AB514-engrossed,21,223 (b) A person acquiring a carcass tagged under par. (a) that is to be consumed
24for food may remove the tag at the time the carcass is prepared for final consumption.

1The person shall keep the tag in evidence until the carcass is consumed or otherwise
2disposed of.
AB514-engrossed,21,53 (c) For purposes of pars. (a) and (b), for the carcasses of wild reptiles and wild
4amphibians, a person need not tag each carcass, but shall tag each shipment in the
5manner required by the department.
AB514-engrossed,21,7 6(3) Inapplicability to certain carcasses. (a) Subsections (1) and (2) do not
7apply to the raw fur or dressed fur of fur-bearing wild animals.
AB514-engrossed,21,98 (b) Subsection (1) (a) and (b) does not apply to white-tailed deer that is to be
9processed into venison.
AB514-engrossed,21,1110 (c) The selling, purchasing or possessing of carcasses of endangered or
11threatened species is subject to s. 29.415 and not to this section.
AB514-engrossed,21,16 1222.15 Captive wild animal farm licenses. (1) Issuance. (a) The
13department shall issue a Class A captive wild animal farm license to operate a
14captive wild animal farm that grosses $10,000 or more in annual sales to any
15qualified person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the
16applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,21,2017 (b) The department shall issue a Class B captive wild animal farm license to
18operate a captive wild animal farm that grosses less than $10,000 in annual sales to
19any qualified person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the
20applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,21,2421 (c) The department shall issue a Class A captive wild animal farm license to
22any qualified person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the
23applicable fee to operate a captive wild animal farm that contains more than 5 of any
24of the following:
AB514-engrossed,21,2525 1. Leopard frogs.
AB514-engrossed,22,1
12. Mud puppies.
AB514-engrossed,22,22 3. Tiger salamanders.
AB514-engrossed,22,33 4. Snapping turtles.
AB514-engrossed,22,44 5. Painted turtles.
AB514-engrossed,22,65 (d) The applicant shall specify the location of the enclosures for the wild
6animals on the application.
AB514-engrossed,22,9 7(2) Authorization. (a) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the
8holder of the license to possess, propagate, kill, exhibit, purchase and sell live captive
9wild animals of the types specified by the department on the license.
AB514-engrossed,22,1110 (b) A captive wild animal farm license authorizes the killing of captive wild
11animals only by the holder of the license or an employe of the holder of the license.
AB514-engrossed,22,14 12(3) Calculation of annual sales. (a) The calculation of annual sales under
13sub. (1) and par. (b) shall be based on sales from the prior year that involve live
14captive wild animals that are any of the following:
AB514-engrossed,22,1515 1. Native wild animals.
AB514-engrossed,22,1616 2. Nonnative wild animals of the family cervidae.
AB514-engrossed,22,1717 3. Inherently dangerous wild animals.
AB514-engrossed,22,1818 4. Endangered or threatened species.
AB514-engrossed,22,2319 (b) For the first year that a person is issued a captive wild animal farm license,
20the person shall be issued a Class B captive wild animal farm license, unless the
21person operated a game bird and animal farm licensed under s. 29.574, 1995 stats.,
22or a deer farm licensed under s. 29.578, 1995 stats., on the effective date of this
23paragraph .... [revisor inserts date], that grossed $10,000 or more in annual sales.
AB514-engrossed,23,2 24(4) Control of wild animals. (a) A person holding a captive wild animal farm
25license shall control the wild animals at all times in the manner required by the

1department and shall keep the wild animals at the locations specified on the
2application for the license.
AB514-engrossed,23,63 (b) If any member of the family ursidae, felidae, cervidae or canidae escapes
4from its enclosure or fenced area on a captive wild animal farm, the person holding
5the captive wild animal farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours
6after the escape.
AB514-engrossed,23,9 7(5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
8standards, limitations and requirements for captive wild animal farm licenses and
9for captive wild animal farms, including fencing of the farms.
AB514-engrossed,23,13 1022.16 Deer farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a deer
11farm license to any qualified person who files a proper application for the license and
12who pays the applicable fee. The applicant shall specify the locations of the
13enclosures for the deer on the application.
AB514-engrossed,23,15 14(2) Authorization. (b) A deer farm license authorizes the holder of the license
15to do any of the following:
AB514-engrossed,23,1616 1. Possess, propagate, purchase, sell and exhibit live captive white-tailed deer.
AB514-engrossed,23,1817 2. Sell or offer to sell the opportunity to hunt live white-tailed deer within the
18boundaries of the deer farm.
AB514-engrossed,23,2019 (c) A person holding a deer farm license shall attach a deer shipping tag to any
20live white-tailed deer before selling the deer to be processed for venison.
AB514-engrossed,23,24 21(3) Exemption from hunting restrictions. A person hunting white-tailed deer
22on a deer farm is exempt from having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29 and
23is exempt from any closed season restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or
24restrictions established by the department under s. 29.174.
AB514-engrossed,24,3
1(4) Control of deer. (a) A person holding a deer farm license shall control the
2deer at all times in the manner required by the department and shall keep the deer
3at the locations specified on the application for the license.
AB514-engrossed,24,64 (b) If any deer escapes from its enclosure or fenced area on a deer farm, the
5person holding the deer farm license shall notify the department within 24 hours
6after the escape.
AB514-engrossed,24,9 7(5) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
8standards, limitations and requirements for deer farm licenses and for deer farms,
9including fencing of the farms.
AB514-engrossed,24,12 1022.17 White-tailed deer venison sales license. (1) Application. The
11department shall issue a white-tailed deer venison sales license to any qualified
12person who files a proper application for the license and who pays the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,24,15 13(2) Authorization. (a) A white-tailed deer venison sales license authorizes the
14holder of the license to sell, purchase and process venison from white-tailed deer that
15originates from a deer farm.
AB514-engrossed,24,18 16(3) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
17standards, limitations and requirements for white-tailed venison sales licenses and
18for the premises at which venison from white-tailed deer is processed.
AB514-engrossed,24,21 1922.18 Wild fur farm license. (1) Issuance. The department shall issue a wild
20fur farm license to any qualified person who files a proper application and who pays
21the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,24,23 22(2) Authorization; limitations. (a) A wild fur farm license authorizes all of the
23following:
AB514-engrossed,24,2524 1. The holder of the license to possess and propagate live muskrat, beaver,
25raccoon, otter and mink on the land subject to the license.
AB514-engrossed,25,3
12. The holder of the license and other persons authorized by the holder to take
2the live fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1. or kill by trapping the
3fur-bearing wild animals specified in subd. 1.
AB514-engrossed,25,54 3. The holder of the license to sell the live fur-bearing wild animals specified
5in subd. 1. to persons authorized to possess the fur-bearing wild animals.
AB514-engrossed,25,76 (b) Section 29.134 shall apply to the possession and selling of the raw furs and
7dressed furs of the fur-bearing wild animals specified in par. (a) 1.
AB514-engrossed,25,98 (c) The number of otter that are taken or killed may not exceed the quota
9established by rule by the department under sub. (5) (a).
AB514-engrossed,25,11 10(3) Eligible land. (a) Except as provided in par. (b), a wild fur farm licensed
11under this section shall be in a single parcel and may not exceed 640 acres.
AB514-engrossed,25,1512 (b) Upon the request of the applicant for a license under this section, the
13department shall issue a single license for a wild fur farm that does not meet all of
14the requirements of par. (a) if the wild fur farm is licensed as a fur animal farm under
15s. 29.575, 1995 stats., on the effective date of this paragraph .... [revisor inserts date].
AB514-engrossed,25,20 16(4) Exemption from trapping restrictions. Except as provided in sub. (2) (c),
17a person trapping fur-bearing wild animals on a wild fur farm is exempt from having
18any trapping approval issued under ch. 29 and is exempt from any closed season
19restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or restrictions established by the
20department under s. 29.174.
