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Section 1. NR 10.01 (1) (a) is created to read:
Kind of Animal
Locality
Open season (all dates inclusive)  
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
NR 10.01 (1) (a)
Teal species
Entire state
9:00 a.m. on Sept. 1 to 7
6 teal.
Three times the daily bag limit through the entire season except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day when it is twice the daily bag limit.
Section 2. NR 10.01 (1) (b) and (g) 1. (intro.) and d. are amended to read:
Kind of Animal
Locality
Open season (all dates inclusive)  
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
NR 10.01 (1) (b)
All species of wild duck
Entire state.
As established by zone.
6 ducks to include not more than 4 mallards of which only 1 may be a hen mallard, 1 black duck, 2 pintails, 2 canvasbacks, 2 redheads, 3 scaup and 3 wood ducks. In addition, 5 mergansers to include not more than 2 hooded mergansers.
Three times the daily bag limit through the entire season except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day, when it is twice the daily bag limit.
Northern zone as established in s. NR 10.32.
9:00 a.m Beginning on the Saturday nearest September 24 and continues continuing for 60 consecutive days.
Southern zone as established in s. NR 10.32.
9:00 a.m. Beginning on the Saturday nearest October 1 and continues continuing for 9 days, followed by a 5-day split, and then reopens for 51 days consecutive days.
Mississippi River zone as established in s. NR 10.32.
9:00 am Beginning on the Saturday nearest September 24 October 1 and continues continuing for 9 7 days, followed by a 12-day 7-day split, and then reopens for 51 53 consecutive days.
(g) Geese
1. Canada geese and its subspecies except on the first day of the duck season in par. b. when goose hunting is not allowed until 9:00 a.m.
d. Horicon zone
Two permit periods
Equivalent to the seasonal limit established by the department except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day, when it is twice the daily bag limit.
Three times the daily bag limit except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day when it is twice the daily bag limit.
First permit period beginning on September 16 and continuing until the Sunday following the last Friday in October.
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Begins Second permit period beginning on the Monday following the last Friday in October and continuing for a season total of 92 days combined for both periods.
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Section 3. NR 10.01 (1) (g) 1. dm. is created to read:
NR 10.01 (1) (g) 1. dm. Horicon zone season harvest limit. No person may harvest more than 12 Canada geese during a permit period established in subd. par. d.
Section 4. NR 10.01 (1) (g) 1. e., 2. (intro) and d., and 3. are amended to read:
Kind of Animal
Locality
Open season (all dates inclusive)  
Daily Bag Limit
Possession Limit
NR 10.01 (1) (g) 1.
e. Mississippi river subzone.
Begins on the Saturday nearest September 24 October 1 and continues for 9 7 days, followed by a 12-day 7-day split, and then reopens for a season total of 92 days.
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6 except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day, when it is twice the daily bag limit.
2. Snow or blue and Ross’ geese except on the first day of the duck season in par. b. when goose hunting is not allowed until 9:00 a.m.
d. Mississippi river subzone.
Begins on the Saturday nearest September 24 October 1 and continues for 9 7 days, followed by a 12-day 7-day split, and then reopens for a season total of 92 days.
3. All other geese except on the first day of the duck season in par. b. when goose hunting is not allowed until 9:00 a.m.
a. All that part of the exterior zone lying within the northern zone established in s. NR 10.32.
September 20 and continues for 88 92 consecutive days.
1 white-fronted goose and 1 brant.
3 white-fronted geese and 3 brant except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day, when it is twice the daily bag limit.
b. All that part of the exterior zone lying within the southern zone established in s. NR 10.32 except for the zones and subzones described in this subd. 3.c. and d.
Begins on September 20 continuing until the closure during the 5-day split in the southern duck zone hunting season in par. b and then reopens, continuing for a season total of 88 92 days.
c. Horicon zone.
September 20 and continues for 88 92 consecutive days.
d. Mississippi river subzone.
Begins on the Saturday nearest September 24 October 1 and continues for 9 7 days, followed by a 12-day 7-day split, and then reopens for a season total of 92 days.
Section 5. NR 10.01 (1) (g) 4. is repealed.
Section 6. NR 10.01 (1) (h), and (u) 1. (intro.) and 3. (intro.) are amended to read:
NR 10.01 (1) (h) Mourning dove
Entire state
Sept. 1 – Nov. 9 Nov. 29
15
45
(u) 1. All species of wild ducks, mergansers and coots except on the first day of the duck season in par. b. when hunting is not allowed until 9:00 a.m.
3. Geese except on the first day of the duck season in par. b. when hunting is not allowed until 9:00 a.m.
Section 7. NR 10.06 (5) (Intro.), as affected by CR 15-024, is amended to read:
NR 10.06 Hunting hours. (5) Hunting hours. Hunting hours for bear, bow deer, deer with firearms, elk and small game are 30 minutes before sunrise through 20 minutes after sunset. Hunting hours for migratory game birds are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset except for teal during a season for hunting teal species only. All waterfowl hunting starts at 9:00 a.m. on the first day of the duck hunting season established in s. NR 10.01 (1) (b). The hours for hunting teal during a teal-only season shall be sunrise through 7:00 p.m. except on the first day when hunting hours begin at 9:00 a.m. All pheasant hunting starts at 9:00 a.m. on the first day of the pheasant hunting season established in s. NR 10.01 (2) (c). The department shall establish the specific opening and closing times annually in the hunting regulations pamphlets. Opening and closing times for zone A southern and northern areas shall be based on astronomical data collected by the U.S. naval observatory, Washington D.C., 20392-5420 for Sheboygan, Wisconsin and Powers, Michigan, respectively. The hunting hours for the other zones shall be obtained by adding minutes to the Zone A a.m. and p.m. columns as follows: 
Section 8. NR 10.12 (3) (a) is amended to read:
NR 10.12 (3) (a) Mississippi river. Blinds in any of the waters of the Mississippi river and adjoining counties waters west of the Burlington Northern railway provided the blinds are securely anchored and located not more than 100 feet from any shoreline including islands. Blinds in open water in Grant county and the Lake Pepin portions of the Mississippi river are permitted regardless of the distance from shore provided the blinds are securely anchored.
Section 9. NR 10.12 (3) (e), as affected by CR 15-024, is repealed and recreated to read:
NR 10.12 (3) (e) Disability provision. If the boat, blind, or similar device is occupied by at least one individual engaged in hunting who holds a Class A or B disabled permit that authorizes hunting from a stationary vehicle and which has been issued for more than 1 year, and is substantially in compliance with par (f) considering necessary additional distance to maintain the minimum depth of water for operation of the boat, blind, or similar device used.
Section 10. NR 11.044 is amended to read:
NR 11.044  Early waterfowl hunting season closed area. A closed season is established at the Mead wildlife area. No person may hunt waterfowl until the beginning of the duck season established in s. NR 10.01 (1), except that hunting is allowed on the dates of the youth duck hunt established in s. NR 10.01 (1) by all people who may legally hunt waterfowl on those dates. This subsection does not apply after December 31, 2012.
Section 11. Effective date. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats.
Section 12. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on August 11, 2015.
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