Delaware
55,300
Duck Statewide Harvest
26,600
Goose Statewide Harvest
5,500
No. Waterfowl Licenses Sold Annually
12.3
Ducks Per Hunter
6.2
Geese Per Hunter
$39.50
Cost of Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$15
Cost of Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
$199.50; three-day small-game $75
Cost of Non-Resident Waterfowl Hunting License
$15
Cost of Non-Resident State Stamps and Permits
$25
Federal Duck Stamp
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The nation's second-smallest state has a rich waterfowling tradition and still offers some great opportunities.
Part of the Delmarva Peninsula (comprised by most of Delaware and portions of Maryland and Virginia), the state is bordered to the east by the Delaware River and Delaware Bay, one of the most important waterfowl wintering areas in North America. However, the watershed has suffered widespread habitat loss and degradation because of land-conversion and land-management practices.
Delaware hunters shoot good numbers of mallards, wood ducks, greenwings and black ducks. Honkers dominate the goose harvest, though the state features good opportunities for greater snow geese during the spring conservation season.
