This state's classification carries no date range for the species.
Delaware's codified regulation (7 Del.Admin. Code 3900-4.0) explicitly states: 'It shall be unlawful for any person to hunt for ruffed grouse during any period of the year.' Structural, standing closure - not merely a missing-data situation.
Ruffed grouse is extirpated from Delaware. DNREC's own State Wildlife Action Plan landbirds page lists the species' status as extirpated, meaning it no longer occurs in the state at all, consistent with the regulation's structural year-round hunting closure (7 Del. Admin. Code 3900-4.0). No habitat or regional distribution information is published for the species because none applies; there is no current population anywhere in Delaware to describe a region for.
No formal population survey program exists for this species in this state.
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