NR 10.085(2)(2)Validation.Any person who kills any of the species identified in this section shall immediately validate the carcass tag by separating a designated portion of the tag or by marking it as designated by the department on the tag. Failure to completely validate the carcass tag renders possession of the animal illegal and the carcass tag invalid.
NR 10.085(3)(3)Display.No person may refuse or fail to display a validated carcass tag or registration verification number to the department or its wardens upon request.
NR 10.085(4)(a)(a) No person who kills any of the species identified in this section may leave the carcass unless the tag has been attached to the carcass.
NR 10.085 NoteNote: Tags may be attached using string, plastic ties, wire or in any manner which results in the tag being secured to the carcass in a visible manner. Carcass tags may be protected from environmental elements in sealed clear plastic bags.
NR 10.085(4)(b)(b) The pelt tag shall be attached to a bobcat 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 tag shall remain attached to the pelt until removed by a fur dresser or taxidermist at time of preparation.
NR 10.085(5)(5)Removal and retention.A carcass tag attached as required in this section may be removed from the carcass at the time of butchering or when prepared by a taxidermist, but the person who killed or obtained the animal shall retain all tags until the meat is consumed. The validated carcass tag shall be retained by the person who possesses the carcass until it is consumed.
NR 10.085 HistoryHistory:EmR1613: emerg. cr., eff. 3-12-16; EmR1712: emerg. am. (2), (5), r. (6) (b), eff. 6-17-17; CR 17-061: cr. Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 3-1-18; correction in (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 3-1-18; EmR1902: emerg. am. (intro.), r. (1) (d), am. (6) (c) 1., cr. (6m) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: am. (intro.), r. (1) (d), am. (6) (c) 1., cr. (6m) Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; correction in (intro.), (6m) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register September 2019 No. 765; EmR1902: emerg. am. (intro.), eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-017: am. (intro.), r. (1) (g), am. (4) (b) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 5-1-20; renum. (intro.) to (1) (intro.) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., r. (1) (title) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 2., Stats., and, as renumbered, correction in (1) (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (4) (b), (6) (c) 1., (7) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register January 2020 No. 769; CR 20-087: am. (title), (1) (intro.), r. (1) (f), am. (4) (b), r. (6) (intro.), (a), (b), renum. (6) (c) 1., 2. to NR 10.087 (2) (a), (b) and am., r. (6) (c) 3., renum. (6m), (7), (8) to NR 10.086 (4), 10.087 (1), 10.08 (8) and am. Register August 2021 No. 788, eff. 9-1-21.
NR 10.086(2)(2)No person who harvests any of the species identified in this section may fail to register the animal, using a telephone, internet, or other registration system established by the department, before 5:00 p.m. of the day after the animal was recovered.
NR 10.086 NoteNote: All department registration interfaces provide a confirmation number when the registration is successfully submitted. Confirmation numbers are also recorded on a customer’s account and may be viewed by logging in to https://gowild.wi.gov.
NR 10.086 Note(3) No person may move any of the species identified in this section from the county of kill or an adjoining county, at any time, unless registration has been completed under sub. (2).
NR 10.086(4)(4)Registration prohibition. No person may register any game under the authority of an issued harvest authorization or tag unless the reported harvest authorization or tag was the approval that authorized the harvest. Providing false information to the department during registration and obtaining a registration confirmation number approval is a violation of s. 29.961, Stats. Any harvest authorization or tag submitted to the registration system is considered filled and is no longer valid, regardless of whether such authorization or tag was actually the approval that authorized the harvest.
NR 10.087(1)(1)Registration of certain elk, deer and bear.The department may require that an elk be exhibited and registered at registration stations designated by the department no later than 5:00 p.m. of the day after it was recovered. The department may require that any deer or bear harvested in an area affected by CWD, tuberculosis, or where there are other serious infections disease threats, or area where samples are needed for department research purposes, shall be exhibited and registered at registration stations designated by the department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third day after it was recovered, or by 5:00 p.m. on the day after the close of the season during which it was recovered, as described in s. NR 10.01 (3), whichever is earlier, unless otherwise authorized by the department. No person shall fail to exhibit the carcass of a deer, bear or elk at a registration location specified by the department when required under this subsection.
NR 10.087(2)(2)Bobcat; wolf.Each person who has killed a bobcat or wolf shall:
NR 10.087(2)(a)(a) 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 or wolf mounted by a taxidermist may exhibit the bobcat or wolf to the department for certification in whole carcass condition without separating the pelt, but shall surrender the skinned carcass to the department within 30 days after certification.
NR 10.087(2)(b)(b) Allow inspection of the carcass and pelt, and attachment of a certification seal to the head portion of the pelt of all lawfully taken and possessed bobcat or wolf.
NR 10.087(3)(3)Otter.Each person who has killed an otter shall immediately attach a certification seal to the head portion of the pelt of the otter upon receiving the certification seal from the department.
NR 10.087(4)(4)Certification violations.No person may:
NR 10.087(4)(a)(a) Affix a certification seal to any animal harvested or possessed unlawfully, including an animal for which registration was not submitted in compliance with s. NR 10.086.
NR 10.087(4)(b)(b) Affix a certification seal to any animal harvested by a person other than the individual issued the certification seal.
