DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

Division of Fish and Wildlife

Statutory Authority: 7 Delaware Code, Sections 102, 103, 758, and 801 (7 Del.C. §§102, 103, 758 & 801)

7 DE Admin. Code 3900

ERRATA

3900 Wildlife

* Please Note: The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, Division of Fish and Wildlife, regulation 7 DE Admin. Code 3900 Wildlife, was published as final in the Delaware Register of Regulations, 27 DE Reg. 874 (05/01/24). The following provisions were inadvertently published incorrectly:

Subsection 7.2.1 was published as:

7.2.1 Attaching Tags or and Punching Deer Harvest Report Cards. Each licensed person who hunts and kills a deer shall, immediately after the killing and before removing the deer from the location of the killing, attach an approved tag to the deer or punch/cut the appropriate section portion of their approved Deer Harvest Report Card and record in ink the date of harvest on the tag or Deer Harvest Report Card. An approved tag on a Deer Harvest Report Card shall mean an Anterless Antlerless Deer Tag or Doe Tag received with the hunting license, a Delaware Resident Quality Buck Deer Tag, a Delaware Resident Hunter’s Choice Deer Tag, a Delaware Non Resident Nonresident Quality Buck Deer Tag, a Delaware Non Resident Nonresident Antlered Deer Tag, an Antlerless Deer Damage Tag, or an Antlerless Tag purchased in addition to the hunting license tags. Any unlicensed person not required to secure a license shall make and attach a tag to the deer that contains the person’s name, license exempt number (LEN), address and reason for not having a valid Delaware hunting license or punch/cut the appropriate section portion of their Deer Harvest Report Card Deer Harvest Report Cards shall remain in a hunter's possession at all times while hunting deer.

Subsection 7.2.1 should have read:

7.2.1 Attaching Tags or and Punching Deer Harvest Report Cards. Each licensed person who hunts and kills a deer shall, immediately after the killing and before removing the deer from the location of the killing, attach an approved tag to the deer or punch/cut the appropriate section portion of their approved Deer Harvest Report Card and record in ink the date of harvest on the tag or Deer Harvest Report Card. An approved tag on a Deer Harvest Report Card shall mean an Anterless Antlerless Deer Tag or Doe Tag received with the hunting license, a Delaware Resident Quality Buck Deer Tag, a Delaware Resident Hunter’s Choice Deer Tag, a Delaware Non Resident Nonresident Quality Buck Deer Tag, a Delaware Non Resident Nonresident Antlered Deer Tag, an Antlerless Deer Damage Tag, or an Antlerless Tag purchased in addition to the hunting license tags. Any unlicensed person not required to secure a license shall make and attach a tag to the deer that contains the person’s name, license exempt number (LEN), address and reason for not having a valid Delaware hunting license or punch/cut the appropriate section portion of their Deer Harvest Report Card. Deer Harvest Report Cards shall remain in a hunter's possession at all times while hunting deer.

Subsection 7.2.3 was published as:

7.2.3 Registering Deer. Each person who hunts and kills a deer shall, within 24 hours of killing said deer, register their deer by phone or over the internet through systems authorized by the Division. Deer taken to a processor or processor, taxidermist, or given to another person must be registered before the animal is delivered, even if this occurs within the 24-hour timeframe transferred. After registering a deer, hunters will be given a deer registration number. This number must be recorded in ink on the approved tags or the hunter’s approved Deer Harvest Report Card listed in subsection 7.2.1 of this section. It shall be unlawful to knowingly enter incorrect information when registering a deer.

Subsection 7.2.3 should have read:

Subsection 7.6.1 was published as:

7.6.1 Importation. It shall be unlawful to import or possess any carcass or part of a carcass of any member of the family Cervidae (deer) originating from a state, Canadian province, country or any portion of the aforementioned jurisdictions thereof as determined by the Division, in which Chronic Wasting Disease has been found in free-ranging or captive Cervids. It shall be unlawful to import any carcass or part of a carcass of any member of the family Cervidae from a captive facility including those where cervids were released or confined in an enclosed (fenced) facility for the purpose of being hunted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following parts may be imported into the state:

Subsection 7.6.1 should have read:

Subsection 20.3 was published as:

20.3 Anyone that releases [game birds into the wild for the purposes of being hunted, domestically raised quail] must provide the location of the release to the Division and obtain approval prior to releasing any birds.

Subsection 20.3 should have read:

The effective date for the final order and regulation appearing in the May 2024 Register remains the same. For the current version of 3900 Wildlife, see:

https://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title7/3000/3900/3900.shtml

28 DE Reg. 342 (11/01/24) (Errata)