Section 1 NR 10.001 (23b) (b) is amended to read:
NR 10.001 (23b) (b) Acquired in whole or in part with funding from the stewardship program pursuant to s. 23.0916, Stats. established under Ch. 23 Stats. Section 2 NR 10.01 (table (3)) (e) 5., & (em) 3. a. is amended to read:
(e) Gun deer season except as established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (ex). |
5. Metropolitan deer management subunits LaCrosse, Hudson, Superior, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Madison as described under s. NR 10.28 (2). | Firearm season beginning on the Saturday immediately preceding the Thanksgiving holiday and continuing for 19 consecutive days. | One buck deer with a gun buck deer carcass tag and one antlerless deer for each antlerless tag issued under s. NR 10.104. |
(em) Archery deer season except as established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (ex). |
3. Metropolitan deer management subunits |
a. Metropolitan deer management subunits LaCrosse, Hudson, Superior, Green Bay, Milwaukee, and Madison as described under s. NR 10.28 (2). | Beginning on the Saturday nearest September 15 and continuing through January 31. | One buck deer with an archery buck deer carcass tag and one antlerless deer for each antlerless tag issued under s. NR 10.104, except that no person may harvest a buck in an area of the state where an antlerless only firearm deer hunting season established under s. NR 10.01 (3) (e) is open. |
Section 3 NR. 10.01 (table (3)) (ep) 3. is repealed and recreated to read:
3. Metropolitan deer management subunits described under s. NR 10.28 (2). | Beginning on the Saturday nearest September 15 and continuing through January 31. | One buck deer with an archery buck deer carcass tag and one antlerless deer for each antlerless tag issued under s. NR 10.104, except that no person may harvest a buck in an area of the state where an antlerless only firearm deer hunting season established under s. NR 10.01 (3) (e) is open. |
Section 4 NR 10.11 (2) is amended to read:
NR 10.11(2) Tags. A back and carcass tag shall be issued with each hunting license. While hunting, no person may possess a validated carcass tag unless it is attached to a legally killed elk.
Section 5 NR 10.40 (3) (f) (note) is amended to read:
NR 10.40 (3) (f) (note) Note: Blaze orange clothing meeting the requirements of s. 29.301 (2), Stats., must be worn by all disabled hunters and accompanying persons. Participants must use their regular gun deer season license, backtag, and carcass tag. Section 6 NR 10.145 (5) (a) 1 is amended to read:
NR 10.145 (5) (a) 1. ‘Bobcat, fisher and otter.’ Unless authorized by the department, each person who has killed a bobcat, fisher or otter during the respective open season shall exhibit the pelt, separated from the rest of the carcass, to an authorized department representative no later than 5 days 7 days after the month of harvest.
Section 7 NR 45.09 (2) (c) is amended to read:
NR 45.09 (2) (c) Hunt from any ground blind during any open season or special hunt for hunting deer with firearms unless the outside of the blind displays a minimum of 144 square inches of material that is a solid highly visible color commonly referred to as blaze orange, florescent orange, or florescent blaze orange, or commonly referred to as bright pink or fluorescent pink and is visible 360 degrees around the blind. Blinds that are left unoccupied shall have the owner's customer identification number or name and address written in the English language attached to the outside of the blind in a conspicuous location near the entrance to the blind and be kept legible at all times. Section 8 NR 10.104 (7) (a) 2, as affected by CS-03-16, is amended to read:
NR 10.104 (7) (a) 2. Licenses that authorize the hunting of deer with a bow and arrow, and not with a firearm or crossbow, may include one or more carcass tags that are valid for the taking of one antlerless deer in a management zone, unit, or portion of a unit specified on the tag that is in a farmland zone or a metropolitan deer management subunit established in ss. NR 10.28 (2) and (4) except that, where the department has established an objective to increase or maintain the deer population under s. NR 10.104 (4), the department may establish that the antlerless tags under this subdivision are not valid. This antlerless deer carcass tag is not weapon or season specific, but the holder must possess the correct license for the method of harvest and season. This tag is valid statewide for a person holding a Class A or Class C disabled permit issued under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., or a person who obtains the tag while under 18 years of age except that, in units where the department has not established a quota allowing the harvest of antlerless deer, the department may establish that tags obtained under this subdivision by people who are under 18 years of age are not valid. These carcass tags are valid as indicated on the permit only for harvesting antlerless deer on public access lands or only for harvesting antlerless deer on private land as defined in ss. NR 10.001 (23a) and (23b), except that a person holding a Class A, Class B which authorizes shooting from a vehicle that is issued for more than one year, Class C, or Class D disabled permit under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., may use any valid deer tag to hunt statewide regardless of deer management unit on both public access land or private land. A person who has already been issued a license authorizing deer hunting with a crossbow during a season established under s. 29.014 (1m) (b), Stats., or s. NR 10.01 (3) (ep) will not receive the carcass tag established in this subdivision. A person may use any carcass tags issued with a license authorizing hunting with a crossbow during a crossbow deer season established under s. NR 10.01 (3) (ep) under the authority of an archer hunting license during the archery deer season established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (em). Section 9 NR 10.104 (7) (b) 2, as affected by CS-03-16 is amended to read:
