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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.12 - Migratory game bird hunting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROHIBITED
				  METHODS. No person shall hunt any migratory game bird by any of the following
				  methods:
(a)
Sinkbox.
From or
				  by means, aid or use of a sinkbox or any other type of low floating device,
				  having a depression affording the hunter a means of concealment beneath the
				  surface of the water.
(b)
Boats.
From any boat or craft other than those propelled by
				  paddle, oar or pole. When motors or sails are attached to the boat, the motor
				  shall be completely shut off and the sail furled, and the boat's progress
				  stopped before a firearm may be loaded.
(c)
Structures.
From any
				  pier, dam, dock or similar structure, except disabled persons under the
				  authority of a class A permit issued by the department.
(d)
Rallying.
By the use or
				  aid of any water, air or motor-driven land conveyance used for the purpose of
				  or resulting in stirring up, driving or rallying.
(e)
Bird calls.
By the use
				  or aid of recorded or electrically amplified bird calls or sounds or imitations
				  thereof, or while in possession of any type of device that produces recorded or
				  electronic amplifications of bird calls or sounds.
(f)
Live decoys.
By using
				  directly or indirectly any live tame or captive ducks or geese for decoy
				  purposes regardless of the distance intervening between any such live decoys
				  and the position of the hunter. All live tame or captive ducks and geese shall
				  be removed for a period of 10 consecutive days prior to hunting, and confined
				  within an enclosure which substantially reduces the audibility of their calls
				  and totally conceals these live birds from the sight of migratory
				  waterfowl.
(g)
Decoy
				  use.
By the use or aid of decoys which are or have been:
1. Placed beyond 200 feet from the blind or
				  cover in which the hunter is located.
2. Placed in the water more than one hour
				  before the open hunting time.
3.
				  Left in the water more than 20 minutes after the close of hunting
				  time.
4. Left in the water
				  unattended.
(h)
Baiting.
By the aid of baiting as described by the U.S. fish
				  and wildlife service in 50
				  CFR 20.11 and
				  20.21(i).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.125 - Canada goose hunting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PERMIT REQUIREMENTS.
(a)
Permit possession
				  required.
No person may hunt Canada geese in any area of the state
				  without having on his or her person a valid Canada goose hunting permit except
				  for hunters 15 and under during the youth waterfowl season established in s.
				  NR 10.01 (1)
				  (n).
(c)
Validity.
All permits
				  are valid only in the zones and for the time periods specified on the permit
				  during the open season established for Canada geese.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.13 - Furbearing animals

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROHIBITED METHODS. No person may:
(a)
Hunting.
Hunt any
				  beaver, fisher, mink, muskrat, or otter with the aid of any spear, gun or dog
				  except that:
1. The owner or occupant of any
				  land and members of their families may shoot or trap beaver on their respective
				  lands without license as established in s.
				  29.337,
				  Stats.
2. Agents or employees
				  possessing written authorization from the landowner, land lessee or responsible
				  governmental body may use firearms to shoot beaver under s. NR 12.10.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.145 - Bobcat, fisher, and otter

Current through June 24, 2024
Except as provided in sub. (4), no person may hunt or
					 trap, or attempt to hunt or trap, any bobcat unless he or she possesses a
					 current and valid permit from the department and any associated pelt tags for
					 the area or unit in which he or she is hunting or trapping, or for fisher and
					 otter, unless he or she possesses a current and valid harvest authorization
					 issued by the department.
(1) HARVEST
				  QUOTAS. The number of bobcat permits and fisher and otter harvest
				  authorizations issued annually shall be determined by the department. The
				  department shall base its determination upon:
(a) Population estimates and
				  trends.
(b) The population goal
				  established in sub. (2) if a goal has been established.
(c) Trends in hunter or trapper success
				  rates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.15 - Horicon national wildlife refuge

