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7 DE Code § 702. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 702. Game birds.

§ 702. Game birds. The following shall be considered game birds: The Anatidae, commonly known as geese, brant and river and sea ducks; the Rallidae, commonly known as rails, coots, mudhens and gallinules; the Limicolae, commonly known as shore birds, plovers, surf birds, snipe, woodcock, sandpipers, tattlers and curlews; the Gallinae, commonly known as wild turkeys, grouse, prairie chickens, pheasants, chukar partridges, partridges and quail; also the reed bird of the Icteridae; and the dove. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2374;  Code 1935, §  2820;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  702;  49 Del. Laws, c. 19.;
7 DE Code § 703. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 703. Open season for game.

§ 703. Open season for game. The open season during which it shall be lawful to catch, kill or pursue or attempt to catch, kill or pursue muskrat, or to hunt red fox by chase only shall, respectively, be as follows, including, in each instance, the days defining the open season:  (1) Muskrat. In New Castle County, December 1 to March 10, next following, but in embanked meadows or marshes in New Castle County, the open season shall be from December 1 to March 20, next following; in Kent and Sussex Counties, December 15 to March 15, next following. (2) Red fox. October 1 to April 30, next following, red fox hunting whenever so permitted and whether occurring on public or private lands as provided herein, shall be permitted by chase only from 1/2 hour before sunrise until 1/2 hour after sunset. Red fox hunting shall be permitted only on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday during such time when it is lawful to take deer with a firearm or archery. However, red fox shall not be hunted by chase at all during deer hunting season that takes place in October, November or December. Notwithstanding the foregoing, red fox may be killed in accordance with § 788 of this title. The Division of Fish and Wildlife shall determine those public lands that are available for fox hunting by chase during any deer hunting season. From January through April, fox hunting by chase during deer hunting season shall be permissible on private lands only on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday if the owner of the private land has authorized such hunting to occur thereon.26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  3;  27 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  2;  27 Del. Laws, c. 159;  Code 1915, §  2375;  37 Del. Laws, c. 220, §  1;  38 Del. Laws, c. 145, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2821;  41 Del. Laws, c. 177, §  3;  44 Del. Laws, c. 147, §  1;  45 Del. Laws, c. 202, §  1;  45 Del. Laws, c. 206, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 175, §  1;  47 Del. Laws, c. 394, §  2;  48 Del. Laws, c. 172, §§  1, 2;  48 Del. Laws, c. 272, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  703;  51 Del. Laws, c. 123, §  3;  55 Del. Laws, c. 25;  68 Del. Laws, c. 15, §  2;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  43;  72 Del. Laws, c. 332, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 148, §§  1, 2;
7 DE Code § 705. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 705. Visiting traps within 24-hour periods; killing of trapped animals.

§ 705. Visiting traps within 24-hour periods; killing of trapped animals. (a) No person who sets or makes use of any trap, except for muskrats, shall permit more than 24 hours to elapse between visits to such trap. (b) Notwithstanding § 704(d) of this title, a .22 caliber rimfire pistol may be used to kill animals lawfully confined or restrained by a trap or snare. Code 1915, §  2392A;  40 Del. Laws, c. 191, §  18;  Code 1935, §  2852;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  706;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  46, 71;  71 Del. Laws, c. 366, §§  1, 2;
7 DE Code § 706. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 706. Damaging nest, den or lair of protected wildlife or trees, stumps or logs on another's property.

§ 706. Damaging nest, den or lair of protected wildlife or trees, stumps or logs on another's property. No person shall needlessly destroy, break or interfere with any nest, den or lair of any bird or animal protected by the laws of this State, or set fire to, burn, bark or in any way mutilate any tree, living or dead, stump or log, on lands of another, without the express consent of the owner or person in charge. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  6;  27 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  4;  Code 1915, §  2379;  Code 1935, §  2827;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  707;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  71;
7 DE Code § 707. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 707. Hunting or shooting from motor vehicle, boats or farm machinery prohibited; penalty.