NR 10.104 (7) (b) 2. Licenses that authorize the hunting of deer with a firearm may include one or more carcass tags that are valid for taking one antlerless deer in a management zone, unit, or portion of a unit specified on the tag that is in a farmland zone or in a metropolitan deer management subunit established in s. NR 10.28 (2) and (4) except that, where the department has established an objective to increase or maintain the deer population under s. NR 10.104 (4), the department may establish that the antlerless tag under this subdivision is not valid. This antlerless deer carcass tag is not weapon or season specific, but the holder must possess the correct license for the method of harvest and season. This carcass tag is valid for the taking of one antlerless deer in any unit statewide by a person holding a Class A or Class C disabled permit issued under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., or a person who obtains the tag while under 18 years of age except that, in units where the department has not established a quota allowing the harvest of antlerless deer, the department may establish that tags obtained under this subdivision by people who are under 18 years of age are not valid. These carcass tags are valid as indicated on the tag only for harvesting antlerless deer on public access lands or only for harvesting antlerless deer on private land as defined in ss. NR 10.001 (23a) and (23b). 2m, except that a person holding a Class A, Class B which authorizes shooting from a vehicle that is issued for more than one year, Class C, or Class D disabled permit under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., may use any valid deer tag to hunt statewide regardless of deer management unit on both public access land or private land. Section 10 NR 10.104 (7) (c) 2, as affected by CS-03-16 is amended to read:
NR 10.104 (7) (c) 2. Licenses that authorize the hunting of deer with a crossbow, and not with a firearm or bow and arrow, may include one or more carcass tags that are valid for the taking of one antlerless deer in a management zone, unit, or portion of a unit specified on the tag that is in a farmland zones or a metropolitan deer management subunit established in s. ss. NR 10.28 (2) and (4) except that, when the department has established an objective to increase or maintain the deer population under s. NR 10.104 (4), the department may establish that the antlerless tags under this subdivision are not valid. This antlerless deer carcass tag is not weapon or season specific, but the holder must possess the correct license for the method of harvest and season. This tag is valid statewide for a person holding a Class A or Class C disabled permit issued under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., or a person who obtains the tag while under 18 years of age except that, in units where the department has not established a quota allowing the harvest of antlerless deer, the department may establish that tags obtained under this subdivision by people who are under 18 years of age are not valid. These carcass tags are valid as indicated on the tag only for harvesting antlerless deer on public access lands or only for harvesting antlerless deer on private land as defined in ss. NR 10.001 (23a) and (23b). A person who has already been issued a license authorizing deer hunting with a bow and arrow during an archery-only deer season established under s. NR 10.01 (3) (em) will not receive the carcass tag established in this subdivision. A person may use any antlerless deer carcass tag issued with a license authorizing hunting with a bow and arrow during an archery-only deer season established under s. NR 10.01 (3) (em) under the authority of a crossbow hunting license during the crossbow deer season established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (ep), except that a person holding a Class A, Class B which authorizes shooting from a vehicle that is issued for more than one year, Class C, or Class D disabled permit under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., may use any valid deer tag to hunt statewide regardless of deer management unit on both public access land or private land. Section 11 NR 10.104 (9) is renumbered and amended to read:
NR 10.104 (9) Tag Authority. Except as provided in par. (a), No no person may hunt antlerless deer unless the hunter possesses a current valid antlerless deer carcass tag or bonus antlerless deer permit for the deer management unit or subunit or a portion thereof in that the person is hunting, or as authorized when group hunting with a firearm as established in s. 29.324, Stats. Except as provided in par. (a), No no person may hunt antlerless deer under the authority of an antlerless deer carcass tag or bonus antlerless deer carcass tag or permit on public access lands or on private lands unless the hunter possesses a current valid bonus antlerless deer permit that is valid for the type of land, either public access lands or private land, upon which the person is hunting. (a)Any person holding a Class A, Class B which authorizes shooting from a vehicle that is issued for more than one year, Class C, or Class D disabled permit under s. 29.193 (2) (b), Stats., may use any valid deer tag to hunt statewide regardless of deer management unit on both public access land or private land Section 11. NR 10.12 (3) (em) is created to read:
NR 10.12 (3) (em) Lake Koshkonong. Only if a part of the boat, blind, or similar device is located within 3 feet of a naturally occurring, un-manipulated growth of vegetation rooted to the navigable waterway's bed or shoreline and of sufficient height and density to conceal at least 50% of the hunter and the boat, blind, or similar device when viewed from at least one direction beyond the vegetation providing the concealment. For determining if the vegetation provides the minimum 50% concealment, the viewing shall occur from a height approximately the same as height of the boat, blind or similar device being used by the hunter.
Section 12. NR 10.28 (2) (g) is amended to read:
10.28 (2) (a) La Crosse area
10.28 (2) (g) Eau Claire area.
Section 13. Effective Date. This rule takes 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 14. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on _______________.
