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.

Read the entire 2012-2013 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide online! Our unique digital edition allows you to page through the entire guide, just as if you were reading the magazine.  The table of contents, URL’s and advertisements are all clickable and will take you right to the website.

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.

Deer hunting in the First State has come a long way since 1954 when that first year harvest topped out at 505 animals. It’s been said that many thought too many deer were taken that year and that the population could not sustain that sort of pressure.