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Summary
Delaware offers a unique hunting experience with its diverse ecosystems, ranging from lush forests to coastal wetlands. Hunters can pursue an array of game species, including white-tailed deer, Eastern wild turkey, and waterfowl such as ducks and geese, which thrive in the state's rich habitats. The state's manageable size allows for easily accessible public lands, including state parks and wildlife areas, making it convenient for both novice and seasoned hunters. Additionally, Delaware's tightly regulated hunting seasons and conservation efforts ensure sustainable populations and a rich, rewarding experience in the field. Whether navigating the woodlands or marshes, hunters will find that Delaware's natural beauty and vibrant wildlife offer an unforgettable adventure.
Explore HuntsProminent Land Features
Delaware hunting properties encompass a mosaic of gently rolling farmland, managed wetlands, tidal marshes, and scattered woodlots that together support diverse game species. Private farms and sunflower fields provide open, flat terrain ideal for dove and snow goose decoy spreads, while extensive shallow impoundments, creeks, and ponds offer high-quality puddle‐duck and waterfowl habitat. Deer hunters likewise find varied cover along field edges and inside stands placed in mixed upland woods and crop stubble, with lift access to higher vantage points overlooking surrounding fields. Many operations center around a rustic lodge or clubhouse, allowing easy access to multiple stands, blinds, and lease tracts spread across hundreds—or even over a thousand—acres of prime Mid‐Atlantic hunting country.
Explore HuntsAmenities
Delaware hunts are based around rustic lodges or clubhouses set amid rolling farmland, managed wetlands, tidal marshes and scattered woodlots, with some options available as day hunts only. Overnight accommodations at the lodges typically feature private bedrooms with beds, climate-controlled interiors and shared common areas for gear storage and briefing. Day-only packages provide stand or blind access without lodging. Across all operations, stands, blinds and lift-access towers are strategically placed on tracts ranging from several hundred to over a thousand acres, ensuring easy movement among fields, impoundments and woodlot edges. Heating and cooling vary by package, from modern HVAC systems in the lodges to no climate control on self-supported or day-hunt options.
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Snow Goose Hunt in Delaware
Southern New Jersey holds upwards of 150,000 snow geese during the fall and spring. Most of these birds are in Salem and Cumberland county. Generally the birds show up in late October and leave in mid-March. New jersey snow goose hunting presents two unique challenges. First,these birds sometimes will fly over to Delaware to feed for the day. Another second factor to contend with here in New Jersey are the huge tidal marshes where the birds roost. Generally the birds will not leave the marsh preferring to stay and feed on the salt hay fields that are so numerous in New Jersey tidal marshes. But once the weather turns cold that is when the birds head inland from 2- 20 miles to find higher protein food like corn, soybean or wheat.
We have farms in both Salem and Cumberland county. All or our farms are inland anywhere from 2 -12 miles from the roost areas for these birds. As mentioned above, our best hunting is the first cold snap when the birds head inland for high protein food. Snow geese prefer large farms and our farms vary in size from 60-415 acres. We have leased these farms for over ten years so we have a good idea of when they will use them. And of course we scout daily and have area farmers looking for us also.
Snow goose hunting requires a huge amount of decoys. We use mostly silosocks and some full bodies. More so than any other waterfowl, huge spreads of decoys are an important part to harvest snow geese. Being on the ‘X” is most important but we have had a lot of good hunts (25-50 birds) just getting under the birds and hunting traffic. 200 decoys was deadly ten years ago but today 500-1500 decoys are needed for those same results.
Generally our best hunting is when it gets cold and the birds head to the fields to feed. Another good time for us is February- March season for a couple reasons.
The conservation season begins and the e-callers really help decoys birds especially the small bunches and it also helps tremendously on traffic hunts.
Tens of thousands of snow geese move into our area this time of the season. They are starting to stage to head north and gradually move north along the tidal marshes as they stage. And lastly, like all waterfowl, windy days really produce especially when using Silosocks.
Remember we are hunting snow geese that are about as predictable as the weather. These are very skittish and finicky birds that have no real agenda when it comes to decoying. The rule with snow geese are there are no rules. Let the fun begin!
Delaware
Snow Goose
175
Kevin Popo Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
175
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Eastern Wild Turkey Hunt on Beautiful Private Delaware Property
Hunt from multiple sands, overlooking fields. The hunt is on a 500 acre private property with a lodge. Price includes 1 bird and lodging.
Delaware
Eastern Wild Turkey
2500
Pratt Farm Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Meals Provided
Unspecified
2500
Waterfowl Club in Delaware
We raise hundreds of "buddy ducks" in our sanctuary every year to mix with our local population. Members have full access to lodge 24/7, and the ability to Dove Hunt on our sunflower field. Our waterfowl area consists of blind locations on the creeks, fields, and ponds. 2025 waterfowl membership $3,300 which includes 2 guest fees during the season. If members want a guide, book no later than 3pm the day prior by texting Ford Downes. The guide drives you to the blind, lays out the decoys and calls them in for you. It's traditional for each hunter to tip the guide $20 after a good day of shooting. A deposit of $500 holds your deer or duck member spot with the remaining balance due no later than Feb 1st. If you join both clubs the annual club fee is $6000 with a onetime first year join fee of $1500.
Delaware
Duck
Mallard
Goose
Canada Goose
3300
Pratt Farm Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Unspecified
Unspecified
3300
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High-Quality Duck Hunting in Delaware
Our fresh water impoundments have the two ingredients essential for great puddle duck hunting- shallow water and a variety of natural foods.These impoundments provide ducks with high quality natural foods-wild rice, duck weed, smart weed and duck celery. These impoundments are 60-100 acres which means there is plenty of food throughout the gunning season. We also plant some wild rice each spring. These large impoundments are also big enough for birds to loaf on all day long without being disturbed. Also our impoundments are far apart which means we are hunting different bunches of birds to help keep our hunting consistently good.
We like to use hand -carved cork decoys along with GHG decoys because of their realism and larger size. Most of the birds we are hunting travel in small bunches so 2-3 dozen decoys is plenty along with a few mojos when conditions dictate.
We take a large variety of puddle ducks over the course of the season on these large impoundments. In the early season, (Oct -Nov) we mainly take smaller ducks- blue-wing teal, green-wing teal, wood ducks and mallards. In the late season, (Nov-Dec) we take a larger ducks and variety- a few straggler teal and wood ducks but mainly mallards and gadwall and some days pintail, widgeon and shovelers. We also take some Canada geese when conditions are right.
Delaware
Mallard
Blue-Winged Teal
Green-Winged Teal
Pintail
Gadwall
175
Kevin Popo Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
175
Eastern Wild Turkey Hunt on Beautiful Private Delaware Property
Hunt from multiple sands, overlooking fields. The hunt is on a 500 acre private property with a lodge. Price includes 1 bird and lodging.
Delaware
Eastern Wild Turkey
2500
Pratt Farm Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Meals Provided
Unspecified
2500
Snow Goose Hunt in Delaware
Southern New Jersey holds upwards of 150,000 snow geese during the fall and spring. Most of these birds are in Salem and Cumberland county. Generally the birds show up in late October and leave in mid-March. New jersey snow goose hunting presents two unique challenges. First,these birds sometimes will fly over to Delaware to feed for the day. Another second factor to contend with here in New Jersey are the huge tidal marshes where the birds roost. Generally the birds will not leave the marsh preferring to stay and feed on the salt hay fields that are so numerous in New Jersey tidal marshes. But once the weather turns cold that is when the birds head inland from 2- 20 miles to find higher protein food like corn, soybean or wheat.
We have farms in both Salem and Cumberland county. All or our farms are inland anywhere from 2 -12 miles from the roost areas for these birds. As mentioned above, our best hunting is the first cold snap when the birds head inland for high protein food. Snow geese prefer large farms and our farms vary in size from 60-415 acres. We have leased these farms for over ten years so we have a good idea of when they will use them. And of course we scout daily and have area farmers looking for us also.
Snow goose hunting requires a huge amount of decoys. We use mostly silosocks and some full bodies. More so than any other waterfowl, huge spreads of decoys are an important part to harvest snow geese. Being on the ‘X” is most important but we have had a lot of good hunts (25-50 birds) just getting under the birds and hunting traffic. 200 decoys was deadly ten years ago but today 500-1500 decoys are needed for those same results.
