CR 20-087 Rule Text

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Place where comments are to be submitted and deadline for submission:

Written comments may be submitted at the public hearings, by regular mail, fax or email to: Scott Karel

Department of Natural Resources

P.O. Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707

[e-mail] 608-267-2452

608-267-7857 (fax)

Written comments may also be submitted to the Department at [e-mail].

Hearing dates and the comment submission deadline are to be determined.

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SECTION 1.   NR 8.045 (1) (a) is amended to read:

(a)

For any of the following: hunting licenses, hunting stamps, goose permits, wild turkey harvest authorizations, deer harvest authorizations, fisher harvest authorizations, otter harvest authorizations, and trapping licenses, authorized under subch. III of ch. 29, Stats., as published on January 5, 2017, except licenses and stamps authorized by s. 29.2297, Stats.; fishing licenses and fishing stamps, authorized under subch. III of ch. 29, Stats., as published on January 5, 2017, only while fishing on inland waters that are not boundary waters; disabled trolling, hunting and fishing permits issued under s. 29.193, Stats.; guide licenses authorized under s. 29.512, Stats.; certificates of accomplishment authorized under

ss. 29.591, 29.595, and 29. 597, Stats.; and wild rice harvest licenses authorized under s. 29.607 (3):

SECTION 2.   NR 10.01 (4) (dm) is amended to read:

Kind of Animal and Locality

Open season (all dates inclusive)

Limit

NR 10.01 (4) (dm) Fisher trapping North zone as described in s. NR 10.38 South zone as described in s. NR 10.38

Beginning on the Saturday nearest October 17 and continuing through the Sunday nearest January 6. Beginning on the Saturday nearest October 17 and continuing through the Sunday nearest January 6.

The possession limit corresponds to the number of pelt tags issued. One fisher for each harvest authorization issued under s. NR 10.145. The possession limit corresponds to the number of pelt tags issued. One fisher for each harvest authorization issued under s. NR 10.145.

SECTION 3.   NR 10.08 (2) (a) 2. is amended to read:

2. If an animal is required to be registered under s. NR 10.085 10.086, no person may gift game to any person until after it has been registered under s. NR 10.085 10.086.

SECTION 4.   NR 10.08 (3) (b) 3m. is created to read:

3m. Fisher. The possession limit corresponds to the number of harvest authorizations

issued.

SECTION 5.   NR 10.08 (7) (e) is amended to read:

NR 10.08 (7) (e) Transport or possess an unskinned bobcat, fisher, or wolf carcass, or a

raw pelt of these species unless it has been tagged in accordance with s. NR 10.085. SECTION 6.   NR 10.08 (7) (j), (k) and (L) are renumbered to NR 10.087 (4) d., e., and f. and amended to read:

(d)

(See PDF for image)Possess a raw bobcat, fisher, otter or wolf pelt after the 5th 7th day of the month

following closure of the open season for each species and the respective opening date of the next trapping or hunting season without a registration tag certification seal attached and locked to the

head of the animal.

  (e) Transfer, give, trade, sell, or purchase a raw pelt or unskinned carcass of any bobcat, fisher, otter, or wolf without a registration tag certification seal being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt by the department in accordance with s. NR 10.085 (6) (c).

(f) Transport or possess a bobcat, fisher, otter, or wolf pelt without a registration tag

certification seal being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt by the department

in accordance with s. NR 10.085 (6) (c). This paragraph does not apply to the

authorized harvester of the animal.

SECTION 7.   NR 10.085 (title) (1), and (4) (b) are amended to read:

NR 10.085 Tagging and registration of game

(See PDF for image)(1) Requirements for the tagging and registration of game in this section apply to all of the following species, except that subs. (6), (6m), (7), and (8) also apply to deer; subs. (6), (6m), and (8) also apply to turkey; and subs. (6), (6m), and (8) also apply to otter:

(a)

Bear.

(b)

Elk.

(c)

Sharp-tailed grouse.

(e) Bobcat.

(f) Fisher.

(h) Wolf.

(4) (b) The pelt tag shall be attached to a bobcat, fisher, or wolf when it is killed and before it is carried by hand or transported in any manner. Failure to attach the pelt tag invalidates the permit. The pelt and registration tag shall remain attached to the pelt until removed by a fur dresser or taxidermist at time of preparation.

SECTION 7.   NR 10.085 (6) (intro), (a) and (b) are repealed.

SECTION 9.   NR 10.085 (6) (c) is renumbered to NR 10.087 (2) and amended to read:

(2) BOBCAT; WOLF. Each person who has killed a bobcat, fisher, otter, or wolf shall:

(a)1. Exhibit the pelt, separated from the rest of the carcass, to an authorized department

representative no later than 7 days after the month of harvest. Persons who intend to have a bobcat, fisher, otter, or wolf mounted by a taxidermist may exhibit the bobcat, fisher, otter, or

wolf to the department for registration certification in whole carcass condition without separating

the pelt, but shall surrender the skinned carcass to the department within 30 days after registration certification.

(b)2. Allow inspection of the carcass and pelt, and attachment of a registration tag

certification seal to the head portion of the pelt of all lawfully taken and possessed bobcat, fisher,

otter, or wolf.

SECTION 10.   NR 10.085 (6) (c) 3. is repealed.

SECTION 11.   NR 10.085 (6m) and (7) are renumbered to NR 10.086 (4) and NR 10.087 (1).

SECTION 12. NR 10.085 (8) is renumbered to NR 10.08 (8) and amended to read;