Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 12 - Wildlife Damage And Nuisance Control › Subchapter II - Wildlife Damage › Section NR 12.31 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
For purpose of this subchapter and s.
					 29.889,
					 Stats.:
(1) "Contiguous land" means
				  lands under the ownership, lease or control of an applicant for deer, elk,
				  bear, turkey or goose damage payments which are connected to the lands subject
				  to a claim application or separated only by a roadway, easement, license or
				  waterway.
(2) "County" means a
				  county board of supervisors who has, by resolution, approved application and
				  administration of a program under s.
				  29.889,
				  Stats.
(3) "Crops on agricultural
				  lands" includes Christmas trees.
(3m) "Enrollee" means a farmer, grower,
				  livestock raiser, beekeeper, nursery operator, orchardist, Christmas tree
				  grower, or other person or corporation or partnership enrolled in the wildlife
				  damage abatement and claims program for services under this program.
(4) "Lands suitable for hunting" means
				  contiguous land where the conduct of hunting is not likely to result in a
				  violation under s.
				  29.301(1),
				  167.30
				  or
				  941.20(1)
				  (d), Stats., and shall include all areas
				  within the contiguous land under the same ownership, lease or control except
				  those areas identified by the county or its agent pursuant to s.
				  NR
				  12.36.
Note: This definition of "land suitable for hunting" shall
					 be used to determine hunter numbers for access to hunt species other than deer
					 and elk.
(4e) "Land
				  suitable for hunting deer and elk" means the deer range calculated under s.
				  NR 10.104(4)
				  (a) and where the conduct of hunting is not
				  likely to result in a violation under s.
				  29.301(1),
				  167.30
				  or
				  941.20(1)
				  (d), Stats., except those areas identified by
				  the county or its agent pursuant to s.
				  NR
				  12.36.
Note: This definition of "land suitable for hunting deer or
					 elk" shall be used to determine hunter numbers for access to hunt deer and
					 elk.
(4m) "Livestock
				  holding areas" means barns, pole sheds and other buildings for the protection
				  and sheltering of livestock.
(5)
				  "Normal agricultural practices" means practices commonly used in the county to
				  grow and harvest crops.
(6) "Plan"
				  means a plan of administration submitted under s.
				  29.889,
				  Stats., by a county and approved by the department.
(7) "Reasonable cause" means a presence of at
				  least 2 hunters per 40 acres of land suitable for hunting or the presence of
				  one hunter on less than 40 acres of land suitable for hunting; the hunter is
				  intoxicated, has caused damage to property, littered, used abusive or
				  threatening language, used a firearm in violation with s.
				  941.20(1),
				  Stats., used a vehicle or a permanent deer stand on enrolled land without being
				  authorized by the enrollee; the hunter has otherwise engaged in, or displayed a
				  propensity to engage in, conduct contrary to public safety or the protection of
				  personal property; the hunter failed to seek permission or register to hunt; or
				  failure of the hunter to comply with any of the conditions he or she certifies
				  by his or her signature on hunting log forms provided by the county, its agent
				  and the department, including failure to record the time of arrival and
				  departure.
(8) "WDACP" means the
				  wildlife damage abatement and claims program under s.
				  29.889,
				  Stats., and this chapter.