:04 5:29 6:34 4:51 7:02 4:36 7:25 4:46 7:25 5:12 6:58 5:39 6:13 6:06 5:26 6:39 4:50 7:08 4:40

13 7:17 5:01 6:53 5:36 6:15 6:05 5:27 6:35 4:50 7:03 4:36 7:25 4:47 7:25 5:13 6:57 5:40 6:12 6:07 5:25 6:40 4:49 7:09 4:40

14 7:17 5:02 6:52 5:37 6:13 6:06 5:26 6:36 4:50 7:04 4:36 7:26 4:48 7:24 5:14 6:56 5:41 6:10 6:08 5:24 6:41 4:48 7:10 4:40

15 7:16 5:03 6:51 5:38 6:12 6:07 5:24 6:37 4:49 7:05 4:36 7:26 4:48 7:24 5:14 6:54 5:42 6:08 6:09 5:22 6:42 4:47 7:11 4:40

16 7:16 5:04 6:50 5:39 6:10 6:08 5:23 6:38 4:48 7:06 4:36 7:27 4:49 7:23 5:15 6:53 5:43 6:07 6:10 5:21 6:43 4:47 7:11 4:41

17 7:16 5:06 6:49 5:40 6:08 6:09 5:21 6:39 4:47 7:07 4:36 7:27 4:50 7:23 5:16 6:52 5:44 6:05 6:11 5:19 6:44 4:46 7:12 4:41

18 7:15 5:07 6:47 5:42 6:07 6:10 5:20 6:40 4:46 7:08 4:36 7:27 4:51 7:22 5:17 6:50 5:44 6:04 6:12 5:18 6:45 4:45 7:12 4:41

19 7:15 5:08 6:46 5:43 6:05 6:11 5:19 6:41 4:45 7:09 4:36 7:27 4:51 7:21 5:18 6:49 5:45 6:02 6:13 5:17 6:46 4:45 7:13 4:42

20 7:14 5:09 6:45 5:44 6:04 6:12 5:17 6:42 4:45 7:09 4:36 7:28 4:52 7:21 5:19 6:48 5:46 6:00 6:14 5:15 6:48 4:44 7:14 4:42

21 7:14 5:10 6:43 5:45 6:02 6:13 5:16 6:43 4:44 7:10 4:36 7:28 4:53 7:20 5:20 6:46 5:47 5:59 6:15 5:14 6:49 4:43 7:14 4:43

22 7:13 5:11 6:42 5:46 6:01 6:14 5:15 6:44 4:43 7:11 4:37 7:28 4:54 7:19 5:21 6:45 5:48 5:57 6:16 5:13 6:50 4:43 7:15 4:43

23 7:13 5:12 6:41 5:47 5:59 6:15 5:13 6:45 4:43 7:12 4:37 7:28 4:54 7:19 5:22 6:44 5:49 5:56 6:17 5:11 6:51 4:42 7:15 4:44

24 7:12 5:13 6:39 5:48 5:58 6:16 5:12 6:45 4:42 7:13 4:37 7:28 4:55 7:18 5:23 6:42 5:50 5:54 6:18 5:10 6:52 4:42 7:16 4:44

25 7:11 5:14 6:38 5:49 5:56 6:17 5:11 6:46 4:41 7:14 4:37 7:28 4:56 7:17 5:23 6:41 5:51 5:53 6:19 5:09 6:53 4:41 7:16 4:45

26 7:11 5:16 6:37 5:50 5:55 6:18 5:09 6:47 4:41 7:14 4:38 7:29 4:57 7:16 5:24 6:39 5:52 5:51 6:21 5:07 6:54 4:41 7:16 4:46

27 7:10 5:17 6:35 5:51 5:53 6:19 5:08 6:48 4:40 7:15 4:38 7:29 4:58 7:15 5:25 6:38 5:52 5:49 6:22 5:06 6:55 4:41 7:17 4:46

28 7:09 5:18 6:34 5:52 5:51 6:20 5:07 6:49 4:40 7:16 4:38 7:29 4:59 7:14 5:26 6:36 5:53 5:48 6:23 5:05 6:56 4:40 7:17 4:47

29 7:08 5:19 5:50 6:21 5:06 6:50 4:39 7:17 4:39 7:29 5:00 7:13 5:27 6:35 5:54 5:46 6:24 5:04 6:57 4:40 7:17 4:48

30 7:07 5:20 5:48 6:22 5:04 6:51 4:39 7:17 4:39 7:28 5:00 7:13 5:28 6:33 5:55 5:45 6:25 5:03 6:58 4:40 7:17 4:48

31 7:07 5:21 5:47 6:23 4:38 7:18 5:01 7:12 5:29 6:32 6:26 5:02 7:18 4:49

Add one hour for Daylight Saving Time if and when in use. I certify that the above data are the result of an accurate and true computation by the Nautical Almanac Office, United States Naval Observatory, an agency charged by Federal Statue (9 State. L. 374, 375) with the duty of making such computations and publishing the results. C.G. CHRISTIE E.W.WOOLARD Captain, USN Director of Almanac Superintendent U.S. Naval Observatory U.S. Naval Observatory

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