PointsAfieldSeason2026–27
Grass and picked corn under a high plains sky, Delaware
Grass and picked corn under a high plains sky, DelawareFlickr · CC BY 2.0

Delaware

Species on recordOpen now0Classified7Record year2026
The place

What Delaware is like to hunt

Awaiting survey — Delaware overview

Season classification for Delaware is complete for 2026, but the qualitative overview has not been written yet. Dates, bag limits and status below are current; the narrative is what is outstanding.

Issuing agencyDelaware Division of Fish and Wildlife (DNREC)dnrec.delaware.gov/fish-wildlifeRecord year 2026
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Ring-necked pheasant

Ring-necked pheasant
Ring-necked pheasantNikola Tomašić · Unsplash License
#1Ring-necked pheasantRing-necked pheasant is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 44 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.
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44 statesUpland
Every bird classified here

Species run

Status is computed from the published dates, not stored — a stale build cannot show an ended season as open.
Ring-necked pheasant
Ring-necked pheasantNikola Tomašić · Unsplash License
#1Ring-necked pheasantRing-necked pheasant is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 44 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.
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44 statesUpland
Northern bobwhite quail
Northern bobwhite quailnorthern bobwhite quail · Public domain
#2Northern bobwhite quailNorthern bobwhite quail is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 42 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.
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42 statesUpland
Gray (Hungarian) partridge
Gray (Hungarian) partridgeOwn work · CC BY-SA 3.0
#8Gray (Hungarian) partridgeGray (Hungarian) partridge is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 23 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.
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23 statesUpland
Ruffed grouse
Ruffed grouseRuffed Grouse - Bonasa umbellus · Public domain
#3Ruffed grouseRuffed grouse is classified as huntable/regulated upland game in 38 of the 50 states surveyed for the 2026-27 season (research pass captured 2026-08-18). This is a factual presence/season-classification summary, not a population outlook — no 2026 outlook/forecast research was performed for this species; see each state's own state-species record for season dates and any opportunistic 2026 notes captured incidentally.
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