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 NoteNote: Par. (d) is affected by 2023 Wis. Act 116 and CR 23-025. The 2 treatments are mutually inconsistent. Par. (d) is shown as affected by 2023 Wis. Act 116. As affected by CR 23-025, it reads:

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: