Small game hunting licenses for nonresident minors less than 16 years old
Under current law, a nonresident seeking to hunt small game in this state must
be issued a nonresident small game hunting license and must pay a fee that is higher
than the fee that a resident pays for a comparable license. Under current law, certain
nonresidents either who are in the armed forces and stationed in this state or who
are students attending school in this state may be issued a resident small game
hunting license. Under this bill, a nonresident who is 12, 13, 14, or 15 years old may

be issued a resident small game hunting license if he or she resides in a state that
grants this benefit to a Wisconsin resident of the same age.
Possession of firearms in schools
Under current law, a pupil in a public school must be suspended if the school
district administrator, principal, or teacher finds that the pupil possessed a firearm
while at school or at a school function; and the school board must commence a
proceeding to expel the pupil for not less than one year. This bill provides an
exemption for pupils who possess firearms in order to participate in the hunter
education program.
Educational programs and certificates
Under current law, any person born on or after January 1, 1993, may not be
issued a hunting license unless the person is issued a certificate stating that he or
she has completed a hunter education program. Under current law, the Department
of Natural Resources (DNR) may recognize hunter education certificates from other
states for the purpose of issuing hunting licenses. DNR also recognizes hunter
education certificates from other states and provinces for purposes of allowing
14-year-olds and 15-year-olds to hunt and possess firearms. This bill allows DNR
to recognize certificates from other states, provinces, and countries for both of these
purposes.
Under current law, the hunter education certificate may be used in lieu of a
special permit for an antlerless deer only during the deer hunting season
immediately following the date on which the certificate was issued. A certificate
holder who is under 12 years old during that season is not able to use the certificate
as a permit during that season because he or she must be 12 years old to hunt. Under
the bill, the certificate may be used during the deer hunting season immediately
following the date on which the certificate holder is first eligible to apply for a deer
hunting license.
The bill also allows DNR to retain and use unclaimed, seized, or confiscated
property, for DNR's educational hunting, fishing, trapping, and other conservation
programs.
Miscellaneous provisions
Under current law, proceeds received by DNR from the sales of pelts that are
prepared during instruction under the trapper education program established by
DNR are deposited in the conservation fund. Under this bill, these proceeds are
specifically credited to an appropriation to provide funds for the trapper education
program.
The bill also requires certain types of arrow tips be used on crossbows,
depending on the type of game being hunted.

For further information see the state and local fiscal estimate, which will be
printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB724, s. 1 1Section 1. 20.370 (1) (Lq) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,4,72 20.370 (1) (Lq) Trapper education program. As a continuing appropriation, all
3moneys remitted to the department under s. 29.597 (3), an amount equal to the
4amount calculated under s. 29.331 (3m), all moneys received from the sale of skins
5processed as part of the trapper education program under s. 29.597,
and all moneys
6received from fees collected under s. 29.563 (12) (c) 3. for the trapper education
7program under s. 29.597.
AB724, s. 2 8Section 2. 29.171 (4) (b) 5. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,4,109 29.171 (4) (b) 5. Shall be used with bolts or arrows of not less than 14 inches
10in length with a broadhead.
AB724, s. 3 11Section 3. 29.171 (4) (b) 6. of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,4,1312 29.171 (4) (b) 6. Shall be used with bolts or arrows that have broadhead tips
13when hunting bear or deer.
AB724, s. 4 14Section 4. 29.171 (4) (b) 7. of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,4,1615 29.171 (4) (b) 7. Shall be used with bolts or arrows that have broadhead tips
16or blunt tips when hunting game other than bear or deer.
AB724, s. 5 17Section 5. 29.194 (4) of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,4,1918 29.194 (4) Resident small game hunting licenses for nonresident minors. (a)
19In this subsection:
AB724,4,2120 1. "Hunting license" means a license or permit that authorizes the hunting of
21small game with a firearm.
AB724,5,2
12. "Minor" means a person who is at least 12 years of age but less than 16 years
2of age.
AB724,5,43 (b) A small game hunting license shall be issued by the department to a person
4who resides in another state and who applies for this license if all of following apply:
AB724,5,55 1. The applicant is a minor.
AB724,5,96 2. The state in which the applicant resides issues hunting licenses to minors
7who are residents of this state and collects a fee for those hunting licenses that is the
8same as the fee collected from minors residing in that state for those hunting
9licenses.