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PROHIBITED
				  METHODS.
(a)
Firearm, crossbow, and
				  bow possession.
Except as provided in this section, it shall be
				  unlawful for any person to hunt or trap any wild animal or have in possession
				  or under control any firearm unless the same is unloaded and enclosed within a
				  carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and enclosed within a case, or
				  any bow and arrow unless the same is unstrung or enclosed in a carrying case,
				  upon the area known as the Horicon national wildlife refuge. The loaded uncased
				  firearm restriction of this paragraph does not apply to a handgun possessed by
				  a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in
				  Wisconsin.
(b)
Unprotected
				  animal control.
Nothing in this section shall prohibit, prevent, or
				  interfere with the U.S. fish and wildlife service, its deputies, agents, or
				  employees in the destruction of unprotected wild animals as listed in s.
				  NR
				  10.04.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.24 - Bong state recreation area hunting zone

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DESCRIPTION.
				  The area described in s. NR 45.13 (17) (a) 1., shall be called the hunting
				  zone.
(2) RESTRICTIONS.
(a)
General prohibition.
No
				  person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any species of wild animal
				  at any time, or have in possession or under control any firearm unless it is
				  unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded
				  and enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow unless it is unstrung or
				  enclosed within a carrying case in the hunting zone except as provided in this
				  section. The loaded uncased firearm restriction of this paragraph does not
				  apply to a handgun possessed by a person who is authorized by law to possess a
				  concealed handgun in Wisconsin.
(c)
Other hunting methods.
Methods of hunting shall comply with
				  those established in this chapter.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.25 - Wild turkey hunting

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LICENSES, STAMPS AND CARCASS TAGS.
(a)
Authorization to hunt.
1. Except as provided under subd. 2., no
				  person may hunt wild turkey unless he or she possesses a wild turkey hunting
				  license and stamp issued by the department and turkey harvest authorization
				  issued by the department or Ft. McCoy military reservation. All licenses,
				  stamps, and harvest authorizations shall be valid for the current hunting
				  season.
2. Persons possessing a
				  senior citizen recreation card issued prior to January 1, 1992 do not need to
				  possess a turkey hunting license or stamp.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.275 - State park trapping, small game and migratory game bird hunting

Current through June 24, 2024
No person may hunt game species listed in s.
					 NR 10.01(1), (2) (a), (c),
					 (e), (g), (3) (a), (bt), (c), (f) or (h) on
					 the state owned or managed portions of Governor Dodge, Mill Bluff, or Mirror
					 Lake state parks except as provided in this section and as established under s.
					 29.089(1m),
					 Stats.. No person may trap on the state owned portions of state parks except as
					 provided in this section and as established under s.
					 29.089(1m),
					 Stats. Portions of the properties listed may be posted closed to trapping and,
					 small game and migratory bird hunting.
(1) SMALL GAME AND MIGRATORY GAME BIRD
				  HUNTING SEASONS.
(a)
Small
				  game
. Hunting is allowed for small game in Governor Dodge, Mill Bluff,
				  and Mirror Lake state parks during the seasons specified in s.
				  NR 10.01(2) (a), (c), (e),
				  (g), (3) (a), (bt), (c), (f) and
				  (h).
(b)
Migratory game birds
.
1. Migratory game bird hunting with firearms
				  for the species specified in s.
				  NR
				  10.01(1) is allowed in Governor Dodge
				  and Mill Bluff state parks from November 1 through December 15 or until the
				  seasons established in s.
				  NR 10.01(1)
				   conclude, whichever occurs first.
2. Migratory game bird hunting is allowed in
				  Mirror Lake state park during the seasons specified in s.
				  NR
				  10.01(1).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.28 - Deer population management units

Current through June 24, 2024
Deer population management units are established as
					 designated on the following maps:
(1)
				  STATEWIDE DEER MANAGEMENT UNITS.
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					 diagram
(2)
				  METROPOLITAN DEER MANAGEMENT UNITS.
(a)
La Crosse area.
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					 diagram
(b)
Madison area.
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					 diagram
(c)
Milwaukee area.
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					 diagram
(d)
Hudson area.
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					 diagram
(e)
Green Bay area.
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					 diagram
(f)
Superior area.
See PDF for
					 diagram
(g)
Eau Claire Area.
See PDF for
					 diagram
(h)
Rock area.
See PDF for
					 diagram
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.285 - Game management units

