Rules

Waterfowl Rules

10/24/2011

1. Golden Rule - Leave blinds, equipment, and properties in better condition than you found them.

2. Booking Hunts Members must only hunt blinds that are listed on the White Forum. Unless otherwise noted in specific property descriptions, all hunts must be from a designated blind or pit. Some locations allow the use of portable blinds such as layout blinds, these are noted in the property descriptions. Members may book hunting locations no more than five days at 6pm ahead of the hunt. Example: Saturday hunts may be booked at 6pm on Monday evening. Please use the following format in the subject line of the booking Hunting Location/Date/AM or PM or ALL DAY/Room for "X" number of additional members or "FULL", Name of hunters The person who books the hunt is considered the Hunt Captain In instances of multiple bookings for the same blind and time, the first post according to the White Forum time stamp shall retain the reservation. The author(s) of the later posts will need to delete their booking from the calendar by zeroing out the time and date in their booking.

3. Hunt Captain The Hunt Captain decides who is also hunting the location and is responsible for seeing that all rules are followed. The Hunt Captain and all members of the hunting party are responsible for securing the blind and club equipment used during the hunt. This includes putting decoys away properly, securing boats, and securing blind doors. The Hunt Captain and all members of the hunting party are responsible for making sure that any gates are secured. Please use the lock to lock method that allows both locks to open the gate.

4. Reporting Hunts The Hunt Captain is responsible for posting results Hunt results should be posted within 24hrs Reports should include total number of species takes, i.e. 2 Mallards, 3 Canada geese

5. Vacation Days Once per hunting year (Sept-February) members may book a location ahead of the five day rule referenced in Rule #2. All members who hunt that booking are using their vacation day.

6. Guests Guest are only permitted upon paying the guest fee and signing a club waiver. Guests are not permitted on opening days, or the first Saturday of a given split. (Special permission may be given for seldom used locations)A guest may not hunt the club beyond five times in a given hunting year.

7. Laws and Rules Each member is responsible for knowing and adhering to Federal and State laws and Club rules.

8. Property Rules All members must read and understand rules specific to each property. These are located in the property descriptions, i.e. limited hunts at freshwater locations. Locations that have limited hunts per member are only applicable to the late seasons for duck and goose and do not apply to early goose and teal or goose conservation seasons.

9. Violations The Club Manager is not responsible for monitoring or supervising hunts, bookings, and posts. Members are responsible to be aware of the actions of other members. Any member who wishes to raise a violation or has questions about rules should contact the Club Manager (Drew Smith).

DO NOTS - Not really rules but good ways to be a good member.

Do not :

• Trespass, even if to retrieve downed game.

• Remove, move, or in any way manipulate crop. This is considered baiting.

• Book hunts unless you fully intend to hunt the location. If you need to cancel a hunt please immediately remove it from the White Forum so that others may use the location.

• As a general courtesy, members should try to avoid booking hunts on the day or two prior to an already booked hunt. Example: If someone has a spot selected for Saturday try not to then book and hunt it on Friday.

• Break brush on a blind or pit opening.

• Drive on soft fields, or leave ruts. Members are responsible for immediately curing/correcting any damage .

• Take unethical shots that are beyond the capability of the gun or the shooter.

Deer Rules

Revised September 5, 2011

1. The farms are divided into sections and members may reserve a section no earlier than 5 days at 6pm before the day of the hunt. When a member reaches 30 hunts booked, that member may reserve a section no earlier than 2 days at 6pm before the day of the hunt.

2. No one member may hunt the same stand for more than 6 consecutive hunts or 3 days in a row.

3. Deer farms are closed to scouting 2 days prior to each of the season openers (muzzy, shotgun, archery & rifle).

4. Approximately 10% of sections are walk-ins which may not be reserved with an advanced registration. Hunting reports are required within 5 days of a walk-in hunt.

5. Hunters are required to report deer harvested on the white forum and shots taken/lost deer on the original thread used to book the hunt. All bucks must be photographed, measured & posted on the site.

6. Hunters are required to obtain a dog tag with a name and phone number and hang it on the check-in board when on a property.

7. Upon entering and exiting, gates are to be closed and locked properly. Please lock the lock to the other lock for farmers to enter the properties.

8. Hunters may hang only one climber within any club section. Your one climber must be removed at the end of the hunt or after multiple hunts if you have the section booked for consecutive hunts.

9. Up to one personal stand per member is permitted and must be posted on the white forum under a specific property on a specific section. This represents only one for all states and all seasons. Private stands are not to be used by other members. THIS PRE-APPROVAL IS DONE ON THE WHITE FORUM, EACH TIME AT LEAST 2 DAYS IN ADVANCE. Private stands must be within the zone boundaries of an existing club stand.

10. Portable ground blinds are permitted in lieu of a climber, but must be approved in advance for each hunt via the white forum, not a PM. Ground blinds must be removed at the end of the hunt or after multiple hunts if you have the section book for consecutive hunts.

11. Hunting is permitted from stand locations only. Still hunting and deer drives are not permitted.

12. Guests are permitted to deer hunt (bow only) after paying the guest fee. No guests are permitted on opening days.

13. Kids may hunt in the same section as an adult member subject to state laws. They must be under direct parent supervision during the entire hunt.

14. Members may take 2 bucks per state. In each state the second buck must be larger, by score, than the first taken in that state. (Ex.--1st buck in De scores 135, 1st in Md scores 125. 2nd in De must score at least 136 and 2nd in MD must score at least 126). All bucks harvested must have a minimum outside spread of 15" and 6 points; OR green score at least 120" without deductions. The first violation of this rule results in a $200 fine paid to the food plot program. A second offense results in loss of buck hunting privileges for the remainder of the season.
***Button bucks are considered antlerless deer and buck rules do not apply***

15. Deer taken in the field require an immediate attempt to be tagged & retrieved.

16. Members are permitted to take two stags and two hinds during a season. Sika stag minimum is 3 points.

17. Whitetail Only: No does will be taken on all gun opening days before 9am. Buck only for the entire week before MD and DE shotgun/rifle season.

18. ATVs are permitted to retrieve downed deer and must not ever be taken across disked and planted fields. ATV’s are also permitted for work days, but no other times.

19. Members are not permitted to move club stands without consulting with the deer manager.

20. Members must have a Delmar Decal or Hang-tag on their vehicle and a permission card on their person while hunting.

21. Scouting must be scheduled like a hunt on the white forum.

22. Lottery Only: Members can choose to reserve available stands beginning 14 days prior to the openers or can participate in a lottery for the opener of shotgun and muzzleloader season only if two or more members select the same section. Lottery results will be provided 7 days in advance.

23. No trail cameras or deer feeders/bait are permitted except on the Sika farms. Exceptions will be posted on the white deer forum on a specific property and require approval.

24.Whitetail deer smaller than 60lbs are not to be taken. If this rule is broken, your doe hunting is taken for the remainder of the season.
----Each member may harvest a total of no more than 4 antlerless deer per state
----In Delaware, only one antlerless deer total may be harvested from the block of properties consisting of East Hebron/Island Farm/James East .
25. Safety harnesses are required while hunting in an elevated position.

26. A hunt is defined separately for morning and afternoon.

27. Any member observed or reported to have broken a state or federal game law (after a reasonable review and discussion) will be asked to leave the club immediately without a refund. All decisions will be final and made by the club president.

Info: 302-528-1203 or info@delmarwaterfowl.com