Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 17 - Dog Trials And Training › Section NR 17.03 - Dog club training license

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) AUTHORITY. A
				dog club training license authorizes the club members to possess and use
				captive wild pheasants of the species phasianus colchicus or syrmaticus
				reevesii, quail of the subfamily odontophorinae, gray partridge, chukar
				partridge, red-legged partridge, and mallard ducks that are bred in captivity
				for bird dog training. A dog club training license authorizes the club members
				to possess and use captive wild bobcat, coyote, fox, rabbits and raccoons in
				accordance with the provisions outlined in ss.
				NR
				17.02(3) and for hound 17.045 dog
				training. The license does not authorize the use of captive bear, commercial
				shoots, animal selling, breeding or propagation.
Note: Pursuant to s.
				  29.304,
				  Stats., no one under the age of 12 may possess a firearm. A person under the
				  age of 12 may be a member of a dog training club and may train dogs with the
				  use of captive wild animals as authorized under the dog training club license,
				  but may not possess a firearm as part of the training activity.
Note: Unintentional reproduction of rabbits in pens is not a
				  violation of this section.
Note: The unintentional breeding of rabbits in training
				  enclosures is not a violation of this section.
(2) CONDITIONS. When training under the
				authority of the dog club training license, the licensee and its members shall
				be subject to all of the following conditions:
(a)
Display of license.
Be
				in possession of a dog club training license at the clubhouse or training
				grounds where the training activity is occurring. If a club member is engaged
				in training activities but not within one-quarter mile of the clubhouse, the
				member shall be in possession of a copy of the club training license. Club
				members shall make the license available to any authorized department agent
				upon request. For dog clubs utilizing a hound dog training enclosure permitted
				under s.
				NR
				17.045, a ledger of all club members shall be kept at
				the enclosure and provided to the department upon request.
(b)
Location.
Train only on
				the properties identified on the license. The properties shall be identified by
				township, range, section and name of the property owner.
(c)
Proof of legal
				possession.
Any licensee or its members using captive wild birds or
				wild animals for dog training shall possess a receipt or invoice meeting the
				requirements of s.
				NR 17.11
				indicating the captive birds or animals were purchased or obtained from a legal
				source. Club members shall make the receipt or invoice available to any
				authorized department agent upon request.
(d)
Care and treatment.
Captive wild birds, bobcat, coyote, fox, rabbits and raccoons possessed for dog
				training purposes shall be treated in a humane manner and confined under
				sanitary conditions with proper and adequate space, shade, food and fresh
				water. Individuals using captive wild birds or animals for training purposes
				are responsible for following all rules pertaining to the use of birds for dog
				training purposes under s.
				NR
				17.01 and all rules established under s.
				NR
				17.02 for hound dog training under the authority of a
				dog club training license.
(e)
Captive wild bird identification.
All captive wild birds
				specified in s.
				169.19(2) (b)
				1 to 6., Stats., except mallards identified
				as required under
				50 CFR
				21.13(b), chukar partridge,
				and red-legged partridge released and killed under the authority of a dog
				training license shall, prior to release, be marked around the leg with a band
				supplied by the department.
(f)
Bird bands.
No person may have on their person while engaged
				in dog training any unused department dog training bird bands. Birds that are
				not banded or identified as required in par. (e) may not be killed during
				training exercises.