To many Delaware hunters there is nothing more pleasing than spending fall and winter days pursuing doves, woodcocks, and crows that use Delaware’s fields, forests, and marshes as stopping points on their migratory journeys. Although some doves, woodcocks, and crows live in Delaware year round, others migrate through the State and are therefore classified as migratory birds, along with snipes, moorhens, gallinules, and various species of rails.
Likewise, although many hunters will tell you that the quail population in Delaware and across the United States has declined significantly over the past 30 years, there are still some coveys of wild bobwhite quail to be found in The First State. Unlike my encounters (or lack thereof) with wild pheasants in Delaware, I have personally encountered and harvested Delaware wild bobwhite quail.
In recent years I have found a new wingshooting favorite in Delaware—woodcocks. Woodcocks, or timberdoodles as they are sometimes called, are frequently overlooked game birds that are pursued by relatively few Delaware hunters.
The above excerpts are small samples of the information you can find in the book Hunting The First State: A Guide to Delaware Hunting. For more information, click here.