Generally our best hunting is when it gets cold and the birds head to the fields to feed. Another good time for us is February- March season for a couple reasons.
The conservation season begins and the e-callers really help decoys birds especially the small bunches and it also helps tremendously on traffic hunts.
Tens of thousands of snow geese move into our area this time of the season. They are starting to stage to head north and gradually move north along the tidal marshes as they stage. And lastly, like all waterfowl, windy days really produce especially when using Silosocks.
Remember we are hunting snow geese that are about as predictable as the weather. These are very skittish and finicky birds that have no real agenda when it comes to decoying. The rule with snow geese are there are no rules. Let the fun begin!
Delaware
Snow Goose
175
Kevin Popo Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
None - Day Hunt
No
Unspecified
Unspecified
Meals Not Provided
Unspecified
175
Top Notch Snow Goose Hunting in Delaware - Half Day Hunt
Centrally located between the huge tidal marshes of southern New Jersey and endless cornfields of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Delaware winters close to 500,000 snow geese annually. Delaware is home to two major snow geese roosts- the 16,000 acre Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge (Kent County) and the 9,900 acre Prime Hook Nationals Wildlife refuge. (Sussex County) Combined these refuges host over 400,000 snow geese each fall. Both refuges provide large fresh water impoundments and tidal marshes for snow geese.
We currently lease over 30 farms in Kent and Sussex county. We have farms covering a large area both close to and farther inland from the refuges. Since we have hunted these areas for over twenty years, we have leased only the best farms used by wintering snow geese.
Snow goose hunting requires a huge amount of decoys. We use mostly full bodies and some silo socks. More so than any other waterfowl, huge spreads of decoys are an important part to harvest snow geese. Being on the ‘X” is most important but we have had a lot of good hunts (25-50 birds) just getting under the birds and hunting traffic. 200 decoys was deadly ten years ago but today 1500 – 2000 decoys are needed for those same results.
Your guide will meet you at the hotel or at an assigned place at an assigned time. From the hotel you will follow your guide to the farm. Have your snacks, coffee, and refreshments ready for your morning hunt as we will not be stopping at a convenience store. Everyone will help in setting up the decoy spread. The guide calls all the shots. At the end of the hunt, everyone helps picking up the decoys.
Delaware
Snow Goose
250
Del Bay Guide Service
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
No
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Unspecified
Unspecified
250
Waterfowl Club in Delaware
We raise hundreds of "buddy ducks" in our sanctuary every year to mix with our local population. Members have full access to lodge 24/7, and the ability to Dove Hunt on our sunflower field. Our waterfowl area consists of blind locations on the creeks, fields, and ponds. 2025 waterfowl membership $3,300 which includes 2 guest fees during the season. If members want a guide, book no later than 3pm the day prior by texting Ford Downes. The guide drives you to the blind, lays out the decoys and calls them in for you. It's traditional for each hunter to tip the guide $20 after a good day of shooting. A deposit of $500 holds your deer or duck member spot with the remaining balance due no later than Feb 1st. If you join both clubs the annual club fee is $6000 with a onetime first year join fee of $1500.
Delaware
Duck
Mallard
Goose
Canada Goose
3300
Pratt Farm Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Unspecified
Unspecified
3300
Deer Club in Delaware
Deer Club Members will have access to over a 1300 acres to hunts consisting of the 510 acres at Pratt Farm with the surrounding DE farms that are within 3 miles of the lodge. Deer Club members will have access to over 80 deer stand locations made up of box stands with roofs for gun and crossbow hunters, and ladder stands for traditional compound bow hunters. Deer hunters may hunt from climber or saddle. Simply sign out deer stand closest to where you want to hunt. Deer club Members have full access to lodge 24/7, and the ability to Dove Hunt on our sunflower field.
Delaware
White-Tailed Deer
2900
Pratt Farm Lodge
Fair Chase
Private
Lodge
Yes
Modern Climate Control
Bed
Unspecified
Unspecified
2900
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