Chapter NR 10

NR 10.001(5) (5) “Buck deer” means any deer with an antler not less than 3 inches in length.

NR 10.001(5c) (5c) “Bull elk” means any elk with an antler of not less than 6 inches in length.

NR 10.001(5g) (5g) “Cable restraint” means a noose used for restraining furbearing animals in a non-water set.

NR 10.001(5j) (5j) “Cage or box trap” means a trap that is not used as a water set or in conjunction with a steel jawed trap, an enclosed trigger trap or body gripping trap, and that is designed to allow an animal to enter the trap enclosure, be captured and remain alive inside the cage or box type enclosure until it can be released unharmed or reduced to possession by the operator of the trap.

NR 10.001(5m) (5m) “Canada goose management zones and subzones” means those established in s. NR 10.31.

NR 10.001(5p) (5p) “Capable of submersing” means a set designed to allow the trapped animal to travel to water of sufficient depth to cause irreversible complete submersion.

NR 10.001(5pm) (5pm) “Carcass” for the purpose of this chapter has the meaning given in s. NR 19.001 (5).

NR 10.001(5q) (5q) “Cervid” means a member of the family of animals that includes deer, elk, moose, caribou and reindeer.

NR 10.001(5r) (5r) “Class A permit” means a permit as defined in s. 29.193 (2) (c) 1., Stats.

NR 10.001(5s) (5s) “Class B permit” means a permit as defined in s. 29.193 (2) (c) 2., Stats.

NR 10.001 Note Note: Section 29.193 (2), Stats., defines a “Class B permit” as a permit issued to an applicant who has a temporary disability which restricts mobility or ambulation due to illness, injury or operative procedures and who either has a leg, hip or back, or any part thereof, casted by a licensed physician due to a fracture or has leg, hip or back surgery.

NR 10.001(5t) (5t) “Class C permit” means a permit issued to a visually disabled person. In this subsection, “visually disabled person” means a person who is blind, as a defined in s. 47.01 (1), Stats.

NR 10.001(5v) (5v) “Colony trap” means an enclosure device designed to allow the capture of one or more fur-bearing animals in a single setting as a submersion set. Entrance to the device is gained by one or more one-way entrances with overall dimensions of the trap not to exceed 6.5 inches in width, 6.5 inches in height and 36.5 inches in length.

NR 10.001(6b) (6b) “Culvert” means a pipe, tube or conduit no greater than 4 feet in width or diameter that allows the passage of water under a public or private roadway or driveway.

NR 10.001(6h) (6h) “CWD” means chronic wasting disease.

NR 10.001(6p) (6p) “CWD affected area” means a zone established in s. NR 10.41 for the control and management of chronic wasting disease and is considered the chronic wasting disease control zone for purposes of ss. 29.063 (5) and 29.336, Stats.

NR 10.001(7) (7) “Daily bag limit” means the maximum number of a game species which may be reduced to a person’s possession in one day.

NR 10.001(7e) (7e) “Decoy” means the replica of an animal used to attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting, but does not include any food materials that can be consumed by any wild animal. For the purposes of this chapter, a decoy is not considered bait.

NR 10.001(7m) (7m) “Deer management unit” means a zone established in s. NR 10.28.

NR 10.001(8) (8) “Department” means the department of natural resources.

NR 10.001(9) (9) For the purposes of s. 29.314 (3) (b) 3. and (5) (b) 1., Stats., “educational purposes” means observing or studying bear in conjunction with a college or university or in conjunction with bear eco-tourism.

NR 10.001 Note Note: Subsection (9) does not remove the requirement of ss. 29.089 and 167.31, Stats., to enclose bows or crossbows in carrying cases. The rule does not apply to bows or crossbows only because the natural resources board recognizes that certain designed bow cases may allow portions of the bow, for instance the handle, to be exposed and yet still render the bow inoperable.

NR 10.001(9c) (9c) “Enclosed trigger trap” means any trap with a push or pull-activated trigger, inside an enclosure, and recessed 1 1/4 inches or more, from an opening that is no greater than 1 3/4 inches in diameter.