Current through June 24, 2024
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Prior to 2015 the game management zones in this section
						were also used by the department as deer management units. These game
						management zones continue to serve as the basis for fisher, sharp-tailed
						grouse, and bear management zones.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.30 - Black bear hunting zones

Current through June 24, 2024
Black bear hunting zones are established as designated on
					 the following map:
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This section is shown as repealed and recreated eff.
						3-1-21 by CR 19-133. Prior to 3-1-21 it
						reads:
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.31 - Canada goose management zones

Current through June 24, 2024
Canada goose management zones are established by the
					 following maps:
(1) STATEWIDE ZONE The
				  statewide goose zone includes the following subzones:
(c)
Mississippi river
				  subzone.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.36 - Otter zones

Current through June 24, 2024
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Note: Section NR 10.36 is shown as repealed and recreated
					 eff. 4-1-18 by CR 17-013. Prior to 4-1-18 it reads:
"NR 10.36 Otter zones."
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.37 - Elk management zones

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) CLAM LAKE:
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(2) BLACK RIVER FALLS:
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(3) ZONE X. Elk management zone X includes
				  the entire state except areas which are part of the Clam Lake and Black River
				  Falls elk management zones.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.40 - Disabled hunters; special hunt authorizations

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE.
				  Pursuant to s.
				  29.053(3),
				  Stats., the natural resources board establishes this section to provide
				  additional recreational hunting opportunities to the citizens of Wisconsin and
				  to establish procedures for conducting special hunts that will encourage
				  greater hunting participation by persons with physical and visual
				  disabilities.
(2) DEFINITION.
				  "Special gun deer hunt" means a department authorized local firearm season for
				  deer conducted outside the regular gun deer hunting seasons established under
				  s.
				  NR 10.01(3)
				  (e).
(3) SPECIAL GUN DEER HUNTS.
(a)
Application
				  requirements.
1. All applications to
				  conduct a special gun deer hunt shall be on department forms and be submitted
				  to the designated department office for the county within which the hunt will
				  be conducted by the date established by the department on the form.
2. All applications shall include:
a. The authorization of the host landowner to
				  conduct a special gun deer hunt; and
b. A legal description of the lands on which
				  the hunt is to be conducted.
3. The applicant shall provide a final list
				  of the names, addresses and Class A or C permit numbers of all participating
				  hunters and the names of their designated assistants to the department by
				  September 1.
Note:
Application forms may be obtained at
					 department region and service center offices.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.41 - Wildlife disease management

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) PURPOSE.
				  Pursuant to s.
				  29.063(1),
				  Stats., the natural resources board establishes this section to provide
				  guidelines for the department to manage chronic disease in wild cervids in this
				  state.
(2) STATE PARKS AND OTHER
				  CLOSED AREAS. State parks, refuges and closed areas identified in chs.
				  NR
				  11 and 45 may be opened to deer hunting to assist in
				  the control of CWD.
(3)
				  CWD-AFFECTED AREA.
(a)
Establishment.
The department may establish a CWD-affected
				  area around the location of known positive cases of CWD.
(b)
Population objectives.
Entire counties, or portions of counties, located within the boundaries of a
				  CWD affected area shall be managed toward a population objective established
				  after seeking comment from county deer management advisory councils under s.
				  NR
				  10.104(5).
(c)
CWD affected area.
The
				  CWD-affected area consists of the counties identified on the department's
				  website after following the procedures established in par. (f).
(d)
Population monitoring.
The department shall monitor deer populations in a CWD-affected area with
				  information obtained by surveys that may include registration data and aerial
				  surveys.
(e)
Harvest
				  authorizations.
Pursuant to s.
				  NR
				  12.06, the department may issue free deer hunting
				  permits or harvest authorizations to hunters or landowners, lessees, occupants
				  or their duly authorized agents of a single parcel of land at least 5 acres in
				  size, all within the CWD-affected area, which authorizes the individual to hunt
				  deer in the CWD-affected area or a portion of the area.
(f)
Expansion of the affected
				  area.
1. The department may include
				  additional counties or portions of counties in the CWD affected area where and
				  when additional CWD-positive deer are found. The department may add adjacent
				  counties or portions of counties if they are within a 10-mile radius of the
				  known location of a captive or free-roaming domestic or wild animal that has
				  been tested and confirmed to be positive for CWD.
2. Affected area expansion under this
				  subsection shall become effective upon issuance of an order by the secretary of
				  the department and publication in the official state newspaper. In addition, a
				  notice of the order shall be provided to newspapers, legislators, and hunting
				  license outlets in the area affected.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter I - General Provisions › Section NR 10.42 - Official state duties

