This is coming from the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control:
New Fees Announced for Using Duck Blinds and Deer Stands in State Wildlife Areas Requiring Hunting Permits
Due to the passage into law of House Bill 108, all hunters who wish to use an established duck blind or deer stand provided by the Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife in state wildlife areas which require a permit to hunt will pay a $10 per day user fee. License exempt, disabled and youth hunters are not exempt from paying these fees.
Augustine, Cedar Swamp, Woodland Beach, Little Creek, Ted Harvey and Assawoman state wildlife areas require hunting permits. Only those hunters who are selected by the pre-season or daily lottery to hunt will need a permit.
Hunting permits can be purchased for the $10 deer stand/duck blind user fee at stores statewide that sell hunting licenses or at the Division of Fish and Wildlife’s main office at 89 Kings Highway in Dover. Permits will not be sold at check stations nor are they available online.
Permits must be turned in at the appropriate check station when hunters are assigned a deer stand or duck blind. One permit is needed per day to use a deer stand or duck blind, regardless of the number of hunters in the blind. Permits have no expiration date and can be transferred to another person, but unused permits are non-refundable.
For more information, please call the DNREC Wildlife Section at 302-739-9912. More information on hunting in Delaware is also available online at www.fw.delaware.gov/Fisheries/Hunting+license+FAQs.htm . For a list of stores statewide that sell hunting licenses, please visit www.fw.delaware.gov/Info/LicenseAgents.htm.
While Delaware hunters are scrambling around to find enough money to pay all the fees so they can take to the fields, we have hunters simply looking for a place to hunt. There must be a way that Delaware hunters and landowners can get together. I read continually about Delaware farmers and landowners complaining about too many deer on their land and I hear of hunters having trouble finding private land to hunt on. Is there a remedy for this?
I would encourage all landowners who would like to have a responsible hunter on their land to contact their local hunting clubs. I have one hunter that says you can email him directly here.
Tom Remington
