NR 16.18(8) (8) Tagging, registration, and transfer. Otter taken under the authority of the wild fur farm license shall comply with the following restrictions:

NR 16.18(8)(a) (a) Field harvest. Each person who kills an otter under the authority of a wild fur farm license shall comply with the registration requirements for wild otter found in s. NR 10.086.

NR 16.18(8)(b) (b) Live capture.

NR 16.18(8)(b)1. 1. When a live otter is captured and kept for a live sale, transfer or shipment and before it is carried by hand or transported in any manner, the licensee shall immediately validate the otter carcass tag issued by the department by slitting, tearing or punching the tag in the manner indicated by the department. The tag shall be kept in possession of the person transporting the live otter.

NR 16.18(8)(b)2. 2. The tag shall accompany the cage used to contain a live otter until the otter is killed or sold.

NR 16.18(8)(b)3. 3. If a caged live otter is sold or otherwise transferred alive to another person authorized to possess a live captive wild otter, the tag shall accompany the transportation cage used to contain a live otter and shall be retained for a period of 3 years by the person to whom the live otter was sold or otherwise transferred.

NR 16.18(8)(b)4. 4. No person may transport or possess an otter harvested on a wild fur farm unless it has been tagged in accordance with this section.

NR 16.18 History History: CR 03-030: cr. Register October 2003 No. 574, eff. 11-1-03; CR 07-015: cr. (5) (c) Register September 2007 No. 621, eff. 2-1-08; CR 19-146: r. and recr. (8) Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20; correction in (8) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register June 2020 No. 774; CR 20-087: am. (8) (a) Register August 2021 No. 788, eff. 9-1-21.

NR 16.19 NR 16.19 Bird hunting preserve licenses.

NR 16.19(1) (1) Application. This section is developed pursuant to s. 169.19, Stats., to establish qualifications and conditions for class A and class B bird hunting preserve licenses.

NR 16.19(2) (2) Lessee. If the land to be licensed as a bird hunting preserve is leased, the applicant shall provide proof of a lease specifically authorizing the right to establish a bird hunting preserve for the term of the license. The lease shall be in writing. Leases for a term exceeding one year shall meet the requirements of s. 706.02, Stats.

NR 16.19(3) (3) Size of hunting area. No bird hunting preserve license may be issued for any land less than 40 contiguous acres where the discharge of firearms is legal, or area larger than 640 total acres.

NR 16.19(4) (4) Location restriction. No bird hunting preserve license may be issued for pheasants for any land less than one-quarter mile from the exterior boundaries of a state or federal wildlife area, public hunting grounds or refuge which is managed in whole or in part for pheasants except that this provision does not apply to areas in which the management for pheasants begins after the bird hunting preserve has been licensed. Except as provided in s. 169.31 (3) (bn), Stats., all lands under one license shall be contiguous.

NR 16.19(5) (5) Pen requirements. Pens used to confine native captive wild birds possessed for use under s. 169.19, Stats., shall meet the requirements of ss. NR 16.30, 16.35 and 16.38. Non-native captive wild birds possessed for use under s. 169.19, Stats., are exempt from the requirements of ss. NR 16.30, 16.35 and 16.38.

NR 16.19(6) (6) Additional stocking requirements. All wild birds stocked under the authority of a class A or B bird hunting preserve license shall be of high quality stock, fully feathered and not less than 12 weeks of age.

NR 16.19(7) (7) Hunting restrictions.

NR 16.19(7)(a) (a) A person hunting anything other than the birds listed on the bird hunting preserve license and stocked on the bird hunting preserve is required to have all applicable approvals issued and required under ch. 29, Stats.

NR 16.19(7)(b) (b) A person hunting anything other than the birds listed on the bird hunting preserve license is subject to all season restrictions, bag limits and other conditions or restrictions established by the department under ch. 29, Stats., and rules promulgated thereunder.

NR 16.19(8) (8) Pheasant management zones. Pheasant management zones are established for the purposes in s. 169.19 (4m), Stats. A person holding a Class B bird hunting preserve license may not allow the hunting or taking of hen pheasants beginning on December 15 of each year and ending on the following March 31 within the boundaries of the licensed preserve if the preserve is located totally or partially within a pheasant management zone.

NR 16.19 History History: CR 03-030: cr. Register October 2003 No. 574, eff. 11-1-03; CR 08-021: cr. (8) Register November 2008 No. 635, eff. 12-1-08.

NR 16.23 NR 16.23 Stocking license.

NR 16.23(1) (1) Application. This section is developed pursuant to s. 169.23, Stats., to establish qualifications, conditions and exemptions for stocking licenses.

NR 16.23(2) (2) Species.

NR 16.23(2)(a) (a) Species. Only those species authorized by the department and specified on the stocking license may be released into the wild.

NR 16.23(2)(b) (b) Stocking exemptions. No stocking license is required to stock the following species on private lands provided that the requirements of s. 169.06 (1) (d), Stats., are met:

NR 16.23(2)(b)1. 1. Ring-necked pheasants.

NR 16.23(2)(b)2. 2. Gray partridge.

NR 16.23(3) (3) Location. Except as provided in sub. (2) (b), the locations at which stocking is allowed are restricted to those listed, authorized and approved on the license.