Current through June 24, 2024
Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or hinder the
					 department and its employees, duly authorized agents, or contractors from
					 performing their official duties relating to control of disease in deer and
					 elk.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter II - Deer Management Assistance Program › Section NR 10.70 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This subchapter is adopted to implement the deer management
					 assistance program under s.
					 29.020,
					 Stats. The program is established to help landowners to achieve deer and other
					 management objectives at a localized level and collect biological data that
					 supplements statewide data, and to build relationships between landowners,
					 hunters, and the department.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter II - Deer Management Assistance Program › Section NR 10.71 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
In this subchapter:
(1) "Cooperative" means an association of
				  individual property owners or their representatives who are not organized as a
				  business entity but are organized for the purposes of managing deer and other
				  wildlife resources, whose properties are located within one-half mile of
				  another property in the cooperative, and whose members have agreed to
				  participate in the deer management assistance program under this
				  subchapter.
(2) "Authorized
				  representative" means the person a landowner has designated to act and make
				  decisions on the landowner's behalf for purposes of the program, including but
				  not limited to, granting access to the landowner's property for department
				  staff to conduct on-site consultation visits.
(3) "Program primary contact" means a person
				  who is primarily responsible for submitting program enrollment applications and
				  fees, scheduling meetings with department staff, and sharing information with
				  landowners or their authorized representatives in a group cooperative or when
				  there is more than one owner of an individual property.
(4) "Medium to large property" means a
				  property of 640 acres or larger.
(5) "Small to medium property" means a
				  property of at least 160 acres but smaller than 640 acres.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter II - Deer Management Assistance Program › Section NR 10.72 - Deer management assistance program levels

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) LEVEL 1. The
				  first level for participation in the deer management assistance program is
				  designed to increase communication with landowners and hunters. The department
				  shall provide all of the following to Level 1 participants:
(a) Deer management assistance program
				  educational resources.
(b)
				  Opportunities for assistance from department employees including wildlife
				  biologists and foresters.
(c)
				  Annual program reports.
(d) An
				  opportunity to attend annual workshops organized by the department or its
				  partners.
(e) Assistance with
				  projects that have scientific value.
(f) Information on forming program
				  cooperatives.
(g) Assistance with
				  information for participation in other conservation programs.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter II - Deer Management Assistance Program › Section NR 10.73 - Fees

Current through June 24, 2024
Enrollment in the deer management assistance program is for
					 a period of not less than three years beginning on the date that a valid
					 application is accepted and ending on a date specified by the department. The
					 department may wave the fee for participation by governmental organizations or
					 owners of other lands that the department determines are open to the public for
					 hunting. The fees for participation in the deer management assistance program
					 are as follows:
Level 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75.00
Level 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
					 $150.00
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 10 - Game And Hunting › Subchapter II - Deer Management Assistance Program › Section NR 10.74 - Ineligibility and penalties

Current through June 24, 2024
Any participant who charges a fee for bonus permits issued
					 under this subchapter in violation of s. NR m 10.104(9) (a), or who fails to
					 keep records or make reports to the department as required under this chapter,
					 shall be denied any benefits of enrollment in the program for the calendar year
					 in which the failure was identified and be ineligible to participate for up to
					 two years subsequent to that.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter I - General Regulations › Section NR 11.01 - Exceptions to closed areas and refuges