AB514-engrossed,25,22 21(5) Rules. (a) The department shall promulgate by rule a quota for taking, or
22killing by trapping, otter for purposes of this section.
AB514-engrossed,25,2423 (b) The department shall promulgate rules for the purpose of determining
24whether a piece of land qualifies as a single parcel under sub. (3).
AB514-engrossed,26,2
1(c) The department may promulgate rules to establish additional standards,
2limitations and requirements for wild fur farm licenses and for wild fur farms.
AB514-engrossed,26,5 322.19 Bird hunting preserve licenses. (1) Issuance. The department shall
4issue a Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license to any qualified person who
5files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,26,7 6(2) Authorization. (a) A Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license
7authorizes all of the following:
AB514-engrossed,26,108 1. Possessing, stocking, propagating, releasing into the wild, selling and
9purchasing of live wild birds of the species authorized under par. (b) by the holder
10of the license.
AB514-engrossed,26,1311 2. Hunting or taking of released wild birds of those species that have been
12stocked in the preserve by the holder of the license and other persons authorized by
13the holder.
AB514-engrossed,26,1514 (b) The department may authorize only one or more of the following species of
15live wild birds under a Class A or a Class B bird hunting preserve license:
AB514-engrossed,26,1716 1. Pheasants of the species Phasianus colchicus or the species Syrmaticus
17reevesii.
AB514-engrossed,26,1818 2. Quail that are of the subfamily Odontophorinae.
AB514-engrossed,26,1919 3. Gray partridge.
AB514-engrossed,26,2020 4. Chukar partridge.
AB514-engrossed,26,2121 5. Red-legged partridge.
AB514-engrossed,26,2222 6. Mallard ducks that are bred in captivity.
AB514-engrossed,26,2423 7. Wild turkeys, if the wild turkeys are located outside a wild turkey hunting
24zone established under s. 29.103 (6).
AB514-engrossed,27,2
1(c) The department shall specify on the license the types of wild birds that the
2department authorizes under the license.
AB514-engrossed,27,6 3(3) Regulation of number of birds. (a) A person holding a bird hunting
4preserve license may not allow the number of wild birds of a given species in the
5preserve that are killed in a given year to exceed the number of captive wild birds
6of that species that have been stocked in the preserve for that license year.
AB514-engrossed,27,107 (b) A Class A bird hunting preserve license authorizes the person holding the
8license to possess any number of the species specified in sub. (2) (b) 2. to 7. and
9requires the person to stock at least 1,001 adult pheasants in the preserve during the
10license year.
AB514-engrossed,27,1611 (c) A Class B bird hunting preserve license authorizes the person holding the
12license to possess any number of the species specified in sub. (2) (b) 2. to 7. and
13prohibits the person from stocking more than 1,000 adult pheasants in the preserve.
14A holder of a Class B bird hunting preserve license possessing pheasants under the
15license shall stock a minimum of one adult pheasant per 4 huntable acres that are
16within the boundaries of the licensed preserve during the license year.
AB514-engrossed,27,22 17(4) Requirements for mallard ducks. A person possessing mallard ducks
18under the authority of a bird hunting preserve license may possess only mallard
19ducks that are bred in captivity and shall identify them as required under 50 CFR
2021.13
(b). The person shall house the mallard ducks in pens that are covered and
21maintained to prevent free-roaming wild waterfowl from being attracted to the pens
22with the mallard ducks that are being bred.
AB514-engrossed,27,25 23(5) Exemption from hunting restrictions. (a) A person hunting wild birds on
24a bird hunting preserve that have been stocked on the preserve is exempt from
25having any hunting approval issued under ch. 29.
AB514-engrossed,28,4
1(b) Except as provided in par. (c), a person hunting wild birds on a bird hunting
2preserve that have been stocked on the preserve is exempt from any closed season
3restrictions, bag limits or other conditions or restrictions established by the
4department under s. 29.174.
