Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State of Delaware will permit fur trapping on a unit basis on the following State Wildlife Areas: Chesapeake and Delaware Canal (6 units), Augustine (5 units), Cedar Swamp (4 units), Woodland Beach (4 units), Little Creek (5 units), Ted Harvey (3 units), Milford Neck (4 units), Prime Hook (1 unit), Nanticoke (1 unit), Marshy Hope (1 unit), Assawoman (1 unit). The Division of Fish & Wildlife will permit trapping rights on selected State Wildlife Areas subject to the following conditions: 1) The Division reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Bids not meeting the minimum fee for the unit will be rejected. 2) Trappers will supply all labor, materials and other necessities to trap. 3) Trappers may not set traps on roads or travel ways due to other recreational activities allowed on these lands. 4) Use of off-road vehicles (ATV’s, dirt bikes) are prohibited. The Island Road at the Woodland Beach Wildlife Area will be closed to vehicular traffic. 5) Trappers must return the harvest report included in the contract indicating the number of animals taken from each unit to the Division of Fish & Wildlife by April 15, 2018. Failure to return the report will result in forfeiture of future bidding rights for trapping. Harvest information collected is considered confidential and will only be used for management purposes. 6) Trappers may only set traps to take muskrats, otter, beaver and raccoons, except within areas designated to allow upland trapping for species permitted as per Delaware law. 7) All traps must be marked with identification as per Title 7 of the Delaware Code. 8) Trapping units are defined as those individual parcels designated to be open for trapping contracts by the Division as specified on wildlife area maps.
