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 10.001 - Definitions

Current through June 24, 2024
(1) "Accompanied by", for the purposes of s.
				  29.304, Stats., and s.
				  NR
				  10.01, means within sight and voice contact, without
				  the aid of any mechanical or electronic amplifying device other than a hearing
				  aid.
(1d) For the purpose of s.
				  29.184 (3) (a) and
				  (br), Stats., "activity" includes but is not
				  limited to the use of electronic communications, telemetry devices, checking
				  bear baits, supplying or handling dogs to track or trail bear, possession of
				  dog handling equipment, possession of baiting equipment, dragging roads,
				  checking for bear tracks, transporting hounds, equipment and other persons
				  engaged in locating bear.
(1h)
				  "Adult bear" means a bear measuring 42 inches or greater measured in a straight
				  line from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail.
(1k) "Afield" means an area where hunting can
				  legally occur, such as fields, forests or similar areas.
(1p) "Aggregate daily bag limit" has the
				  meaning given in 50 CFR
				  20.11 (c) (3).
Note: 50
					 CFR 20.11 (c) (3) defines
					 "aggregate daily bag limit" as the maximum number of migratory game birds
					 permitted to be taken by one person in any one day during the open season when
					 such person hunts in more than one specified geographic area and/or for more
					 than one species for which a combined daily bag limit is prescribed. The
					 aggregate daily bag limit is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest daily
					 bag limit prescribed for any one species or for any one specified geographic
					 area in which taking occurs.
(1r) "Animal part or animal byproduct" means
				  honey, bones, fish, meat, solid animal fat, animal carcass or parts of animal
				  carcasses, but does not include liquid scents.
Note: Milk is not considered to be a part of an animal
					 carcass or an animal byproduct for the purposes of this chapter.
(1t) "Antlerless deer"
				  means any deer without antlers or with both antlers less than 3 inches in
				  length.
(2) "Antlerless elk" means
				  any elk that is not a bull elk.
(2m) "Assisting", for the purpose of bear
				  hunting, means helping a bear harvest permittee hunt a bear by handling dogs,
				  tracking, trailing or locating the bear, or otherwise aiding while with the
				  permittee or baiting.
(2s) "Bait",
				  for the purposes of this chapter, means any material placed or used to attract
				  wild animals, including liquid scent and feed that is used for hunting purposes
				  under s. 29.336 (4),
				  Stats., but does not include plain drinking water or decoys.
(3) "Bear eco-tourism" means the business of
				  observing bear for compensation, but does not involve hunting.
(3h) "Bearded turkey" means a turkey with a
				  bristle-like appendage protruding from the upper part of the breast.
(3m) "Black bear hunting zone" means a zone
				  established in s.
				  NR
				  10.30.
(3u) "Body gripping trap" means a trap that
				  is designed to allow the animal's head, neck or torso to enter the trap opening
				  and be held by compression of the jaws around the head, neck or torso when the
				  trap is sprung and which is not a cage trap, enclosed trigger trap, snare,
				  cable restraint or steel jawed trap.
(3x) "Bonus deer hunting permit" for purposes
				  of s. 29.181, Stats., and this
				  chapter, means any additional harvest authorizations purchased and any
				  antlerless permits issued under s.
				  NR 10.104 (8) (a) and
				  (b).
(5) "Buck deer" means any deer with an antler
				  not less than 3 inches in length.
(5c) "Bull elk" means any elk with an antler
				  of not less than 6 inches in length.
(5g) "Cable restraint" means a noose used for
				  restraining furbearing animals in a non-water set.
(5j) "Cage or box trap" means a trap that is
				  not used as a water set or in conjunction with a steel jawed trap, an enclosed
				  trigger trap or body gripping trap, and that is designed to allow an animal to
				  enter the trap enclosure, be captured and remain alive inside the cage or box
				  type enclosure until it can be released unharmed or reduced to possession by
				  the operator of the trap.
(5m)
				  "Canada goose management zones and subzones" means those established in s.
				  NR
				  10.31.
(5p) "Capable of submersing" means a set
				  designed to allow the trapped animal to travel to water of sufficient depth to
				  cause irreversible complete submersion.
(5pm) "Carcass" for the purpose of this
				  chapter has the meaning given in s.
				  NR 19.001
				  (5).
(5q) "Cervid" means a member of the family of
				  animals that includes deer, elk, moose, caribou and reindeer.
(5r) "Class A permit" means a permit as
				  defined in s. 29.193 (2) (c)
				  1, Stats.
(5s) "Class B permit" means a permit as
				  defined in s. 29.193 (2) (c)
				  2, Stats.
Note: Section
					 29.193 (2),
					 Stats., defines a "Class B permit" as a permit issued to an applicant who has a
					 temporary disability which restricts mobility or ambulation due to illness,
					 injury or operative procedures and who either has a leg, hip or back, or any
					 part thereof, casted by a licensed physician due to a fracture or has leg, hip
					 or back surgery.