NR 10.001(9g) (9g) For the purposes of ss. 29.091, 29.089 (2), 29.621 (4) and 167.31, Stats., “enclosed within a carrying case” for firearms means completely contained in a gun case expressly made for that purpose which is fully enclosed by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened, with no portion of the firearm exposed.

NR 10.001(9n) (9n) “Established range” means an existing facility that has target shooting with firearms as its major purpose.

NR 10.001(9r) (9r) “Explosive tips” means any arrow that expels compressed gases upon contact with an object or otherwise utilizes an explosive reaction. Compressed gasses can be caused by, but not limited to, the chemical reaction of explosive material or through compressed gas contained within or on the arrow shaft or tip.

NR 10.001(10) (10) “Feed” means any material that may attract or be consumed by wild animals that is placed for any non-hunting purpose including recreational and supplemental feeding under ss. 29.335 and 29.336, Stats., but does not include plain drinking water or decoys.

NR 10.001(10c) (10c) “Feeding site” means any location or area in which bait or feed is placed or deposited or that contains bait or feed material used to attract wild animals for recreational and supplemental feeding or for hunting purposes.

NR 10.001(10g) (10g) “Firearm season” means an open season for hunting with any of the following firearms loaded with a single slug or ball: rifle, muzzle-loader, shotgun or handgun for deer or bear hunting.

NR 10.001(10s) (10s) “Green skin” means a skin that has not been removed from the carcass of a dead animal and a skin which has been removed but has not been fleshed, stretched and dried or tanned.

NR 10.001(11) (11) “Harvest authorization” means an approval that authorizes the hunter to harvest one animal of the type identified, subject to any zone, unit, time period, and other restrictions conditioned upon the authorization, and includes a bonus deer hunting permit. Each harvest authorization is identified by a unique harvest authorization number.

NR 10.001(12) (12) “Hunt over” means hunting within 100 yards of any feeding site in an area where a person knows or reasonably should know that one or more feeding sites exists.

NR 10.001(12m) (12m) “Jawed trap” means a trap designed to catch an animal by the foot, but does not include enclosed trigger traps, cable restraints, or body gripping traps.

NR 10.001(13) (13) “Liquid” means a substance, neither solid or gaseous, that flows freely and takes the shape of its container at a temperature of 70°F.

NR 10.001(14) (14) “Liquid scent” means any nonsolid material except honey.

NR 10.001(15) (15) “Migratory game birds” means any bird which is migratory and on which an open season has been prescribed in this chapter and belonging to one of the following families:

NR 10.001(15)(a) (a) Anatidae. (wild ducks, geese and brant),

NR 10.001(15)(b) (b) Columbidae. (doves),

NR 10.001(15)(c) (c) Rallidae. (rails, coots and gallinules),

NR 10.001(15)(d) (d) Scolopacidae. (woodcock and Wilson’s snipe (jacksnipe)).

NR 10.001(16) (16) “Molest” means any activity which results in physical damage or destruction of an object.

NR 10.001(17) (17) “Muzzle-loading firearm” or “muzzleloader” means a firearm that shoots a projectile loaded exclusively from the muzzle.

NR 10.001(18m) (18m) “Non-submersion set” means any trap set that is capable of capturing an animal and not capable of submersing the captured animal.

NR 10.001(19) (19) “Nontoxic shot” means steel shot and copper, nickel, zinc chloride and zinc chromate plated steel shot with the plating not exceeding .0002 inches or 1% or less of shot by weight, or other shot approved by the U.S. fish and wildlife service for waterfowl hunting in 50 CFR 20.21.

NR 10.001(19e) (19e) “Notice and information to the public that is adequate” under s. 29.063 (2), Stats., means a department press release to the local news media and the official state newspaper and may also include the following: public meetings, telephone contacts, internet postings, brochure distribution, first class mailings and meetings with landowners in the CWD affected area.

NR 10.001(20) (20) “Open water zone” means waters greater than 500 feet from the mainland shore of Lake Michigan and Green Bay; for the purposes of this subsection, mainland shore includes all adjacent rooted vegetation, adjacent floating cattail and Long Tail and Little Tail points.

