Kind of Animal | Locality | Open season (all dates inclusive) | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
NR 10.01 (1) (a) Teal species | Entire state | 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 (b) is amended to read:
Kind of Animal | Locality | Open season (all dates inclusive) | Daily Bag Limit | Possession Limit |
10.01 (1) (h) Mourning dove | Entire State | Sept. 1 – Nov. 9 Nov. 29 | 15 | 45 |
Section 3. NR 10.06 (5) 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 during a duck season for hunting teal only when the hunting hours for teal are as established in par. (a) . 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) ss. NR 10.01 (1) (a) and (b). 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: Zone Adjustment
B - - - - - Add 4 minutes
C - - - - - Add 8 minutes
D - - - - - Add 12 minutes
E - - - - - Add 16 minutes
F - - - - - Add 20 minutes
Section 4. NR 10.06 (5) (a) is created to read:
NR 10.06 (5) (a) The hours for hunting teal during a season for teal species only shall be sunrise through 7:00 p.m.
Section 5. Finding of emergency. The emergency rule procedure, pursuant to s. 227.24, Stats., is necessary and justified in establishing rules to protect the public welfare. The federal government and state legislature have delegated to the appropriate agencies rule-making authority to control the hunting of migratory birds. The State of Wisconsin must comply with federal regulations in the establishment of migratory bird hunting seasons and conditions. Federal regulations are not made available to this state until late July of each year. This order is designed to bring the state hunting regulations into conformity with the federal regulations. Normal rule-making procedures will not allow the establishment of these changes by September 1. Failure to modify our rules will result in the failure to provide hunting opportunity and continuation of rules which conflict with federal regulations. Section 6. This rule shall take effect upon publication in the Wisconsin state paper pursuant to s. 227.24(1)(c). Section 7. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on June 24, 2015.