§ 707. Hunting or shooting from motor vehicle, boats or farm machinery prohibited; penalty. (a) No person shall shoot at or kill any bird or animal protected by the laws of this State by means of any firearms at any time or place while such person is the occupant of any motor vehicle, motor or sail boat or is riding in or upon any piece of farm machinery, unless said person is legally hunting crippled migratory birds from a motorboat as permitted by federal law. The presence of any person in or on any conveyance used in violation of this section shall be deemed to be a violation of this section. (b) Whoever violates this section in the daytime, between sunrise and sunset, shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation for each offense. Whoever violates this section between sunset and sunrise of any day, shall be guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor for each offense. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  7;  27 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2380;  35 Del. Laws, c. 173, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2828;  46 Del. Laws, c. 147, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  708;  51 Del. Laws, c. 339, §  2;  59 Del. Laws, c. 81;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  47, 48, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 708. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 708. Loaded firearms prohibited in or on motor vehicles, motorboats or farm machinery.

§ 708. Loaded firearms prohibited in or on motor vehicles, motorboats or farm machinery. No person shall have a loaded shotgun or rifle in that person's possession in, against or on any automobile, other vehicle, any piece of farm machinery, motorboat while under power, sailboat while under power, or have any ammunition in the magazine or chamber of such shotgun or rifle except when it is otherwise lawful to hunt crippled migratory birds from a motorboat as permitted by federal law. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  8;  Code 1915, §  2381;  Code 1935, §  2829;  47 Del. Laws, c. 322, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  709;  59 Del. Laws, c. 144;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  71;
7 DE Code § 709. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 709. Hours for hunting; federal laws and regulations; prohibitions and exceptions.

§ 709. Hours for hunting; federal laws and regulations; prohibitions and exceptions. No person shall pursue, catch, take or kill any migratory bird or fowl except within the hours permitted by federal laws and regulations. No person shall pursue, catch, take or kill any animal protected by the laws of this State except frogs, muskrats, raccoons, opossums, skunks, minks, otter and foxes between a half an hour after sunset of 1 day and a 1/2 before sunrise the following day. No person shall shoot muskrats within the hours named in this section. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  7;  27 Del. Laws, c. 158, §  5;  Code 1915, §  2380;  35 Del. Laws, c. 173, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2828;  46 Del. Laws, c. 147, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  710;  49 Del. Laws, c. 150;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  49, 71;
7 DE Code § 710. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 710. Use of silencer on gun; penalty.

§ 710. Use of silencer on gun; penalty. Whoever uses a silencer or noise-reducing contrivance on any gun, rifle or firearm when hunting for game or fowl, shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. Code 1915, §  2381A;  35 Del. Laws, c. 169, §  1;  Code 1935, §  2830;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  711;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  50, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 711. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 711. Hunting with automatic-loading gun prohibited; penalty.

§ 711. Hunting with automatic-loading gun prohibited; penalty. (a) No person shall hunt for game birds or game animals in this State, except as authorized by state-sanctioned federal depredation/conservation orders for selected waterfowl species, with or by means of any automatic-loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than 3 shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a filler incapable of removal through the loading end thereof, so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than 3 shells at 1 time, in the magazine and chamber combined. (b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. (c) Having in one's possession, while in the act of hunting game birds or game animals, a gun that will hold more than 3 shells at 1 time in the magazine and chamber combined, except as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section. Code 1935, §  2830A;  45 Del. Laws, c. 204, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  712;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  51, 71;  76 Del. Laws, c. 302, §§  1-3;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 712. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 712. Prohibition against Sunday hunting.

§ 712. Prohibition against Sunday hunting. (a) On Sundays, no person shall hunt or pursue any game birds or game animals with any dog or any kind of implement which is capable of killing said game birds or game animals, except as provided in subsections (b), (c), (d) and (e) of this section. (b) This section shall not be applicable to trapping, training dogs, hunting red foxes with dogs, or participating in commercial game preserve operations in accordance with the provisions of § 572 of this title. (c) This section shall not be applicable to deer hunting seasons established by the Department. (d) Such Sunday deer hunting may occur on private lands at landowner discretion and on those public lands as may be so designated by and at the discretion of the applicable government agency, which shall inform the public of the location and times Sunday hunting is allowed on their respective public lands. Any government agency designating or changing the designation of such Sunday deer hunting on its public lands shall provide adequate opportunity for public comment prior to designating the location or times of such Sunday deer hunting. For the purposes of this section, “public lands” includes federal, state, county, municipal, or other government-owned lands. (e) This section shall not be applicable to the harvesting of deer as permitted by the Department through its deer depredation programs. 26 Del. Laws, c. 165, §  10;  Code 1915, §  2383;  Code 1935, §  2833;  45 Del. Laws, c. 258, §  1;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  714;  63 Del. Laws, c. 389, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §  71;  78 Del. Laws, c. 27, §  2;  80 Del. Laws, c. 320, § 1;  81 Del. Laws, c. 318, § 1;
7 DE Code § 713. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 713. Fire regulations; penalty.

