§ 701. Game animals.
§ 701. Game animals. The following shall be considered game animals: Mink, snapping turtle, raccoon, opossum, gray squirrel, otter, muskrat, red fox, hare, rabbit, frog, deer and beaver. The Bryant fox-squirrel, otherwise known as the “sciurus niger branti,” shall be protected wildlife. Code 1915, § 2374A; 40 Del. Laws, c. 191, § 9; Code 1935, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 704. Prohibited hunting and trapping devices and methods; confiscation of devices; primitive weapon season.
§ 704. Prohibited hunting and trapping devices and methods; confiscation of devices; primitive weapon season. (a) No person shall make use of any pitfall, deadfall, scaffold, cage, snare, trap, net, pen, baited hook, lure, urine or baited field or any other similar device for the purpose of injuring, capturing or killing birds or animals protected […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]