(5t) "Class
				  C permit" means a permit issued to a visually disabled person. In this
				  subsection, "visually disabled person" means a person who is blind, as a
				  defined in s. 47.01 (1),
				  Stats.
(5v) "Colony trap" means an
				  enclosure device designed to allow the capture of one or more fur-bearing
				  animals in a single setting as a submersion set. Entrance to the device is
				  gained by one or more one-way entrances with overall dimensions of the trap not
				  to exceed 6.5 inches in width, 6.5 inches in height and 36.5 inches in
				  length.
(6b) "Culvert" means a
				  pipe, tube or conduit no greater than 4 feet in width or diameter that allows
				  the passage of water under a public or private roadway or driveway.
(6h) "CWD" means chronic wasting
				  disease.
(6p) "CWD affected area"
				  means a zone established in s.
				  NR
				  10.41 for the control and management of chronic
				  wasting disease and is considered the chronic wasting disease control zone for
				  purposes of ss. 29.063 (5) and
				  29.336, Stats.
(7) "Daily bag limit" means the maximum
				  number of a game species which may be reduced to a person's possession in one
				  day.
(7e) "Decoy" means the replica
				  of an animal used to attract wild animals for the purpose of hunting, but does
				  not include any food materials that can be consumed by any wild animal. For the
				  purposes of this chapter, a decoy is not considered bait.
(7m) "Deer management unit" means a zone
				  established in s.
				  NR
				  10.28.
(8)
				  "Department" means the department of natural resources.
(9) For the purposes of s.
				  29.314 (3) (b) 3. and (5) (b)
				  1, Stats., "educational purposes" means
				  observing or studying bear in conjunction with a college or university or in
				  conjunction with bear eco-tourism.
Note: Subsection (9) does not remove the requirement of ss.
					 29.089 and
					 167.31, Stats., to enclose bows
					 or crossbows in carrying cases. The rule does not apply to bows or crossbows
					 only because the natural resources board recognizes that certain designed bow
					 cases may allow portions of the bow, for instance the handle, to be exposed and
					 yet still render the bow inoperable.
(9c) "Enclosed trigger trap" means any trap
				  with a push or pull-activated trigger, inside an enclosure, and recessed 1 1/ 4
				  inches or more, from an opening that is no greater than 1 ¾ inches in
				  diameter.
(9g) For the purposes of
				  ss. 29.091,
				  29.089 (2),
				  29.621 (4) and
				  167.31, Stats., "enclosed within
				  a carrying case" for firearms means completely contained in a gun case
				  expressly made for that purpose which is fully enclosed by being zipped,
				  snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened, with no portion of the firearm
				  exposed.
(9n) "Established range"
				  means an existing facility that has target shooting with firearms as its major
				  purpose.
(9r) "Explosive tips"
				  means any arrow that expels compressed gases upon contact with an object or
				  otherwise utilizes an explosive reaction. Compressed gasses can be caused by,
				  but not limited to, the chemical reaction of explosive material or through
				  compressed gas contained within or on the arrow shaft or tip.
(10) "Feed" means any material that may
				  attract or be consumed by wild animals that is placed for any non-hunting
				  purpose including recreational and supplemental feeding under ss.
				  29.335 and
				  29.336, Stats., but does not
				  include plain drinking water or decoys.
(10c) "Feeding site" means any location or
				  area in which bait or feed is placed or deposited or that contains bait or feed
				  material used to attract wild animals for recreational and supplemental feeding
				  or for hunting purposes.
(10g)
				  "Firearm season" means an open season for hunting with any of the following
				  firearms loaded with a single slug or ball: rifle, muzzle-loader, shotgun or
				  handgun for deer or bear hunting.
(10s) "Green skin" means a skin that has not
				  been removed from the carcass of a dead animal and a skin which has been
				  removed but has not been fleshed, stretched and dried or tanned.
(11) "Harvest authorization" means an
				  approval that authorizes the hunter to harvest one animal of the type
				  identified, subject to any zone, unit, time period, and other restrictions
				  conditioned upon the authorization, and includes a bonus deer hunting permit.
				  Each harvest authorization is identified by a unique harvest authorization
				  number.
(12) "Hunt over" means
				  hunting within 100 yards of any feeding site in an area where a person knows or
				  reasonably should know that one or more feeding sites exists.
(12m) "Jawed trap" means a trap designed to
				  catch an animal by the foot, but does not include enclosed trigger traps, cable
				  restraints, or body gripping traps.
(13) "Liquid" means a substance, neither
				  solid or gaseous, that flows freely and takes the shape of its container at a
				  temperature of 70°F.
(14)
				  "Liquid scent" means any nonsolid material except honey.
(15) "Migratory game birds" means any bird
				  which is migratory and on which an open season has been prescribed in this
				  chapter and belonging to one of the following families:
(a)
Anatidae.
(wild ducks,
				  geese and brant),
(b)
Columbidae.
(doves),
(c)
Rallidae.
(rails, coots
				  and gallinules),
(d)
Scolopacidae.
(woodcock and Wilson's snipe
				  (jacksnipe)).