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) Nothing in this
				  chapter shall prohibit the department or its fully authorized agents, the armed
				  forces of the national guard or of the United States, or any peace officers or
				  any person summoned by a peace officer to assist the officer in making an
				  arrest or in preserving the peace from entering and being on any of the below
				  described refuges or closed areas in the performance of official
				  duties.
(2) Nothing in this chapter
				  shall prohibit or hinder the department and its employees, duly authorized
				  agents, or contractors from entering and being on any of the below described
				  refuges or closed areas in the performance of their official duties relating to
				  wildlife management.
(3) Nothing in
				  this chapter shall prohibit individuals who are participating in a
				  department-approved learn to hunt from hunting within the boundaries of
				  properties identified as a closed area or refuge.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.02 - Year-round game refuge

Current through June 24, 2024
A year-round game refuge is created in the following areas.
					 No person may hunt or trap upon such areas or have in possession or under
					 control any firearm as defined in s.
					 167.31(1)
					 (c), Stats., unless the firearm is unloaded
					 and enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and
					 enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow unless it is unstrung or enclosed
					 within a carrying case. This restriction does not apply to a handgun possessed
					 by a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in
					 Wisconsin.
(1) FOND DU LAC COUNTY.
(a)
Mauthe Lake.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.03 - Year-round no entry wildlife refuge

Current through June 24, 2024
A year-round wildlife refuge is established in the
					 following areas. No person may enter such areas for any reason except for the
					 retrieval of legally killed or crippled game in posted retrieval zones.
Note:
Public entry to waters within the
					 boundary of a refuge is not prohibited when such waters may be accessed without
					 entry on to the refuge land.
(1)
				  BURNETT COUNTY.
(a)
Crex
				  Meadows.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.031 - Waterfowl closed area; trapping permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established in the following areas
					 posted with department signs. No person may hunt any species of wild animal
					 thereon during the open season on waterfowl established in s.
					 NR 10.01(1) (b) and
					 (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be
					 retrieved from such areas by dog or hand.
(1) BROWN COUNTY.
(a)
Sensiba.
Township 25
				  north, range 20 east, town of Suamico.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.032 - Mississippi river closed area

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established in the following areas which
					 are posted with U.S. fish and wildlife service signs. No person may hunt or
					 trap any species of wild animal at any time except that hunting or trapping is
					 allowed for all species but ducks and geese during the seasons established in
					 s.
					 NR 10.01,
					 but only from the day after the final closure of the duck season as established
					 in s.
					 NR 10.01(1)
					 (b), until June 15. Legally killed or
					 crippled game may be retrieved from these areas by dog or hand.
(1) BUFFALO COUNTY.
(a)
Lost Island (Pool 5).
Township 20 north, range 12 west, town of Belvidere and township 20 north,
				  range 13 west, town of Waumandee.
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(c)
Peterson's and Reich's Lake (Pool
				  4).
Township 21 north, range 13 west, town of Alma, and township 22
				  north, range 13 west, town of Nelson.
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(d)
Winona pool (Pool 5).
Township 19 north, range 12 west, town of Buffalo.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.04 - No entry wildlife refuge (September 1-December 31)

Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established from September 1 to
					 December 31 annually in the following areas. No person may hunt lands and
					 waters within the boundary of the refuge or enter the land within the refuge
					 boundary for any reason except for the retrieval of legally killed or crippled
					 game in posted retrieval zones
.
Note:
Public entry to waters within the
					 boundary of a refuge is not prohibited when such waters may be accessed without
					 entry on to the refuge land.
(1) ADAMS
				  COUNTY.
(a)
Amey Pond.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.041 - Waterfowl closed area; trapping and gun deer hunting permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established in the following areas
					 posted with department signs. No person may hunt any species of wild animal
					 thereon, except deer during periods established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3) (e) and
					 (es), during the open season on waterfowl
					 established in s.
					 NR 10.01(1) (b) and
					 (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be
					 retrieved from such areas by dog or hand.
(1) JEFFERSON COUNTY.
(a)
Prince's Point.
Township
				  5 north, range 15 east, town of Cold Spring.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.042 - Waterfowl closed area; trapping and deer hunting permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established in the following areas
					 posted with department signs. Trapping of furbearing mammals is permitted
					 during established seasons. No person may hunt any species of wild animal,
					 except deer during periods established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3) (e), (em),
					 (ep), and (es), during the open season on
					 waterfowl established in s.
					 NR 10.01(1) (b) and
					 (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be
					 retrieved by dog or hand.
(1) ST.
				  CROIX COUNTY.
(a)
Oakridge
				  Lake.
Township 31 north, range 17 west, town of Stanton.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.043 - Waterfowl closed area; deer hunting permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established in the following areas
					 posted with department signs. No person may hunt or trap any species of wild
					 animal, except deer during the periods established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3) (e), (em),
					 (ep), and (es), during the open season on
					 waterfowl established in s.
					 NR 10.01(1) (b) and
					 (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be
					 retrieved by dog or hand.
(1) ST.
				  CROIX COUNTY.
(a)
Twin
				  lakes.
Township 29 north, range 18 west, town of Warren.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.044 - Early waterfowl hunting season closed area

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established at the Mead wildlife area.
					 No person may hunt waterfowl until the beginning of the duck season established
					 in s.
					 NR
					 10.01(1), except that hunting is
					 allowed on the dates of the youth duck hunt established in s.
					 NR
					 10.01(1) by all people who may
					 legally hunt waterfowl on those dates.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.05 - No entry wildlife refuge except gun deer and muzzleloader deer (September 1-December 31)

Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established from September 1 to
					 December 31 annually in the following areas. No person may hunt lands and
					 waters within the boundary of the refuge or enter the land within the refuge
					 boundary for any reason except to hunt deer during the open gun and
					 muzzleloader seasons established in s.
					 NR 10.01 (3) (e) and
					 (es) and except for the retrieval of legally
					 killed or crippled game in posted retrieval zones.
Note:
Public entry to waters within the
					 boundary of a refuge is not prohibited when such waters may be accessed without
					 entry on to the refuge land.
(1)
				  KENOSHA.
(a)
Peat Lake.
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Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established from September 1 to
					 December 31 annually in the following areas. No person may hunt lands and
					 waters within the boundary of the refuge or enter the land within the refuge
					 boundary for any reason except to trap or to hunt deer during the open gun and
					 muzzleloader seasons established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3) (e) and
					 (es), or except for the retrieval of legally
					 killed or crippled game in posted retrieval zones.
Note:
Public entry to waters within the
					 boundary of a refuge is not prohibited when such waters may be accessed without
					 entry on to the refuge land.
(1) BROWN
				  COUNTY.
(a)
Sensiba.
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Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established from September 1 to
					 November 30 annually in the following areas. No person may hunt lands and
					 waters within the boundary of the refuge or enter the land within the refuge
					 boundary for any reason except to hunt deer during the open gun and
					 muzzleloader seasons established in s.
					 NR 10.01 (3) (e) and
					 (es), and except for the retrieval of legally
					 killed or crippled game in posted retrieval zones.
Note:
Public entry to waters within the
					 boundary of a refuge is not prohibited when such waters may be accessed without
					 entry on to the refuge land.
(1)
				  BURNETT COUNTY.
(a)
Fish
				  Lake.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.08 - No entry wildlife refuge, rookeries and special areas (April 1- August 24)

Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established from April 1 through
					 August 24 in the following areas when posted with department signs. No person
					 may enter upon such area for any reason from April 1 through August 24.
(1) BROWN COUNTY.
(a)
Lower Green Bay.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter II - Game Refuges › Section NR 11.09 - Horicon Marsh Fur Farm