AB724, s. 6 10Section 6. 29.304 (1) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,5,1111 29.304 (1) (title) Persons Hunting by persons under 12 years of age.
AB724, s. 7 12Section 7. 29.304 (1) (b) of the statutes is repealed.
AB724, s. 8 13Section 8. 29.304 (2) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB724, s. 9 14Section 9. 29.304 (2) (a) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (2) and amended
15to read:
AB724,5,1916 29.304 (2) Persons 12 to 14 Hunting by persons 12 and 13 years of age. No
17person 12 years of age or older but under 14 years of age may hunt unless he or she
18is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person at least 18 years
19of age who is designated by the parent or guardian
.
AB724, s. 10 20Section 10. 29.304 (2) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB724, s. 11 21Section 11. 29.304 (2) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m)
22(intro.) and amended to read:
AB724,5,2523 29.304 (3m) Possession by persons under 14 years of age. (intro.) No person
2412 years of age or older but under 14 years of age may have in his or her possession
25or control any firearm unless he or she:
AB724, s. 12
1Section 12. 29.304 (2) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m) (a) and
2amended to read:
AB724,6,43 29.304 (3m) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a
4person at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian
; or
AB724, s. 13 5Section 13. 29.304 (2) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3m) (b).
AB724, s. 14 6Section 14. 29.304 (3) (title) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,6,77 29.304 (3) (title) Persons 14 to 16 Hunting by persons 14 and 15 years of age.
AB724, s. 15 8Section 15. 29.304 (3) (a) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB724, s. 16 9Section 16. 29.304 (3) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3)
10(intro.).
AB724, s. 17 11Section 17. 29.304 (3) (a) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3) (a) and
12amended to read:
AB724,6,1413 29.304 (3) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person
14at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian
; or
AB724, s. 18 15Section 18. 29.304 (3) (a) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3) (b)
16amended to read:
AB724,6,2117 29.304 (3) (b) Is issued a certificate of accomplishment that states that he or
18she successfully completed the course of instruction under the hunter education
19program or has a similar certificate issued by another state or, province, or country
20that has a hunter safety course that is recognized by the department under a
21reciprocity agreement
.
AB724, s. 19 22Section 19. 29.304 (3) (b) (title) of the statutes is repealed.
AB724, s. 20 23Section 20. 29.304 (3) (b) (intro.) of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r)
24(intro.).
AB724, s. 21
1Section 21. 29.304 (3) (b) 1. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (a) and
2amended to read:
AB724,7,43 29.304 (3r) (a) Is accompanied by a his or her parent or guardian or by a person
4at least 18 years of age who is designated by the parent or guardian
.
AB724, s. 22 5Section 22. 29.304 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (b).
AB724, s. 23 6Section 23. 29.304 (3) (b) 3. of the statutes is renumbered 29.304 (3r) (c) and
7amended to read:
AB724,7,118 29.304 (3r) (c) Is issued a certificate of accomplishment that states that he or
9she completed the course of instruction under the hunter education program or has
10a similar certificate issued by another state or, province, or country that has a hunter
11safety course that is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement
.
AB724, s. 24 12Section 24. 29.304 (3r) (title) of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,7,1313 29.304 (3r) (title) Possession by persons 14 to 16 years of age.
AB724, s. 25 14Section 25. 29.304 (5) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,7,1815 29.304 (5) Exception. Notwithstanding subs. (1) to (3) (2) to (3r), a person 12
16years of age or older may possess or control a firearm and may hunt with a firearm
17or bow and arrow on land under the ownership of the person or the person's family
18if no license is required and if the firing of firearms is permitted on that land.
AB724, s. 26 19Section 26. 29.541 (1) (a) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,7,2320 29.541 (1) (a) (intro.) No Except as provided in s. 29.934 (3), no innkeeper,
21manager or steward of any restaurant, club, hotel, boarding house, tavern, logging
22camp or mining camp may sell, barter, serve or give, or cause to be sold, bartered,
23served or given, to its guests or boarders any of the following:
AB724, s. 27 24Section 27. 29.563 (11) (b) 1. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,8,2
129.563 (11) (b) 1. Hunter education and firearm safety instruction fee: the fee
2as established by rule.
AB724, s. 28 3Section 28. 29.563 (12) (c) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,8,54 29.563 (12) (c) 2. Hunter education and firearm safety course certificate of
5accomplishment: $2.
