Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation › Chapter NR 18 - Falconry › Section NR 18.03 - Permit and license requirements

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) No person may
				take, possess, transport, import, export, sell, purchase, barter, offer for
				sale, or purchase any migratory raptor species, or the parts, nests, or eggs of
				raptor species, for falconry purposes or to practice falconry in Wisconsin
				unless a valid falconry permit has been issued pursuant to this chapter or
				issued by another state or tribe provided that the state or tribe is listed in
				the federal regulations as a state or tribe meeting federal falconry standards.
				Tribal permits are only valid when issued to the tribe's own members. Falconers
				hunting on state property need to follow state property rules, and it is the
				falconer's responsibility to be aware of the state property rules before
				commencing falconry activities.
(2)
				Nonresident falconers shall obtain a trapping permit to take raptors in
				Wisconsin under s.
				NR
				18.12(2) and shall obtain a valid
				small game or general hunting license to practice falconry in
				Wisconsin.
(3) No person may engage
				in any falconry activity unless the person possesses a falconry permit or a
				nonresident raptor trapping permit issued under this chapter.
Note: A state of Wisconsin turkey, pheasant, or duck stamp is
				  no longer required to engage in the sport of falconry. A federal duck stamp,
				  however, is required to hunt migratory waterfowl. Federal duck stamps can be
				  purchased through a local post office and at many local DNR offices.
(4) No person may transfer a
				falconry permit or a falconry band, or allow the use thereof by any other
				person, nor may any person while engaged in falconry, use or carry any permit
				or band issued to another.
(5) A
				visitor to the U. S. possessing a falconry permit or license from their country
				may practice falconry in Wisconsin and shall abide by nonresident falconer
				permit and license requirements.
Note: The national forests, consistent with the multiple
				  use-sustained yield act of 1960 (
				  16
				  USC 528 ) and the federal land policy
				  management act of 1976 (
				  16 USC
				  1701- 1784 ), are managed for wildlife
				  purposes. Data regarding the populations and take of the northern goshawk on
				  the national forest is relevant to goshawk management. The Forest Service may
				  implement protection measures for the northern goshawk that may include the
				  closing of areas of land within the national forest to the take of goshawks.
				  Information on the location of national forest land may be obtained from:
				  Chequamegon/Nicolet Forest Supervisor, Federal Building, 68 S. Stevens Street,
				  Rhinelander, WI 54501.
(6)
				If a falconer takes a raptor from the wild and keeps it overnight, the falconer
				must report it the bureau Falconry Coordinator within 10 days using the 3-186A
				form.
Paper copies of the 3-186A form can be obtained by
					 contacting the Falconry Coordinator at the Bureau of Endangered Resources, P.O.
					 Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707-7921 or online at
http://permits.fws.gov/186A
.