§ 713. Fire regulations; penalty. (a) No person shall:  (1) Fire or cause to be fired, any woodlot, forest or other wild land or property, material or vegetation being or growing thereon, other than brush in clearing land, either by dropping lighted matches, tobacco or other substance, or in any manner whatsoever without the consent of the owner or owners; or (2) Start a fire or fires anywhere and permit same to spread to woodlots, forests or other wild lands, causing damage to or destruction of such property; or (3) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, fire or cause to be fired any marshland in this State after March 1 in any year. (b) The Department, upon application from any landowner or freeholder and after due investigation, may extend beyond March 1 the time during which marshland in this State may be fired, by the issuance of a permit thereto for such purpose, if it is found after such investigation that the landowner or freeholder has been prevented from firing landowner's or freeholder's marshland before March 1 by circumstances beyond landowner's or freeholder's control. (c) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation for each offense in addition to any other penalty that may be imposed for any damage caused by the setting of unlawful fires of any kind whatsoever. Code 1915, §  2379A;  35 Del. Laws, c. 206, §  1;  40 Del. Laws, c. 191, §  11;  Code 1935, §  2832;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  715;  57 Del. Laws, c. 739, §  56;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  52, 53, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 714. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 714. Trespassing; penalty.

§ 714. Trespassing; penalty. Whoever enters upon the lands or waters of another within this State, without first obtaining permission to do so from the owner or lessee, for the purpose of hunting, trapping or fishing, shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. Code 1852, §  976;  14 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  16;  Code 1915, §  2409;  Code 1935, §  2880;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  720;  49 Del. Laws, c. 82;  59 Del. Laws, c. 71, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  55, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 715. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 715. Possession of protected wildlife; prohibitions.

§ 715. Possession of protected wildlife; prohibitions. (a) No person shall have more than 2 times the daily bag limit or creel limit of any game bird, game animal or game fish in that person's possession at any 1 time when it is lawful to possess such wildlife, except that possession limits for game birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act [16 U.S.C. § 703 et seq.] shall be defined by federal regulations. Any game bird, game animal, or game fish that has been processed and stored for consumption at a person's permanent residence shall not count against the person's possession limit. Nothing in this section shall apply to terrapin lawfully taken and of lawful size, when it is lawful to have said animals, their meat and skins in possession. (b) No person shall have in possession any game fish during the closed season for said fish, whether the same shall have been taken within or without the State, and no person shall at any time of the year barter, sell, offer for sale or buy any game birds, game animals or game fish protected by the laws of this State, and killed or caught either lawfully or unlawfully within or without this State, except always the muskrat, the snapping turtle and the diamond back terrapin trade during the seasons when it is lawful to have said animals and their meat in possession, and trading at any and all times in muskrat skins and other skins and in terrapin of lawful size which have been lawfully taken; and further except always hotels, restaurants, clubs and other food dispensers which may offer pheasants and quail for food consumption, provided, however, that every such food dispenser having pheasants and quail in its possession has an invoice covering the same showing purchase thereof from a licensed game breeder within or without this State, said invoice to have the game breeder's license number on it. (c) No person shall knowingly have in possession any game birds, animals or fish which have been unlawfully killed or taken, except when confiscated by the Department and when in the possession of the Department or when in the possession of those to whom the Department has given them. (d) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation for each offense. In addition to being fined and/or imprisoned, the violator shall be fined $25 for each game bird, game fish and game animal caught or killed illegally, purchased or offered to purchase, sold, offered for sale, bartered or exchanged, or taken or killed or found in possession in excess of the bag or creel limit. Code 1915, §  2390;  31 Del. Laws, c. 51, §  2;  40 Del. Laws, c. 191, §§  13, 14;  Code 1935, §  2849;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  721;  49 Del. Laws, c. 29;  50 Del. Laws, c. 437, §§  1, 2;  57 Del. Laws, c. 739, §  57;  60 Del. Laws, c. 493, §  3;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  56, 57, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 363, §  1;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 716. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 716. Hunting, fishing or trapping without a license; penalties.