NR 10.001(21) (21) “Permanent abode” means a person’s principal or ordinary home or dwelling place as distinguished from a temporary abode.

NR 10.001(21m) (21m) “Pheasant management zone” for the purposes of s. 29.191 (2), Stats., means all counties in Wisconsin.

NR 10.001(22) (22) “Possession limit” means the maximum number of a game species that a person may possess at any location, and includes all game stored or controlled by a person, regardless of the proximity to the location of storage.

NR 10.001 Note Note: Frozen, canned, or otherwise preserved or processed game remain in the possession of an individual until consumed or gifted to another.

NR 10.001(23) (23) “Preservation facility” means any permanent abode, cold storage facility, locker plant, taxidermy establishment, hunting club or place of business which receives or possesses any game belonging to another person for the purposes of picking, cleaning, freezing, processing, storage or shipment.

NR 10.001(23a) (23a) “Private land” for purposes of s. NR 10.104 (8) and (9) means land that is not public-access land under sub. (23b). Private land includes lands that are enrolled in the wildlife damage abatement and claims program under ch. NR 12 Subchapter II except if they qualify as public access lands under sub. (23b) because of government ownership, leases, or easements, or under sub. (23b) (a) to (c).

NR 10.001(23b) (23b) “Public access lands” for purposes of s. NR 10.104 (8) and (9) means land owned, under easement to, or lease by federal, state, county, or municipal government if that land is open to public hunting. Public access land also includes the following private lands provided they are open to the public for deer hunting:

NR 10.001(23b)(a) (a) Enrolled in the managed forest land or forest croplands program under ch.77, Stats.

NR 10.001(23b)(b) (b) Acquired in whole or in part with funding from the stewardship program established under ch. 23, Stats.

NR 10.001(23b)(c) (c) Owned by a public utility or cooperative for the production, transmission, delivery or furnishing of heat, light, water, telecommunications service or power.

NR 10.001(23d) (23d) “Sandhill Wildlife Demonstration Area” means the portion of the Sandhill Wildlife Area that is enclosed by a fence.

NR 10.001(23e) (23e) “Scent” means any material, except animal parts or animal byproducts, used to attract wild animals solely by its odor.

NR 10.001(25) (25) “Sight exposed bait” means any bait which can be seen from above the bait.

NR 10.001(25c) (25c) “Small game” means all varieties of wild mammals and birds for which there is an open season, but does not include deer, moose, elk, bear, wild turkey or endangered, threatened or protected species of game. For the purpose of s. 167.31 (4) (e), Stats., small game does include wild turkeys.

NR 10.001 Note Note: Section 167.31 (4) (e), Stats., states that s. 167.31 (2) (d), Stats., does not apply to a person who is legally hunting small game with a muzzle-loading firearm or with a shotgun loaded with shotshell or chilled shot number BB or smaller, if the surface of the highway or roadway is anything other than concrete or blacktop.

NR 10.001(25e) (25e) “Snare” means a noose used for catching furbearing animals in a water set.

NR 10.001(25L) (25L) “Submersion set” means any trap set capable of capturing an animal and capable of submersing the captured animal. Slide wires or poles, locking devices, slip chains, weighted traps and traps staked in deep water are commonly used in submersion sets. A body gripping trap is not a submersion set when more than one-half of the trap is located above water after the trap has been triggered.

NR 10.001(26) (26) “Temporary abode” means a transient place of abode or dwelling such as a hunting club, or any clubhouse, cabin, tent, or trailer used as a hunting club, or any hotel, motel or rooming house used during a hunting trip.

NR 10.001(26m) (26m) “Under ice set” means any trap set made under the ice.

NR 10.001(29) (29) “Water set” means any trap or snare which is set or staked in such a manner as to permit the trap, snare or trapped animal to reach water that is not frozen.

NR 10.001(30) (30) “Waterfowl” means any migratory game bird of the family Anatidae including wild ducks, geese and brant.

NR 10.001(31) (31) “Wild turkey hunting zone” means a zone established in s. NR 10.29.

