“But if something terrible happens, and the person who signs it can’t pay a claim, … I would prefer that there be some sort of insurance policy in place that any hunter would have to have because I think it is inherently dangerous and subjected to liability to have this activity - period.” “My concern is that a hold harmless agreement, that is well and good,” she continued. “But if you’re going to think about doing it, I’d like to paper it to death with a hold harmless agreement and insurance and have some sort of a written policy in place about who does what and when. “As the lawyer of the group, I have to say I don’t want any hunting of your property simply because … it is a dangerous activity,” she said.

Schrider-Fox said she is against hunting on the property. “They informed me that most people now are not getting hunter’s insurance per se, but what they are doing with leased land or private land (where) people hunt is they (employ) a hold harmless agreement,” protecting property owners from being sued when someone suffers damage, bodily injury or financial loss on that land, said Mr. Niblett said he checked with his insurance agent, with whom he had a policy for hunter’s insurance before. 20, would likely fall under the discretion of town Public Works Director Kenny Niblett and Police Chief Brian Calloway. “I think you might need to think about this and talk about developing a policy that fills in some of the blanks,” she said.Īny approved, authorized hunting on the land, off Del. So after lengthy discussion, council members tabled the issue in lieu of obtaining information on liability, insurance, management and legal aspects from town Solicitor Mary Schrider-Fox. That request at Monday’s Town Council meeting, however, led to some questions: Would hunting be firearms or archery? Would a hunting club be authorized under strict town management to target the herd?

Basically, what I am after is to get the council to look at thinning out the deer population.” A deer doesn’t know RIBs from plastic,” said Councilman John Thoroughgood. “I understand that (deer) are actually sliding down the RIB system and then going to the pond and going to the other side.

Millsboro leaders are exploring hunting options aimed at thinning the deer population on the town-owned White Farm property to address damage to rapid infiltration basins, equipment that percolates water pumped from the in-town treatment plant for various uses, including spray irrigation. MILLSBORO - Deer and the town’s public works system apparently don’t mix.

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