Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 22 - Wisconsin-Iowa Boundary Waters › Subchapter IV - Turtles › Section NR 22.13 - Turtles

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) APPLICABILITY. This section applies to
				  the taking and possession of turtles in the Wisconsin-Iowa boundary
				  waters.
(2) SEASONS; POSSESSION AND
				  DAILY BAG LIMITS. No person may take turtles on the Wisconsin-Iowa boundary
				  waters except during the open season established in sub. (4). For the purpose
				  of Wisconsin-Iowa boundary water turtle harvest, the possession limits are the
				  same as the daily bag limits.
(3)
				  ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS. No person may do any of the following:
(a) Take, possess or control a turtle unless
				  the person is in possession of a valid approval which authorizes the hunting of
				  small game or which authorizes fishing, unless otherwise exempt under ch. 29,
				  Stats., from the need to possess one of more of these approvals to hunt or
				  fish.
(b) Take turtles by methods
				  other than hoop net turtle traps that comply with par. (c), hand, hook and
				  line, hooking or incidental to commercial fishing authorized under this chapter
				  by a fisher possessing a valid license issued under s.
				  29.523,
				  29.526
				  or
				  29.529,
				  Stats.
(c) Use a hoop net turtle
				  trap to trap turtles, except when taken by a licensed commercial fisher under
				  s.
				  29.523,
				  Stats., incidental to fishing authorized under those licenses, unless it
				  complies with all of the following criteria:
1. It is constructed with no less than 6 inch
				  stretch measure mesh net as defined in s.
				  NR
				  25.02(28).
2. The net is nylon or other stretchable
				  fabric. Wire may not be used.
3. It
				  is constructed with a funnel entrance at one or both ends which are tied off to
				  the sides or the opposite ends. The opening in the funnel may be round or
				  oval.
4. It is designed and set so
				  the closed sides sit horizontal in the water.
Note
There is no restriction on the size of
					 the trap itself or the number of hoops used in its construction.
(d) Use a hoop net
				  turtle trap unless it is placed on the bed of the stream, river, lake or pond
				  so that a minimum of 2 inches of the trap is above the water surface.
(e) Use a hoop net turtle trap unless it is
				  checked and the entrapped contents removed at least once each day.
(f) Place, use or tend more than 10 hoop net
				  turtle traps.
(g) Use a hoop net
				  turtle trap unless a stamped or engraved metal tag, bearing the name and
				  address of the operator of the trap in the English language, is attached in a
				  manner that is visible above water and legible at all times.
(h) Place, use or tend a hoop net turtle trap
				  or remove its entrapped contents unless that person is the operator identified
				  on the trap tag.
(i) Place, set or
				  use a hoop net turtle trap within 200 feet of any fishway, lock or
				  dam.
(j) Place, set or use any hook
				  and line, setline or bank pole for taking turtles in a manner or at any time
				  during which these methods are not allowed for taking fish under ss.
				  NR 20.06
				  and
				  NR
				  20.12.