NR 10.001 History History: Cr. Register, October, 1975, No. 238, eff. 11-1-75; Cr. Register, October, 1975, No. 238, eff. 11-1-75; cr. (2), Register, May, 1977, No. 257, eff. 6-1-77; cr. (3) to (5), Register, February, 1978, No. 266, eff. 3-1-78; cr. (6) and (7), Register May, 1978, No. 269, eff. 6-1-78; renum. 10.07s (1) (c) to be (8) and (9), Register, August, 1978, No. 272, eff. 9-1-78; cr. (10) to (16), Register, August, 1979, No. 284, eff. 9-1-79; cr. (17), Register, September, 1979, No. 285, eff. 10-1-79; emerg. cr. (18), eff. 9-12-81; cr. (18), (19) and (20), Register, March, 1982, No. 315, eff. 4-1-82; am. (11), Register, April, 1982, No. 316, eff. 5-1-82; cr. (22), Register, September, 1982, No. 321, eff. 10-1-82; cr. (21), Register, October, 1982, No. 322, eff. 11-1-82; cr. (23), Register, November, 1982, No. 323, eff. 12-1-82; cr. (24), Register, May, 1983, No. 329, eff. 6-1-83; cr. (25), Register, September, 1983, No. 333, eff. 10-1-83; cr. (26) and (27), Register, October, 1984, No. 346, eff. 11-1-84; am. (23), Register, March, 1985, No. 351, eff. 4-1-85; renum. (1), (3) to (18), (20) to (27) to be (8), (20), (30), (15), (14), (12), (4), (6), (16), (10), (24), (17), (18), (7), (22), (29), (28), (11), (9), (27), (3), (25), (13), (5) and (1) and r. and recr. (7) and (22), cr. (21), (23) and (26), Register, September, 1985, No. 357, eff. 10-1-85; cr. (1m) and r. (12), Register, June, 1986, No. 366, eff. 7-1-86; r. (28), Register, January, 1987, No. 373, eff. 2-1-87; emerg. am. (19), eff. 9-25-87; r. and recr. (24), Register, October, 1987, No. 382, eff. 1-1-88; am. (19), Register, December, 1987, No. 384, eff. 1-1-88; cr. (3m), (3s), (5m), (7m), (9m) and (31), r. (11), Register, July, 1988, No. 391, eff. 8-1-88; cr. (1h), (6m), (23m) and (25m), Register, October, 1988, No. 394, eff. 11-1-88; emerg. am. (5m) and (9m), eff. 9-15-89; emerg. cr. m(25e), eff. 10-16-89; am. (5m) and (9m), Register, March, 1990, No. 411, eff. 4-1-90; cr. (25e), Register, May, 1990, No. 413, eff. 6-1-90; cr. (10m), Register, July, 1990, No. 415, eff. 8-1-90; cr. (9e), Register, September, 1990, No. 417, eff. 10-1-90; cr. (5r) and (5t), Register, June, 1991, No. 426, eff. 7-1-91; am. (10) and (23m), Register, October, 1991, No. 430, eff. 11-1-91; am. (1), cr. (3t), Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; cr. (5p), Register, July, 1993, No. 451, eff. 8-1-93; emerg. am. (19), eff. 9-1-93; am. (19), Register, January, 1994, No. 457, eff. 2-1-94; am. (9m), Register, August, 1994, No. 464, eff. 9-1-94; emerg. am. 9-1-95; emerg. am. (19), eff. 9-12-97; am. (1), Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 3-1-98; am. (19), Register, December, 1997, No. 504, eff. 1-1-98; corrections in (3t) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, March, 1998, No. 507; renum. (3) and (9) to be (3h) and (9c), cr. (1k), (3) and (9), Register, July, 1998, No. 511, eff. 8-1-98; correction in (5r) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, September, 1999, No. 525; corrections in (9c) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register, March, 2001, No. 543;CR 01-008: cr. (1L) and (9b), Register October 2001 No. 550, eff. 4-1-02; emerg. renum. (1m), cr. (1n), (6n), (6p), (6t), (6w), (19e), (23g) and (24m), eff. 7-3-02; CR 02-018: cr. (9k) Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; correction in (9e) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2002 No. 561; CR 03-016: renum. (1m), (6m) and (23m) to be (1t), (6d) and (23s), cr. (1n), (6h), (6p), (6t), (11), (19e), (23m) and (23v) Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03; CR 03-018: cr. (1c), (5c), (5g), am. (17), (25e), (29) Register November 2003 No. 575, eff. 1-1-04; CR 04-020: r. and recr. (6p), r. (6t) and (23m), am. (11) Register August 2004 No. 584, eff. 9-1-04; CR 04-046: renum. (1) to (2) to be (1t), (2), (1), (1d), (1h), (2e), (2m) and (2s), cr. (1p), (5s), (8m), (10s), (18m), (25c), (25k) and (26m), am. (3t) Register September 2004 No. 585, eff. 10-1-04; CR 04-078: cr. (1r), (7e), (10), (10c), (12) and (23e), am. (2s), renum. (9b) to (10m) to be (9c), (9g), (9n), (9r), (9w), (10g) and (10n) Register April 2005 No. 592, eff. 5-1-05; CR 05-031: renum. (15) (b) and (c) to be (15) (c) and (d), cr. (15) (b) and (23c), am. (20) Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05; CR 05-086: am. (3t) Register June 2006 No. 606, eff. 7-1-06; CR 06-012: cr. (21m), am. (25k) Register December 2006 No. 612, eff. 2-1-07; CR 07-035: cr. (8e) Register April 2008 No. 628, eff. 5-1-08; CR 08-013: cr. (5q), am. (6p) and (19e), r. (11) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08; CR 08-011: renum. (3t) to be (3x), cr. (3u) and (5j) Register September 2008 No. 633, eff. 2-1-09; CR 09-015: r. and recr. (20) Register October 2009 No. 646, eff. 11-1-09; CR 09-024: am. (1) Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; CR 10-020: cr. (5v), am. (9w) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10, except (5v) eff. 2-1-11; CR 10-051: cr. (28) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 10-066: am. (9w) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 2-1-11; CR 11-030: am. (1r), cr. (5pm) Register February 2012 No. 674, eff. 3-1-12; CR 13-021: r. (23v), (24) Register October 2013 No. 694, eff. 11-1-13; CR 13-052: am. (9w) Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 4-1-14; correction in (2e) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2014 No. 699; correction in (23s) under s. 35.17, Stats., Register April 2014 No. 700; EmR1405: emerg. cr. (1k), am. (6p), (19e), cr. (23a), (23b), eff. 2-25-14; EmR1420: emerg. r. (2e), eff. 9-12-14; CR 13-071: cr. (1k), r. (2e), am. (6p), (19e), cr. (23a), (23b) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 15-024: r. (20) Register November 2015 No. 719, eff. 2-1-16; correction in (1d) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2015 No. 719; CR 16-037: r. (3s), am. (5p), (5v), cr. (6b), r. (8e), renum. (8m) to (25L) and am., cr. (12m), am. (18m), r. (25k), (27) Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17; CR 16-035: am. (5v) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; CR 18-005: am. (23b) (b) Register September 2018 No. 753, eff. 10-1-18; EmR1902: emerg. am. (3x), r. (6d), cr. (11), r. and recr. (22) eff. 1-18-2019; CR 19-005: am. (3x), r. (6d), cr. (11), r. and recr. (22), r. (25m) Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; EmR1914: emerg. r. (93), eff. 9-5-19; CR 19-017: am. (17), (18) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20; CR 19-068: r. (9w) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20; CR 19-146: r. (4), am. (5t), r. (6), am. (9c), r. (10n), (17), (18), (23c), cr. (23d), r. (23s), am. (25L), r. (28) Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20; correction in (5t) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register June 2020 No. 774; CR 23-025: am. (10g) Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24; EmR2311: emerg. cr. (20), eff. 8-15-23; CR 23-048: cr. (20) Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24; correction in (20) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register March 2024 No. 819; 2023 Wis. Act 116: cr. (17) Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24.

