NR 10.104(9m) (9m) Bonus permits under the deer management assistance program. The department may issue antlerless permits to level 2 and level 3 participants, and to individuals authorized by level 2 and level 3 participants, in the deer management assistance program established under Subchapter II. All of the following apply to the issuance and use of bonus permits under this section:

NR 10.104(9m)(a) (a) Issuance. Permits shall be issued in the number prescribed by the department or its agents following evaluation and harvest recommendations under s. NR 10.72 (2) (b) or (4) (b).

NR 10.104(9m)(b) (b) Fee. The fee for bonus permits issued under this subsection shall be $6.00.

NR 10.104(9m)(c) (c) Bonus permit distribution.

NR 10.104(9m)(c)1. 1. A landowner or his or her authorized representative for an individually enrolled property may distribute the permits to persons who are authorized to hunt on the enrolled property or portion of the property or may retain the permits for their own use. The primary contact or authorized representative for a cooperative or an individually enrolled property with multiple owners may distribute the permits to persons who are authorized to hunt on the enrolled property or portion of the property and may retain a portion of the allotted permits for their own use. No person may charge any form of a fee for bonus permits issued under the deer management assistance program except that the primary contact or authorized representative under subch. II who is transferring a bonus permit to other hunters for use on an enrolled property may collect no more than $6.00 for each permit in order to recover actual cost of the permit and when there is no monetary benefit to the transferrer.

NR 10.104(9m)(c)2. 2. The department may issue the permits directly to people who are authorized by the landowner or the landowner’s authorized representative for an individually enrolled property to purchase them.

NR 10.104(9m)(d) (d) Locations and times when valid. Permits are valid for use only on the property or group of properties authorized by the department during any firearm, archery, or crossbow deer season.

NR 10.104(9m)(e) (e) Permit reporting. Every landowner, primary contact, or authorized representative who receives or distributes permits issued under this subsection shall keep a current, correct and complete record of all such bonus permits as required by the department on electronic or paper forms made available by the department. Records of bonus permit distribution shall be provided to the department by required deadlines or upon request. A violation of this paragraph shall be treated as a violation of s. 29.961 (2), Stats.

NR 10.104 Note Note: The number of permits distributed will be determined by the department following a site visit by a wildlife biologist and a forester. Bonus antlerless deer permits issued under this subsection are available only to level 2 and level 3 participants in the Deer Management Assistance Program established in s. NR 10.72. Deer Management Assistance Program enrollees are exempt from the restriction against purchasing no more than one bonus permit daily on a first-come-first-served basis that is established in s. NR 10.104 (8) (a).

NR 10.104(10) (10) Bag limit. The bag limit is equal to the number of valid deer permits a person is issued.

NR 10.104(12) (12) Special diseased deer replacement permits. The department may provide a free replacement tag issued under s. 29.177, Stats., to hunters who harvest deer that are suspected of being diseased, provided that the entire deer is surrendered to the department or is disposed of as directed by the department. Each special permit shall be all of the following:

NR 10.104(12)(a) (a) Issued by a department employee or a designated agent.

NR 10.104(12)(b) (b) Issued to the hunter harvesting the suspect deer.

NR 10.104(12)(c) (c) For antlered deer, issued for the type of deer authorized on the approval used to harvest the suspect deer. For antlerless deer, issued for either antlered or antlerless deer.

NR 10.104(15) (15) Apostle islands. The following harvest authorizations are valid for the taking of deer in islands of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore:

NR 10.104(15)(a) (a) Archery buck deer harvest authorization.

NR 10.104(15)(b) (b) Archery antlerless deer harvest authorization.

NR 10.104(15)(c) (c) Gun buck deer harvest authorization.

NR 10.104(15)(d) (d) Special harvest authorizations for the islands of the Apostle Island National Lakeshore deer harvest authorization. These special harvest authorizations shall be issued free of charge at a rate of up to 2 harvest authorizations per day per hunter. Each harvest authorization may be used to harvest any of the following:

NR 10.104(15)(d)1. 1. An antlerless deer.

NR 10.104(15)(d)2. 2. A buck deer if the hunter possesses an antlerless deer registration verification earned in the federally owned portion of the Apostle Islands in the previous year or in the current year.

NR 10.104(15)(d)3. 3. A buck deer if the hunter possesses an antlerless deer that has been legally harvested in the federally owned portion of the Apostle Islands and is tagged prior to the harvest of the buck deer and the antlerless deer accompanies the buck deer until each is registered.

NR 10.104 Note Note: All of the land in this unit is owned and managed by the National Park Service’s Apostle Island National Lakeshore. The National Park Service may require an access permit for the purposes of deer hunting which may limit the dates an individual may hunt and the island or islands on which hunting may occur.

