NR 18.16(3)(a)
(a) No later than August 31 of each year, a permittee shall submit to the bureau a falconry report for the preceding August 1 to July 31 year.
NR 18.16(3)(b)
(b) The report shall either be on a paper form
s provided by the bureau or reported electronically via the bureau's falconry webpage. The report shall contain all of the following information:
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.
3. Information on each raptor taken from the wild during the year including all of the following:
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.e.
e. Details of acquisition including date, previous owner by name and address.
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.f.
f. Date raptor taken and date active nest checked for presence of an eyas.
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.g.
g. Location by township, range, section, quarter section and quarter-quarter section of nest tree from which an eyas is taken or checked for the presence of an eyas.
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.h.
h. Number of northern goshawk eyasses in the nest from which an eyas was taken.
NR 18.16(3)(b)3.i.
i. Details of disposal including date, type of disposal or to whom transferred.
NR 18.16(3)(b)4.
4. Information on each captive-produced raptor acquired during the previous year including all of the following:
NR 18.16 Note
Note: The correct term is shown in brackets.
NR 18.16(3)(b)4.e.
e. Details of acquisition including date, previous owner by name and address.
NR 18.16(3)(b)4.f.
f. Details of disposal including date, type of disposal or to whom transferred.
NR 18.16(3)(b)4.g.
g. Date raptor taken and date active nest checked for presence of an eyas.
NR 18.16(3)(b)4.h.
h. Location by either: township, range, section, quarter section, and quarter-quarter section of nest tree from which an eyas is taken or checked for the presence of an eyas; or by latitude/longitude using a hand-held GPS locator.
NR 18.16(4)(a)
(a) A permittee shall report a change of mailing address to the bureau within 10 days of the change.
NR 18.16(4)(b)
(b) A permittee shall report a change of location of falconry facilities to the bureau within 10 days of the change.
NR 18.16 Note
Note: The Annual Report form can be accessed online at the bureau's falconry website:
http://dnr.wi.gov/topic/EndangeredResources/permits.html. Paper copies of the Annual Report form can also be obtained by contacting the Falconry Coordinator at the Bureau of Endangered Resources, P.O. Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921.
NR 18.16 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1977, No. 264, eff. 1-1-78; am. (intro.) to (2), r. and recr. (3), cr. (4),
Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 12-1-98;
CR 13-005: am. (2) (a), (b), (3) (a), (b) (intro.), 3. a. to e., cr. (3) (b) 4. g., h., am. (4)
Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13.
NR 18.17(1)(1)
A permittee may not retain or exchange feathers molted from birds held in captivity or those from birds held in captivity that die, except for imping.
NR 18.17(2)
(2) A permittee may use raptors possessed under this chapter for educational programs with all of the following restrictions:
NR 18.17(2)(a)
(a) General and master falconers may use raptors they hold in conservation education programs without an additional permit. The raptors shall continue to be used in hunting, and may not be held under a falconry permit to be used primarily for conservation education purposes.
NR 18.17(2)(b)
(b) The permittee shall keep records including date, location, size and description of audience and birds used. A summary of these records shall be included in the permittees annual report as described in s.
NR 18.16 (3).
NR 18.17(3)
(3) General and master falconers may do all of the following:
NR 18.17(3)(a)
(a) Use raptors in raptor propagation if the propagator has a raptor propagation permit. Raptors may be temporarily transferred to another permittee for use in spring propagation.
NR 18.17(3)(b)
(b) Assist federal and state-permitted wildlife rehabilitators in conditioning of raptors for release to the wild. To do so, the falconer shall be a subpermittee of the rehabilitator.
NR 18.17(3)(c)
(c) Transfer a wild raptor captured under a falconry permit to a propagation permit after the raptor has been used in falconry for at least 2 years.
NR 18.17 History
History: Cr.
Register, December, 1977, No. 264, eff. 1-1-78; r. and recr.
Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 12-1-98;
CR 01-127: am. (2) (a),
Register July 2002 No. 559, eff. 8-1-02;
CR 13-005: r. and recr. (2) (a), (b), cr. (3)
Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13.
