Mandatory wild turkey hunting course registration open Delaware News Desk Delaware’s annual spring wild turkey hunting season is starting in April, and the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control reminds resident and nonresident hunters age 13 and older that they must pass a turkey hunting course approved by the Delaware Hunter Education Program before they can legally hunt turkeys in the state. Hunters, to include turkey hunters born after Jan. 1, 1967, also must have completed an approved basic hunter education safety course and have a course card/hunter safety number. The turkey hunting course is only being offered online and free of charge rather than the traditional in-person course due to continued COVID-19 precautions. The online course will be available through the Hunter Education Program until May 14.