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Delaware Hunting and Fishing Photo Contests



Join the DNREC Division of Fish and Wildlife in celebrating Delaware’s fishing and hunting traditions by submitting your own fishing and hunting photographs for these annual contests. The contests are open to all Delaware residents of any age.

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Kaila Dukes
302-739-9106

The winning photos appear in the next editions of the Delaware Hunting and Trapping Guide and the Delaware Fishing Guide. The guides are available online, at the DNREC licensing desk in Dover, and at authorized license dealers throughout the state.

Photo Contest Themes and Deadlines

Details on the 2024 Fishing Photo Contest and the 2024/2025 Hunting Photo Contest will be posted here as they open for submissions.

Past Winners

2023 Fishing Contest Winners

Contest theme: “Reeling in the Future”

A boy and a man stand on the bow of a small boat holding fishing rods and facing in different directions.
First Place: “Best Father’s Day Ever!” by Tyler Teed featuring him and his son Oliver fishing on their boat on the Outer Wall of the Delaware Bay.
A small child in a hunting orange hat is seen from behind, seated at the edge of a pond with a fishing rod with bare trees seen across the water.
Second Place: “Fishin’” by Angelique Rivera of Dover, featuring Billina Parker fishing at Tidbury Pond in Dover.

2023 Honorable Mentions

“Reel Good Memories” by Angelique Rivera of Dover, showing Berton and Billina Parker holding their trophy for the day they caught at Tidbury Pond in Dover.

“Passing the Rod” by Justin Levering of Bear, featuring his children Ethan, Aliana and Gavin Levering showing off their harvest caught at Rittenhouse Park in Newark.

“Poppop and Austin” by Chris Smith, showing his father Brian teaching his son Austin a thing or two about fishing on the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware.

2022/2023 Hunting Photo Contest Winners

Contest Theme: “Adventures in Hunting!”

A young boy, bundled up in cold-weather hunting gear, looks out across a winter marsh.

First Place: “Icy Morning…Memories in the Making,” taken by David Ross of Clayton featuring his son Huntley who were hunting in Little Creek, Delaware.

A young woman wearing camouflage clothing, and a vest and hat in hunter orange, poses with a dead doe.

Second Place: “First Deer of the Year,” captured by Victoria Herndon of Middletown to commemorate her first deer harvest of the season.

2022/23 Honorable Mentions

“End of the Day…” by Julie Humphreys of Frederica of Mark Humphreys and son Wyatt.

“First Turkey,” taken by David Ross of Clayton, featuring his daughter Hailey and her first turkey harvest.

“Jacob’s 1st Drake Mallard,” by Jeremy M. Decento of Houston of his son Jacob and his first mallard harvest.




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