Hunting with automatic-loading gun prohibited; penalty.
Del. Code tit. 7, § 711
in effect(a) No person shall hunt for game birds or game animals in this State, except as authorized by state-sanctioned federal depredation/conservation orders for selected waterfowl species, with or by means of any automatic-loading or hand-operated repeating shotgun capable of holding more than 3 shells, the magazine of which has not been cut off or plugged with a filler incapable of removal through the loading end thereof, so as to reduce the capacity of said gun to not more than 3 shells at 1 time, in the magazine and chamber combined.
(b) Whoever violates this section shall be guilty of a class C environmental violation.
(c) Having in one’s possession, while in the act of hunting game birds or game animals, a gun that will hold more than 3 shells at 1 time in the magazine and chamber combined, except as authorized in subsection (a) of this section, shall be prima facie evidence of violation of this section.
Source: DE Code (Official Site)URL: https://delcode.delaware.gov/title7/c007/sc01/index.htmlFetched: 10/4/2026