Current through June 24, 2024
A state fur farm to be known as the Horicon marsh fur farm
					 is established on all of the state-owned land on the Horicon marsh wildlife
					 area in Dodge County. No person may hunt or trap any furbearing animals on such
					 area unless authorized by a valid department permit. Any violation of the
					 permit shall be deemed to be a violation of this section.
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Current through June 24, 2024
A wildlife refuge is established in the following area. No
					 person may enter upon such area from December 1 through March 31 except for the
					 retrieval of legally killed or crippled game.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.11 - Waterfowl closed area; trapping and deer hunting permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A closed area is established in the following areas posted
					 with department signs. Trapping of furbearing mammals is permitted during
					 established seasons. No person may hunt any species of wild animal beginning on
					 the first day of the open season for waterfowl established in s.
					 NR 10.01(b) and
					 (g) and ending on the first Saturday in
					 December, except that deer may be hunted during periods established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3) (e), (em),
					 (ep), and (es). Legally killed or crippled
					 game may be retrieved.
(1) ST. CROIX
				  COUNTY.
(a)
Oakridge Lake.
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Current through June 24, 2024
A closed season is established at the Mead wildlife area.
					 No person may hunt waterfowl until the beginning of the duck season established
					 in s.
					 NR 10.01(1)
					 (b), except that hunting is allowed as
					 established in s.
					 NR 10.01(1)
					 (v).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.13 - Mississippi river closed area

Current through June 24, 2024
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish
					 Refuge has established Closed Areas which are identified in
					 50 CFR
					 §
											32.42 and posted in the field with
					 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service signs. Migratory bird hunting is prohibited at
					 all times within these areas. Other hunting and trapping is allowed the day
					 after the close of the Wisconsin duck hunting season as established in s.
					 NR
					 10.01(1). Legally killed or crippled
					 game may be retrieved from these areas provided there is no attempt to chase
					 birds from the area.
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.14 - Waterfowl closed area; retrieving permitted

Current through June 24, 2024
A waterfowl closed area is established in the following
					 areas. No person may hunt or trap any species of wild animal in such areas
					 during the open seasons for waterfowl established in s.
					 NR
					 10.01(1), except that deer may be
					 hunted during the periods established in s.
					 NR 10.01(3)
					 (e). Legally killed or crippled waterfowl may
					 be retrieved by dog or hand.
(1) Dodge
				  County.
(a)
Horicon Marsh.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.15 - Beaver/ otter closed area (year-round)

Current through June 24, 2024
A year-round closed season is established in the following
					 areas. No person may trap beaver or otter in any such areas at any time.
(1) BUFFALO COUNTY.
(a)
Tiffany wildlife area.
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Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.16 - Marten protection area

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: "Pan
				  tension" means the amount of weight that, when applied to the trap pan of a
				  jawed trap, will result in activation of the trap.
(2) ESTABLISHMENT . No person may trap any
				  species of wild animal in the following areas at any time unless trapping with
				  the equipment identified in sub. (3):
(a)
Clam Lake Area (Ashland, Bayfield, and Sawyer Counties).
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(b)
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Apostle Islands Area (Ashland and Bayfield
				  Counties).
(c)
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Pine River Area (Forest, Oneida, and Vilas
				  Counties).
Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 11 - Wildlife Refuges And Closed Areas › Subchapter III - Closed Areas › Section NR 11.17 - Public lands closed area

