SPONSOR:	Rep. Carson & Rep. Spiegelman & Sen. Ennis & Sen. Pettyjohn
	Reps. Bennett, Briggs King, Hudson, Kenton, Miro, Mitchell, Outten, Paradee, D. Short, Wilson, Yearick; Bushweller, Lavelle, Lopez

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

148th GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 289

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 7 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO HUNTING.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 712, Title 7 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 712 Prohibition against Sunday hunting.

(a) On Sundays, no person shall hunt or pursue any game birds or game animals with any dog or any kind of implement which is capable of killing said game birds or game animals, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) This section shall not be applicable to trapping, training dogs, hunting red foxes with dogs, hunting deer on private land, or participating in commercial game preserve operations in accordance with the provisions of § 572 of this title.

(c) Any person who shoots a deer on private land on Sunday in compliance with this title may track, follow, and recover such deer on public land.

SYNOPSIS

This bill allows for the hunting of deer on private land on Sundays.