AB514-engrossed,28,65 (c) A person hunting mallard ducks shall comply with rules promulgated by the
6department under s. 29.174 governing the hunting of waterfowl.
AB514-engrossed,28,9 7(6) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
8standards, limitations and requirements for bird hunting preserve licenses and for
9bird hunting preserves.
AB514-engrossed,28,13 1022.20 Dog training licenses. (1) Bird dog training license. (a) The
11department shall issue a bird dog training license to any qualified individual who is
12at least 12 years of age who files a proper application and who pays the applicable
13fee.
AB514-engrossed,28,1714 (b) Except as provided in par. (c), a bird dog training license authorizes the
15holder of the license to purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt any of the
16live captive wild birds specified in s. 22.19 (2) (b) 1. to 6. solely for the purposes of
17training a dog to retrieve, point, flush and track game.
AB514-engrossed,28,2118 (c) The department may restrict the possessing, releasing and hunting of a
19species of wild birds specified in par. (b) by persons holding dog training licenses in
20zones or areas for which the department has by rule imposed special hunting
21restrictions for that species.
AB514-engrossed,29,222 (d) A person training a bird dog in a bird hunting preserve for which the
23hunting of pheasant, quail, mallard ducks bred in captivity or partridge has been
24authorized under a bird hunting preserve license is exempt from holding a bird dog

1training license to possess, release into the wild and hunt live captive wild birds for
2the purposes of training the dog to retrieve, point, flush and track wild birds.
AB514-engrossed,29,5 3(2) Hound dog training license. (a) The department shall issue a hound dog
4training license to any qualified individual who is at least 12 years of age who files
5a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,29,86 (b) A hound dog training license authorizes the holder of the license to
7purchase, possess, release into the wild and hunt any of the following live captive
8wild animals for the purpose of teaching hound dogs to track game:
AB514-engrossed,29,109 1. Live captive rabbit purchased or otherwise acquired from a person holding
10a captive wild animal farm license.
AB514-engrossed,29,1111 2. Live captive raccoon.
AB514-engrossed,29,1212 3. Live captive bear of the species Ursus americanus.
AB514-engrossed,29,15 13(3) Dog club training license. (a) The department may issue a dog
14clubtraining license to an organization that meets the conditions established by the
15department for dog club training licenses.
AB514-engrossed,29,1916 (b) A dog club training license authorizes the club or its members to purchase,
17possess, release into the wild and hunt species of live captive wild animals that are
18authorized by the department on property owned or leased by the club for the
19purpose of teaching a bird dog or hound dog to retrieve, point, flush or track game.
AB514-engrossed,29,23 20(4) Rules. The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
21standards, limitations and requirements for licenses issued under this section. The
22rules may include standards that provide adequate protection for the wild animals
23that are authorized under a dog training license.
AB514-engrossed,30,3
1(5) Restrictions. (a) No person may sell wild animals under a license issued
2under this section, but a person holding a bird dog training license who has been
3contracted to train a dog may charge for the wild birds used in the training.
AB514-engrossed,30,54 (b) A license under this section does not authorize organized competitive field
5events.
AB514-engrossed,30,8 622.21 Dog trial licenses. (1) Bird dog trial license. (a) The department
7shall issue a bird dog trial license to any qualified person who files a proper
8application and who pays the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,30,129 (b) A bird dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase,
10possess, release into the wild and hunt any live captive wild bird for any organized
11competitive field event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned,
12licensed or recognized by a local, state, regional or national dog organization.
AB514-engrossed,30,14 13(2) Hound dog trial license. (a) The department shall issue a hound dog trial
14license to any person who files a proper application and who pays the applicable fee.
AB514-engrossed,30,1915 (b) A hound dog trial license authorizes the holder of the license to purchase,
16possess, release into the wild and hunt live captive raccoon, live captive rabbit and
17live captive bear of the species Ursus americanus for any organized competitive field
18event that involves sporting dog breeds and that is sanctioned, licensed or recognized
19by a local, state, regional or national dog organization.
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