NR 10.01 NR 10.01 Open and closed seasons. A closed season is established year-round for each species of wild animal named in this section, except during the specified open season. Seasons open to legal hunting and trapping apply to the entire locality described, except as otherwise provided in ch. NR 11. Whenever open and closed season areas are defined by highways, the boundary shall be the highway center line. No person may hunt, take, catch, or kill any animal specified in this section except during the specified open season.

NR 10.01(1) (1) Migratory game birds. In accordance with this section, the department may annually select migratory bird season dates and bag limits established in pars. (b) and (L) using the procedures established in par. (a):

NR 10.01(1)(a) (a) Bag limits. The department shall utilize the following procedures in applying a bag limit under this section:

NR 10.01(1)(a)1. 1. ‘Notice.’ The department shall prepare and distribute a notice of its proposed annual migratory bird season dates and bag limit selections. The notice shall be published as a class 1 notice under ch. 985, Stats., in the official state newspaper. The notice shall include a description of the zone or zones affected, the species affected, the proposed annual selections, and the date the annual selections will take effect. The notice shall invite the public to submit written comments and indicate that a public information meeting will be held on the alternate limit if requested in writing within 10 days after the notice is published.

NR 10.01(1)(a)2. 2. ‘Determination.’ In consideration of facts and information available to it, including comments received from the public, the department shall finalize its annual migratory bird season dates and bag limit selections. The annual selections shall take effect upon the issuance of an order of the secretary and publication in the official state newspaper.

NR 10.01(1)(b) (b) Migratory game bird seasons. The department shall, in accordance with the procedures established in par. (a), annually select migratory bird season dates from the following options:

NR 10.01(1)(b)1. 1. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 30-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (d).

NR 10.01(1)(b)2. 2. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 45-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (e).

NR 10.01(1)(b)3. 3. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 60-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (f).

NR 10.01(1)(b)4. 4. For all other species of migratory birds, season dates shall be as established in Table (1).

NR 10.01(1)(L) (L) Migratory bird daily bag limit and possession limit:

NR 10.01(1)(L)1. 1. ‘Possession limit.’ The possession limit is 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.

NR 10.01(1)(L)2. 2. ‘Daily bag limits.’ The bag limit for migratory birds is zero for all species. Following the procedures established in par. (a), the secretary may annually select a bag limit for each species of migratory bird that is equal to the maximum allowable bag limit established by the U.S. fish and wildlife service, except that for the following species the bag limit shall be selected as provided below:

NR 10.01(1)(L)2.a. a. Canada Geese and its subspecies: 5 during the season established in par. (g), 3 during the seasons established in par. (h), except the bag limit is 5 in the Southern and Mississippi River zones beginning on December 16th until the close of the season.

NR 10.01(1)(m) (m) Falconry special season. Any person possessing a valid falconry permit and hunting license shall be restricted to the following migratory game bird seasons and bag limits:

NR 10.01(1)(m)4. 4. The possession limit is 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.

NR 10.01(1)(n) (n) Special youth waterfowl hunt event. Persons under the age of 16 may hunt all species of wild duck, mergansers, geese, coots, common gallinules, Sora and Virginia rails, and snipe statewide for 2 consecutive days starting on the Saturday before the beginning of the open season established for the northern duck zone by sub. (1). Approvals under ch. 29, Stats., are not required pursuant to s. 29.197 (2), Stats. Registration in the harvest information program under s. NR 10.12 (11) is required. Daily bag limits are those selected by the secretary under par. (L) and all other waterfowl hunting regulations apply. Hunters shall be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older and be in compliance with s. 29.592 or 29.593, Stats. One adult may not accompany more than 2 hunters and pursuant to s. 29.592, Stats., not more than one of the 2 hunters may be age 10 or 11 or be a person who does not possess a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591, Stats., or its equivalent from another state, country, or province.

NR 10.01(2) (2) Game birds. See Table (2).

NR 10.01(3) (3) Upland game animals. See Table (3).

NR 10.01(4) (4) Furbearing animals. See Table (4).