Cape Gazette Hunting

Whitetail Deer - Bag limit of two per year total for any combination of seasons except by using antlerless deer tags or quality buck tags. No more than two antlered bucks allowed during all seasons combined and one of those must be taken on a quality buck tag.

DELAWARE HUNTING SEASONS 2006 Note: All deer seasons, except for the November shotgun, archery and youth day are subject to change statewide or in specific areas in response to changes in the deer population. Other seasons are also subject to change through regulatory action/public notice. Call 302-739-5297 for further information.
	2004-05	2005-06
Archery	Deer - Sept. 1 to Jan. 31, except hunter orange during all gun seasons.
Youth Deer	Nov. 6	Nov. 5
Muzzleloader Deer	Oct. 8-16	Oct. 8-15
Shotgun Deer	Nov. 12-20	Nov. 11-19
Antlerless Deer	Oct. 18, 22, 23, 25, 29, 30
Antlerless Deer	Dec. 11-18	Dec. 10-17
Late Shotgun Deer	Jan. 15-22	Jan. 14-21
Late Muzzleloader Deer	Jan. 24-29	Jan. 23-28
Small Game (rabbit, quail & pheasant)	Nov.22-Jan.14	Nov.21-Jan.13
Late Rabbit & Quail	Jan.15-Feb.5	Jan.14-Feb.4
Dove	Sept.4-25	Sep.3-24
Dove (Subject toFederal Approval)	Oct.18-30 Dec.6-Jan.8	Oct.17-29 Dec.5-Jan.7
Squirrel	Sept. 15 to the Saturday before shotgun deer. Reopens during small game and closes the Friday before late shotgun deer, except closed during all firearm deer seasons.
Raccoon & Opossum	Sept. 1 to Oct. 31 chase only, except closed during the muzzleloader deer season. Nov. 1 to Feb. 29, except closed during the November shotgun season. Mar. 1 to Mar. 31 chase only.
Red Fox	Oct. 1 to April 30, except closed during shotgun or muzzleloader deer seasons.