NR 10.104 History History: 11-1-57; am. (4) (b), Register, June, 1999, No. 522, eff. 7-1-99; emerg. cr. (11) eff. 8-4-00; am. (4) (b), renum. (5) (b) to be (5) (b) 1. and am., cr. (5) (b) 2., Register, March, 2001, No. 543, eff. 4-1-01; CR 00-118: am. (4) (b), Register October 2001 No. 550, eff. 1-1-02; CR 00-154: am. (10) (b), Register January 2002 No. 553, eff. 2-1-02; emerg. am. (4) (b), cr. (11) and (12), eff. 7-3-02; CR 02-018: am. (7) (b) Register September 2002 No. 561, eff. 10-1-02; CR 03-016: cr. (11) to (13) Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03; CR 04-020: am. (11) (intro.), (a) (intro.) and (b) (intro.) and (13) (intro.) Register August 2004 No. 584, eff. 9-1-04; CR 04-091: am. (4) (b), renum. (5) (b) 1. to be (5) (b) and am., r. (5) (b) 2. Register April 2005 No. 592, eff. 5-1-05; CR 05-016: r. and recr. (11), r. (13) Register August 2005 No. 596, eff. 9-1-05; CR 05-031: am. (7) (a) and (9), cr. (14) Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05; CR 05-086: r. and recr. (7), am. (8) (intro.), (10) (intro.) and (11) (a), r. (8) (a) to (c) and (10) (a) and (b), renum. (8) (d) and (e) to be (8) (a) and (b) and am., Register June 2006 No. 606, eff. 7-1-06; CR 06-013: am. (11) (b) 3. a. to c. Register August 2006 No. 608, eff. 9-1-06; CR 07-015: cr. (15) Register September 2007 No. 621, eff. 2-1-08; CR 08-013: am. (11) (intro.), (b) (intro.) and 3. b. Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08; corrections in (7) and (11) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; EmR1010: emerg. am. (4) (b), eff. 4-3-10; CR 09-053: am. (4) (b) Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; EmR1028: emerg. am. (7) (a), eff. 7-8-10; CR 10-052: am. (7) (a) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 11-1-10; CR 10-020: am. (7) (b) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 2-1-11; CR 10-051: am. (11) (b) 3. b., c. Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; EmR1405: emerg. r. and recr., eff. 2-25-14; EmR1420: emerg. am. (7) (a), cr. (7) (c), am. (9r), eff. 9-12-14; CR 13-071: r. and recr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; correction in (2) (intro.), (7) (a) 1. to 3., (b) 2. to 3., (c) 2. to 3., (8) (c) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; correction in (9m) (a) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2015 No. 719; EmR1613: emerg. am. (7) (a) 2., r. (7) (a) 2m., am. (7) (b) 2., r. (7) (b) 2m., am. (7) (c) 2., r. (7) (c) 2m., am. (9), eff. 3-12-16; CR 17-061: am. (7) (a) 2., r. (7) (a) 2m., am. (7) (b) 2., r. (7) (b) 2m., am. (7) (c) 2., r. (7) (c) 2m., am. (9), (9m) (intro.), (a), renum. (9m) (c) to (9m) (c) 1., cr. (9m) (c) 2. Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 3-1-18; correction in (7) (a) 2., (b) 2., (c) 2. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register August 2018 No. 746; CR 17-077: am. (2) (intro.) Register June 2018 No. 750, eff. 7-1-18; correction in (7) (a) 3., (b) 3. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2018 No. 753; correction in (7) (c) 3. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2018 No. 755; EmR1902: emerg. am. (6), (7) (a) (title), 1., 2., (b) 1., 2., (c) 1., 2., (8), (9), (9m) (title), (intro.), (b) to (e), (10), (12) (b), (c), r. (14), am. (15) (intro.), (a), (b), cr. (15) (c), am. (15) (d) (intro.) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: am. (6), (7) (title), (a) (title), 1., 2., (b) (title), 1., 2., (c) 1., 2., (8), (9), (9m) (title), (intro.), (b) to (e), (10), r. (14), am. (15) (intro.), (a), (b), cr. (15) (c), am. (15) (d) (intro.) Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; correction in (7) (a) 2., (c) 2., (8) (c), (9m) (intro.), (c) 1., (12) (b), (c) made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in (7) (c) 3. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2019 No. 765; CR 23-013: am. (7) (a) 2., (b) 2., (c) 2., (12) (c) Register February 2024 No. 818, eff. 3-1-24.

NR 10.105 NR 10.105 Transportation of bear, deer, and other members of the cervid family.

NR 10.105(2) (2) Carcass condition and transportation. A deer, bear, or elk may be divided to facilitate removal from the field. A person who divides a deer, bear, or elk while afield:

NR 10.105(2)(a) (a) May not allow the deer, bear, or elk to be stored or transported with any other deer or bear that has been divided while afield.

NR 10.105(2)(b) (b) May not divide any bear in a manner that does not keep one part of the bear intact to allow it to be measured in a straight line from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail, to determine it was an adult bear of 42 inches or greater.

NR 10.105(2)(c) (c) Must remove all parts from the field except for the entrails.