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Delaware Division Of Fish And Wildlife Hunter Requirements To Hunt Snow Geese

Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

Delaware - -(Ammoland.com)- The DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife would like to remind hunters who wish to participate in this year’s extended snow goose conservation order that they must have a valid Delaware (or Maryland) hunting license, a 2009-2010 Delaware waterfowl stamp and a Delaware harvest information program (HIP) number, plus a snow goose conservation order permit number.

Now through April 17, 2010, hunters who have met these requirements may pursue snow geese every day except Sunday, using unplugged shotguns and electronic calls. During this time, legal shooting hours have been extended from a half-hour before sunrise to a half-hour after sunset and daily bag and possession limits have been removed. All other federal and state hunting regulations apply.

Most state wildlife areas in all three counties will be open to snow goose hunting during the order. To avoid conflicts with the spring 2010 wild turkey season, snow goose hunting will be prohibited on state wildlife areas after Saturday, April 3. Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges will be closed to hunting during the conservation order.

To obtain a free Snow Goose Conservation Order permit number, hunters may register at www.dehip.com. Once registered, hunters are required to keep this number in their possession while hunting snow geese and to report their hunting activity and success to the Division of Fish and Wildlife by May 31, 2010. A federal waterfowl stamp is not required.

For more information, please call 302-739-9912 or visit www.fw.delaware.gov.

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Sportsmen Against Hunger Program Distributes More Than 26,000 Pounds Of Venison To Delawareans In Need

Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife

Delaware --(AmmoLand.com)- During the 2009-2010 deer season, hunters donated 777 deer to the Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger Program.

The donations were processed into 26,546 pounds of venison, which will provide more than 100,000 meals for needy Delawareans. DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife staff is working to distribute the frozen ground venison to more than 30 charitable organizations and food pantries throughout the state.

This venison has been processed by nine participating private butchers plus a butcher shop located at the Sussex Community Corrections Center in Georgetown. The venison processing facility is staffed by offenders who are serving sentences in the SCCC’s Violation of Probation Center, and who have been specially trained for the job.

Since the program began in 2005, the facility has processed nearly 40,000 pounds of venison. This year, the facility processed 213 deer into 8,110 pounds of venison at substantial savings to the program.

This year’s deer donation numbers are slightly lower than the total for 2008-2009 season, which was 892 deer and 28,731 pounds of venison. Since the Delaware Sportsmen Against Hunger program was founded in 1992 by a coalition of sporting groups, hunters have donated a total of 329,423 pounds of venison, providing more than 1.3 million meals to Delawareans in need.

For more information on the Sportsmen Against Hunger Program, please visit the DNREC Division of Fish & Wildlife website at:

www.fw.delaware.gov/Hunting/Pages/SportsmenAgainstHunger.aspx.

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