AB724, s. 29 6Section 29. 29.591 (4) (ar) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,8,127 29.591 (4) (ar) Period for hunting antlerless deer. A certificate of
8accomplishment issued under this section that the department has authorized to be
9used in place of a permit under s. par. (am) is valid for the hunting of one antlerless
10deer during the deer hunting season immediately following the date of issuance of
11the certificate
on which the person holding the certificate is first eligible to apply for
12a deer hunting license
.
AB724, s. 30 13Section 30. 29.593 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,8,1714 29.593 (2) A If a person who has evidence that is satisfactory to the department
15indicating that he or she has completed in another state, province, or country a
16hunter safety course, and if the course is recognized by the department under a
17reciprocity agreement, the person may obtain an approval authorizing hunting.
AB724, s. 31 18Section 31. 29.597 (7) of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,8,2319 29.597 (7) Proceeds from the sale of skins. The department may sell, either
20directly or by an agent under supervision by the department, skins that are prepared
21as a part of the course of instruction under the trapper education program. Any
22proceeds that the department receives from the sale of these skins shall be credited
23to the appropriation account under s. 20.370 (1) (Lq).
AB724, s. 32 24Section 32. 29.934 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,9,11
129.934 (1) (a) All wild animals, carcasses or plants that are confiscated by the
2department for a violation of this chapter or ch. 169 and all vehicles, boats or objects
3confiscated by the department for a violation of this chapter or ch. 169 shall, if not
4destroyed as authorized by law, be sold, except as provided in ss. 29.936 and 29.938,
5at the highest price obtainable, by the department, or by an agent on commission
6under supervision of the department. The net proceeds of sales under this
7subsection, after deducting the expense of seizure and sale and any commissions and
8any amounts owing to holders of security interests under par. (c) or (d), shall be
9remitted to the department. The remittance shall be accompanied by a report of the
10sales, supported by vouchers for expenses and commissions, and shall be filed with
11the department.
AB724, s. 33 12Section 33. 29.934 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,9,1813 29.934 (2) On any sales under this section of wild animals or carcasses, the
14department or the agent selling them shall issue to each purchaser a certificate, on
15forms prepared and furnished by the department, covering the sales. The wild
16animals or carcasses so purchased shall be consumed, resold, or otherwise disposed
17of by the purchaser within a period to be set by the department, but may not be resold
18or exchanged, in whole or in part, to any other person, except as provided in sub. (3).
AB724, s. 34 19Section 34. 29.938 of the statutes is created to read:
AB724,9,24 2029.938 Use by the department of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated
21property.
The department may retain and use any of the following property for the
22education programs under s. 29.591, the trapper education program under s. 29.597,
23or other educational hunting, fishing, trapping, or conservation activities conducted
24by the department:
AB724,9,25 25(1) Property seized or confiscated under this chapter or ch. 169.
AB724,10,1
1(2) Property turned over to the department under s. 968.20 (3).
AB724,10,3 2(3) Personal property that is in the possession of the department and that is
3lost, abandoned, or not claimed by its owner.
AB724, s. 35 4Section 35. 120.13 (1) (bm) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,10,115 120.13 (1) (bm) The school district administrator or any principal or teacher
6designated by the school district administrator shall suspend a pupil under par. (b)
7if the school district administrator, principal or teacher determines that the pupil,
8while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority, possessed a
9firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921 (a) (3). This paragraph does not apply if the pupil
10possesses the firearm in order to participate in the hunter education program
11conducted under s. 29.591.
AB724, s. 36 12Section 36. 120.13 (1) (c) 2m. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,10,1913 120.13 (1) (c) 2m. The school board shall commence proceedings under subd.
143. and expel a pupil from school for not less than one year whenever it finds that the
15pupil, while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority, possessed
16a firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921 (a) (3). Annually, the school board shall report
17to the department the information specified under 20 USC 8921 (d) (1) and (2). This
18subdivision does not apply if the pupil possesses the firearm in order to participate
19in the hunter education program conducted under s. 29.591.
AB724, s. 37 20Section 37. 948.605 (2) (b) 4. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB724,10,2321 948.605 (2) (b) 4. By an individual for use in a the hunter education program
22conducted under s. 29.591 or another
program approved by a school in the school
23zone;
AB724, s. 38 24Section 38. 948.605 (3) (b) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
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