NR 10.087(4)(c)(c) Except as necessary to comply with sub. (3), possess a certification seal which has not been lawfully affixed to a pelt, or which has been unlawfully or erroneously obtained. An unaffixed certification seal remains the property of the department and shall be returned immediately.
NR 10.087(4)(d)(d) Possess a raw bobcat, otter or wolf pelt after the 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 certification seal attached and locked to the head of the animal.
NR 10.087(4)(e)(e) Transfer, give, trade, sell, or purchase a raw pelt or unskinned carcass of any bobcat, otter, or wolf without a certification seal being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt.
NR 10.087(4)(f)(f) Transport or possess a bobcat or wolf pelt without a certification seal being attached and locked to the head portion of the pelt by the department. This paragraph does not apply to the authorized harvester of the animal.
NR 10.087 HistoryHistory:CR 20-087: cr. (title), renum. (1), (2) from NR 10.087 (1), 10.085 (6) (c), cr. (2) (title), (3), (4) (a) to (c), renum. (4) (d) to (f) from NR 10.08 (7) (j) to (L) and am. Register August 2021 No. 788, eff. 9-1-21; correction in (4) (a), (b) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2021 No. 788.
NR 10.09(1)(a)(a) Hunt with any means other than a rifle, shotgun, handgun, bow and arrow, crossbow, or falconry.
NR 10.09(1)(b)(b) Hunt with a machine gun or other fully automatic weapon.
NR 10.09(1)(c)(c) Hunt a game bird with or while in possession of a shotgun larger than 10 gauge.
NR 10.09(1)(d)(d) Hunt a deer during a muzzleloader-only hunt, such as described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (es), with any gun other than a muzzle-loading firearm.
NR 10.09 Note(d) Hunt a deer during a muzzleloader-only hunt, such as described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (es), with any gun other than a rifle, shotgun, or handgun that is a firearm capable of being loaded only from the muzzle through the use of a ramrod.
NR 10.09(1)(e)(e) Hunt a migratory bird with any shotgun capable of holding more than 3 shells unless the magazine has been cut off or plugged with a one-piece filler that cannot be removed without disassembling the gun and which reduces the capacity of the gun to not more than 3 shells at one time in the magazine and chamber combined.
NR 10.09(2)(a)(a) Use, possess, or have under control of any of the following while hunting:
NR 10.09(2)(a)1.1. Shot shells containing shot larger than T, except that shot shells containing shot not larger than F may be used when hunting migratory birds.
NR 10.09(2)(a)2.2. Any tracer or incendiary ammunition that is not a distress flare.
NR 10.09(2)(a)3.3. Any bullet, arrow, or bolt that is designed or modified to explode or deliver poisons or drugs.
NR 10.09(2)(b)(b) Hunt a game bird with any ammunition other than an arrow, bolt, or shot shell that consists of more than one projectile.
NR 10.09(2)(c)(c) Hunt a deer, bear, or elk with any ammunition other than an arrow, bolt, or bullet that is a single projectile of an expanding design.
NR 10.09(2)(d)(d) Do any of the following while hunting waterfowl, snipe, rails, moorhens, or coot within any areas of the state, or mourning doves on lands which are under the management, supervision and control of the department:
NR 10.09(2)(d)1.1. Take, catch, kill or pursue waterfowl, mourning doves, snipe, rails, moorhens, or coot with any shot, either in shot shells or as loose shot for muzzle-loading, other than non-toxic shot.
NR 10.09(2)(d)2.2. Possess any shot shell or muzzle-loading firearm loaded with any material other than non-toxic shot.
NR 10.09(3)(3)Reasonable equipment.No person may hunt with any weapon or ammunition that is of inherent design, or used in such a manner, as to not be reasonably capable of reducing a target wild animal to possession. The following are prima facie reasonable equipment:
NR 10.09(3)(a)(a) A firearm with a caliber of at least .22.
NR 10.09(3)(b)(b) A bow with a minimum draw weight of 30 pounds.
NR 10.09(3)(c)(c) A crossbow with a minimum draw weight of 100 pounds.
NR 10.10(1)(1)Hunting with dogs prohibited.No person may hunt deer or bear with the aid of dogs, except that dogs may be used for hunting bear during the season established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (g) 1. in black bear hunting zones A, B and D as described in s. NR 10.30.
NR 10.10(2)(2)Illegal game.Any deer killed during the open season for hunting deer with bow and arrow or crossbow only or that is killed under the authority of an archer or crossbow license and showing evidence that it was shot with a firearm shall be an illegal game animal and no person may have such animal in possession.
NR 10.101(2)(a)(a)Identification. No person shall hunt or pursue bear with any dog unless such dog is tattooed or wears a collar with the owner’s name and address attached.
NR 10.101(2)(b)(b)Training. The training of dogs by pursuing wild bear is prohibited except July 1 through August 31, or as authorized by s. 29.184 (3m), Stats.
NR 10.101 NoteNote: Bear dog trials and training are regulated by ch. NR 17.
NR 10.101(2)(c)(c)Pack size. No more than 6 dogs in a single pack may be used to pursue bear regardless of the number of bear hunters assisting the bear harvest permittee and regardless of the dog ownership.
NR 10.101 NoteNote: Only a bear hunting licensee assisting a Class A bear license holder may pursue bear during the open season on bear except when engaged in lawful bear dog training as authorized under s. 29.184 (3m), Stats.
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