§ 716. Hunting, fishing or trapping without a license; penalties. Any person required by this title to obtain a license before hunting, trapping or fishing in this State and who hunts, traps or fishes without having obtained such license shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. 26 Del. Laws, c. 164, §  2;  Code 1915, §  2391;  40 Del. Laws, c. 191, §  15;  Code 1935, §  2850;  7 Del. C. 1953, §  722;  57 Del. Laws, c. 739, §  58;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  58, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 717. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 717. Frightening or harassing migratory birds; penalties.

§ 717. Frightening or harassing migratory birds; penalties. Any person who shall frighten or harass migratory birds while at rest on the property of another by use of a rifle, shotgun or any other weapon, shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. 7 Del. C. 1953, §  724;  57 Del. Laws, c. 96;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  59, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 718. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 718. Requiring wearing of hunter orange in the hunting of deer; violation and penalty.

§ 718. Requiring wearing of hunter orange in the hunting of deer; violation and penalty. (a) “Hunter orange” means a daylight fluorescent orange color with a dominant wave length between 595 and 605 nanometers, and exotation purity of not less than 85 percent and illuminous factor of not less than 40 percent. (b) During a time when it is lawful to take deer with a firearm, any person hunting any wildlife except migratory game birds in this State shall display on that person's head, chest and back a total of not less than 400 square inches of hunter orange material. (c) If a hunter utilizes a ground blind to hunt deer during a time when it is lawful to take deer with a firearm and the hunter is completely concealed within a blind, then 400 square inches of hunter orange material shall be placed within 10 feet outside of the blind and at least 3 feet off of the ground. (d) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class D environmental violation. 7 Del. C. 1953, §  705;  59 Del. Laws, c. 97, §  1;  60 Del. Laws, c. 302, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  61, 62, 71;  70 Del. Laws, c. 502, §  1;  76 Del. Laws, c. 301, §§  1, 2;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 719. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 719. Discharge of firearms on or near public roads and public rights-of-way; penalty.

§ 719. Discharge of firearms on or near public roads and public rights-of-way; penalty. (a) No person, except in lawful self-defense, shall discharge any firearm while on or within 15 yards of a public road or right-of-way unless it is a road or right-of-way within an area controlled by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, the Department of Agriculture of the State or the United States Department of the Interior and is designated by the respective department as an area open to hunting or trapping. (b) No person shall shoot at any wild bird or wild animal while it is on a public road, nor shall any person shoot across a public road or right-of-way at any wild bird or wild animal. (c) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation. 61 Del. Laws, c. 372, §  1;  64 Del. Laws, c. 373, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  63, 71;  79 Del. Laws, c. 421, §  3;
7 DE Code § 720. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 720. Conditional permits for disabled persons.

§ 720. Conditional permits for disabled persons. Notwithstanding §§ 707, 708 and 719 of this title, the Director of the Division of Fish and Wildlife, Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, upon written application and presentation of a medical doctor's written statement that the applicant is unable to walk or is otherwise physically disabled to the extent that the applicant cannot safely hunt except from a vehicle, may issue a conditional permit to shoot wild birds and wild animals from a stationary vehicle during established hunting seasons and in accordance with other existing laws and regulations. 62 Del. Laws, c. 59, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 186, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  64, 71;
7 DE Code § 721. (2021)
2021 Delaware Code|Title 7 - Conservation|Chapter 7. Regulations and Prohibitions Concerning Game and Fish|Subchapter I. General Provisions|§ 721. Killer, body-gripping traps.

§ 721. Killer, body-gripping traps. Anyone who sets, tends or attempts to set or tend a killer, body-gripping trap with a jaw spread in excess of 5 inches shall be guilty of a class B environmental misdemeanor for each offense. 62 Del. Laws, c. 326, §  1;  70 Del. Laws, c. 275, §§  65, 71;  81 Del. Laws, c. 370, § 1;