Division of Fish & Wildlife

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The Wildlife Section manages nearly 50,000 acres of land in Delaware - land that provides habitat for a multitude of wild plants, animals, insects and rare species of all kinds.This web page directs you to specific information: from hunting licenses, seasons and other game-related information, to key wildlife and habitat conservation and education initiatives, like the Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program and the Delaware Shorebird Monitoring Project, among many others.

Information for hunters

• UPDATE: Straight-wall, pistol-caliber rifles allowed for deer hunting in Delaware 
  
  

• Please click on the image below to be taken to the Hunter & Trapper Registration System

• Please click on the image below to learn more about Wildlife Program services and funding

• 2019/20 Delaware Hunting & Trapping Guide
• 2020 Turkey Check Stations
• Wild Turkey Productivity Survey
• Waterfowl Surveys
• Sunday Deer Hunting in Delaware
• Guides, Seasons and Maps
• Wildlife Regulation Changes
• Licenses, Permits & Registrations
• State Shooting Ranges
• Sportsmen Against Hunger
• Wildlife Area Maps
• Wildlife Management Area Plans
• Hunter/Trapper education and classes 
• Operation Game Theft 
• For Hunters with Disabilities

Habitat and wildlife management:

• Delaware's Deer Management Plan
• Delaware Wildlife Action Plan
• Wildlife Species Conservation & Research Program
• Plants and Plant Communities
• Wildlife and Restoration Act Funding in Delaware 
• Delaware Shorebird Project
• Private Lands Assistance Program
• Deer damage assistance programs for Delaware farmers and homeowners

More information for hunters

• Delaware's White-tailed Deer
• Chronic Wasting Disease awareness
• Waterfowl Stamp Program/Contest
• Get F&W Email Updates
• National Wildlife Refuges
• Bombay Hook
• Prime Hook
• Report Fishing Violations
  1-800-523-3336
• Report Rabies Exposure
  302-744-4995
• Sunrise/Sunset
• Tide Tables
• www.flyways.us (U.S. and North American waterfowl management web site)

FAQs

Please click here to learn more!

More habitat and wildlife management information

• Abandoned Wildlife
• Avian influenza awareness
• A.I. factsheet from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
• H5N1 Survey for Delaware duck hunters
• Becoming an Outdoors Woman program 
• Coyotes in Delaware
• Dead Animals on the Road
• New Castle County:
       302-323-1111
• Kent County:
       302-739-1111
• Sussex County:
        302-855-1111 
• Education Programs
• Endangered Species List
• Green Infrastructure Initiative
• Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators in Delaware
• Open Space Program
• Phragmites Control Program 
• To Report Marine Mammal & Sea Turtle Strandings 
• Volunteer!
• Wildlife Habitat Enhancement