29.601 Noxious substances.
29.604 Endangered and threatened species protected.
29.614 Scientific collector permit.
29.617 Public hunting and fishing grounds.
29.624 Senior citizen recreation card.
29.627 Domestic fur-bearing animal farms.
SUBCHAPTER X
FISH AND GAME PROPAGATION AND STOCKING
29.701 Propagation of fish; protected wild animals.
29.705 Propagation of fish; removal of fish.
29.709 State fish hatcheries.
29.713 Trespass to state fish hatchery.
29.717 Trespass on riparian land.
29.733 Natural waters used in fish farms.
29.734 Barriers required for fish farms.
29.735 Importation of fish.
29.737 Permit for private management.
29.738 Private fishing preserves.
29.741 Food in the wild for game birds.
29.749 Horicon marsh fur farm and dam.
SUBCHAPTER XI
CAPTIVE ANIMALS
29.875 Disposal of escaped deer or elk.
SUBCHAPTER XII
WILDLIFE DAMAGE
29.885 Removal of wild animals.
29.887 Wildlife control in urban communities.
29.889 Wildlife damage abatement program; wildlife damage claim program.
29.89 Venison processing and donation program.
SUBCHAPTER XIII
ENFORCEMENT
29.921 Warrants; arrests; police powers.
29.924 Investigations; searches.
29.934 Sale of confiscated game and objects.
29.936 Distribution of fish and game to food distribution services.
29.941 Assistance of law enforcement officers.
29.944 Exemption from liability.
29.947 Law enforcement aid program; spearfishing.
29.951 Resisting a warden.
29.954 False impersonation of warden.
29.957 Breaking seals of department.
29.961 Incorrect information.
29.962 Worthless checks for approvals.
29.964 Changing approval.
29.967 Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocation.
29.969 Larceny of wild animals.
29.971 General penalty provisions.
29.974 Penalties; repeaters.
29.977 Civil actions for damages caused by law violations.
29.981 Parties to a violation.
29.983 Wild animal protection surcharges.
29.985 Fishing shelter removal surcharge.
29.987 Natural resources surcharge.
29.989 Natural resources restitution surcharge.
Ch. 29 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
24.01.
Ch. 29 Cross-reference
Cross Reference: See also NR Ch 1-, Wis. adm. code.
DEFINITIONS
29.001
29.001
Definitions. In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
29.001(3)
(3) "Address" means a street name and number or post-office box number, the name of the city, village or town, the state and the zip code.
29.001(6)
(6) "Aircraft" means any contrivance invented, used or designed for navigation of or flight in the air.
29.001(12)
(12) "Approval" means any type of approval or authorization issued by the department under this chapter including any license, permit, certificate, card, stamp or tag unless the context requires a different meaning.
29.001(15)
(15) "Attending boat" means an open boat used to transport equipment, crew or catch of a licensed boat, provide assistance in the operation of fishing gear by the licensed boat or provide other assistance in the commercial fishing operations of a boat licensed under
s. 29.519.
29.001(16)
(16) "Boat" means any device capable of being used as a means of transportation on water.
29.001(18)
(18) "Carcass" means the dead body of any wild animal, including any part of the wild animal or the eggs of the wild animal.
29.001(20)
(20) "Deer" means white-tailed deer and does not include farm-raised deer.
29.001(21)
(21) "Documented boat" means a licensed commercial fishing boat with valid federal documentation under
s. 30.51 (2) (c) 2.
29.001(22)
(22) "Elk" means elk that is present in the wild and that does not have an ear tag or other mark identifying it as being raised on a farm.
29.001(25)
(25) "Farm-raised fish" means a fish that is kept on a fish farm for propagation purposes or reared on a fish farm and that has not been introduced, stocked or planted into waters outside a fish farm or that has not escaped from a fish farm.
29.001(26)
(26) "Fish farm" has the meaning given in
s. 95.001 (1) (aj), except that "fish farm" does not include a state or municipal fish hatchery or a private fishing preserve.
29.001(27)
(27) "Fishing" includes taking, capturing or killing fish, other than farm-raised fish, or attempting to take, capture or kill fish, other than farm-raised fish. When "fish" is used as a verb, it has the same meaning as "fishing".
29.001(28)
(28) "Food distribution service" means a program that provides food or serves meals directly to individuals with low incomes or to elderly individuals, or that collects and distributes food to persons who provide food or serve meals directly to these individuals.
29.001(29)
(29) "Freeze-out pond" means a natural, self-contained body of water in which freezing or anoxic conditions prevent the body of water from naturally sustaining a fish population at least twice every 5 years.
29.001(30)
(30) "Fur-bearing animals" includes otter, beaver, mink, muskrat, marten, fisher, skunk, raccoon, fox, weasel, opossum, badger, wolf, coyote, bobcat, cougar and lynx.
29.001(33)
(33) "Game" includes all varieties of wild mammals or birds.
29.001(36)
(36) "Game animals" includes deer, moose, elk, bear, rabbits, squirrels, fox and raccoon.
29.001(39)
(39) "Game birds" means birds that are in the wild and includes wild geese, brant, wild ducks, wild swan, rails, coots, gallinules, snipe, woodcock, plovers, sandpipers, ruffed grouse, prairie chicken, sharp-tailed grouse, pheasants, gray partridge, chukar partridge, bobwhite, quail, crows and wild turkey.
29.001(41)
(41) "Game fish" includes all varieties of fish except rough fish and minnows.
29.001(42)
(42) "Hunt" or "hunting" includes shooting, shooting at, pursuing, taking, capturing or killing or attempting to capture or kill any wild animal.