Current through June 24, 2024
Except as provided by s.
					 29.089,
					 Stats., the department may establish temporary closed areas by posting signs
					 within the exterior limits of department owned, managed, or leased lands for
					 wildlife management purposes. No person may enter such area or hunt or trap any
					 species of wild animals, except as authorized by department signs posted on the
					 lands.
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 I - Wildlife Abatement Program › Section NR 12.001 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Contiguous land" means lands under the
				  same ownership which are connected to lands on which wildlife are causing
				  damage including lands separated by a roadway, easement, license or
				  waterway.
(1m) "Damage" means
				  physical harm to forest products; streams; roads; dams; buildings; orchards;
				  apiaries; livestock; and commercial agricultural crops, including Christmas
				  trees and nursery stock. "Damage" includes flooding and culvert blockages
				  caused by a beaver or muskrat.
(2)
(a) "Lands suitable for hunting deer" has the
				  meaning given in s.
				  NR 12.31
				  (4e).
(b) "Lands suitable for hunting or trapping"
				  means lands where the conduct of hunting or trapping is not likely to result in
				  a violation under ss.
				  29.301 (1),
				  167.30,
				  167.31 and
				  941.20 (1) (d),
				  Stats., or damage to buildings and where it is probable an animal causing
				  damage may be harvested.
Note:
Sections
					 29.301 (1),
					 167.30,
					 167.31 and
					 941.20 (1) (d),
					 Stats., concern shooting near hospitals, schools, sanatoriums, parks, buildings
					 and highways.
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 I - Wildlife Abatement Program › Section NR 12.01 - Purpose

Current through June 24, 2024
This chapter is established to administer s.
					 29.885,
					 Stats., relating to the removal of wild animals causing damage or
					 nuisance.
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 I - Wildlife Abatement Program › Section NR 12.05 - Birds causing depredation

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FINDINGS. The
				  natural resources board finds that unlimited shooting or trapping of cowbirds,
				  crows, grackles, house sparrows, monk parrots, starlings, and red-winged
				  blackbirds is necessary when causing depredation.
(2) PERMIT WAIVER. Neither a federal nor
				  state permit are required of any person to shoot or trap birds listed in sub.
				  (1) when found committing or about to commit depredations upon agricultural
				  crops, livestock, ornamental or shade trees or when constituting a health
				  hazard or other nuisance provided:
(a)
Disposition.
Birds killed and their plumage may not be sold or
				  offered for sale.
(b)
Premises inspection.
Any person taking these birds shall at
				  all reasonable times, including during actual operation, permit any federal or
				  state game law enforcement officer, free and unrestricted access on the
				  premises over which the operations have been or are being conducted, and shall
				  furnish promptly to the officer whatever information he or she requests about
				  the operation.
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 I - Wildlife Abatement Program › Section NR 12.06 - CWD-affected area deer removal permits

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) FINDINGS.
				  Pursuant to s. 29.885 (4),
				  Stats., the natural resources board finds that deer within any CWD-affected
				  area cause a nuisance and that the shooting of deer with nuisance permits is
				  necessary within any CWD-affected area defined in s.
				  NR 10.001
				  (6p) in order to reduce the spread of disease
				  within the CWD-affected area and to reduce the risk of disease spreading
				  outside any CWD-affected area.
(2)
				  PERMITS. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, landowners, lessees,
				  occupants or their duly authorized agents of a single parcel of land at least 5
				  acres in size, all within the CWD-affected area may, under a department issued
				  permit, remove deer from lands under their ownership or control in accordance
				  with this section. Both antlerless and buck deer may be harvested unless
				  otherwise restricted as a condition of the permit.
(3) PARTICIPATION BY OTHERS. Persons other
				  than the permittee may assist as a participant in the removal of deer in
				  accordance with this section on the land for which the permit is valid.
(a)
Number and selection of
				  participants
. All participants shall be selected by the
				  permittee.
(b)
Age and
				  safety training
. All participants, including the permittee shall meet
				  the requirements of ss.
				  29.304 and
				  29.593, Stats., pertaining to
				  hunter safety and age.
(c)
Approval
. All participants shall possess written approval
				  obtained from the permittee and the appropriate, valid hunting license unless
				  exempted under sub. (4) when carrying on removal activities. Written approval
				  may include: name, address and phone number of landowner; name, address, phone
				  number and DNR customer identification number, if applicable, of the person
				  removing wild animals; property location and removal activities, authorized
				  period of removal, signature of the permittee, or other form of approval
				  authorized by the department.
(d)
No fees
. The permittee may not charge any form of fee to a
				  participant.