AB514-engrossed,69,52
29.245
(5) (b) 3. To a person who possesses a flashlight or who uses a flashlight
3while if the person is on foot and training a dog to track or hunt raccoons, foxes or
4other unprotected
wild animals
and if the raccoons, foxes or other wild animals are
5not subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,69,138
29.40
(2) Deer tags. Except as provided under sub. (5) and s. 29.405 (3), any
9person who kills a deer shall immediately attach to the ear or antler of the deer a
10current validated deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the type of deer
11killed. Except as provided under sub. (2m)
or s. 29.578 (7), (8) or (14), no person may
12possess, control, store or transport a deer carcass unless it is tagged as required
13under this subsection.
AB514-engrossed,69,1615
29.40
(6) (title)
Farm-raised deer Deer. This section does not apply to
16farm-raised deer
or deer that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed, s. 32
17Section
32. 29.41 of the statutes is renumbered 29.41 (1), and 29.41 (1) (c), as
18renumbered, is amended to read:
AB514-engrossed,69,2519
29.41
(1) (c) Possess the raw skin of any muskrat, mink, otter, fisher or pine
20marten at any time unless the person is the holder of a scientific collector permit, fur
21dealer license, trapping license or resident conservation patron license of current
22issue. No license is required
for a person breeding, raising and producing domestic
23fur-bearing animals in captivity as defined in s. 29.579 or for a person authorized
24to take muskrats on a cranberry marsh under a permit issued to the person by the
25department.
AB514-engrossed,70,32
29.41
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the skins of fur-bearing animals that
3are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,70,95
29.42
(1) Approval necessary. No person, except a person who is issued a valid
6hunting license, sports license, a conservation patron license
, taxidermist permit or
7scientific collector permit and who is carrying this approval on his or her person, may
8possess or have under his or her control any game bird
, or game animal or the carcass
9of any game bird or
game animal.
AB514-engrossed, s. 35
10Section
35. 29.42 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 29.42 (2) (a) and amended
11to read:
AB514-engrossed,70,1512
29.42
(2) (a)
No Except as provided in par. (b), no person
, except a person who
13is issued a valid scientific collector permit, may take, needlessly destroy or possess
14or have under his or her control the nest or eggs of any wild bird for which a closed
15season is prescribed under this chapter.
AB514-engrossed,70,1917
29.42
(2) (b) A person who has a valid scientific collector permit may take or
18possess or have under his or her control the nest of a wild bird and may destroy the
19nest if necessary for a scientific purpose.
AB514-engrossed,70,2221
29.42
(5) Captive wild animals. This section does not apply to wild animals
22that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,71,84
29.42
(1m) Hunting and trapping. A person who hunts or traps any game
5animal
, game bird or fur-bearing animal shall kill
the animal it when it is taken and
6make it part of the daily bag or shall release
the animal it unless
authorized the
7person has the authority to possess under
s. 29.55, 29.572, 29.574, 29.575, 29.578 or
829.585 ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed, s. 44
10Section
44. 29.425 (5) of the statutes is renumbered 29.42 (5) and amended
11to read:
AB514-engrossed,71,1312
29.42
(5) Penalty. A person who violates
this section sub. (1m) shall forfeit not
13less than $100 nor more than $1,000.
AB514-engrossed, s. 50
19Section
50. 29.427 (4) of the statutes is renumbered 22.03 (2) (e) and amended
20to read:
AB514-engrossed,72,321
22.03
(2) (e) No person may operate on a live
wild skunk to remove its scent
22glands unless the person
holds a Class A or Class B captive wild animal farm license
23or the person is a veterinarian and the person who
possesses brings the skunk
is
24authorized under s. 29.55 to the veterinarian holds such a license. A veterinarian
25to whom a person brings a live
wild skunk for removal of its scent glands
or for other
1treatment shall
verify if the person holds a Class A or Class B captive wild animal
2farm license. If the person does not hold such a license, the veterinarian shall notify
3that person that possession of a live skunk is illegal and shall notify the department.
AB514-engrossed,72,108
29.43
(5) (b) Subsections (1) to (4) do not apply to the possession,
9transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer
or wild animals that are
10subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,72,1412
29.44
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the possession, transportation,
13delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer
or wild animals that are subject to regulation
14under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,72,1716
29.45
(6) This section does not apply to the transportation of farm-raised deer
17or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,72,2219
29.46
(5) Exemption; taxidermists. Subsections (1) to (3) do not apply to a
20person who is issued a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting
, in
21connection with his or her business, the carcass of a game bird
in connection with his
22or her business or the carcass of a wild bird that is subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,72,2524
29.48
(7) This section does not apply to the carcass of a wild animal that is
25subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,73,32
29.49
(3) Exemption. This section does not apply to the meat from farm-raised
3deer
or to meat that is subject to regulation under s. 22.13 or 22.14.
AB514-engrossed,73,5
529.535 (title)
Introduction of wild animals fish.
AB514-engrossed,73,97
29.535
(1) (a) 1. Importing into the state any fish
, or spawn
or any other wild
8animal for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that fish
, or spawn
or wild
9animal.
AB514-engrossed,73,1211
29.535
(1) (a) 2. Introducing, stocking or planting any fish
, or spawn
or other
12wild animal.
AB514-engrossed,73,1614
29.535
(1) (c) Permits for introducing, stocking or planting under par. (a) 2.
15shall be issued by the department only after investigation and inspection of the fish
, 16or spawn
or other wild animals as the department determines necessary.
AB514-engrossed,73,1918
29.535
(1) (g) The department may promulgate rules to establish additional
19requirements for the importation, introduction, stocking or planting of fish or spawn.
AB514-engrossed,73,2321
29.535
(2) (a) Importing into the state any fish, spawn or any other wild animal
22for the purpose of introducing, stocking or planting that fish
, or spawn
or wild
23animal.
AB514-engrossed,74,2
129.535
(2) (b) Introducing, stocking or planting any fish
, or spawn
or other wild
2animal.
AB514-engrossed,74,5
429.54 (title)
State propagation of wild mammals and Food in the wild
5for game birds.
AB514-engrossed,74,2117
29.583
(1) The department may seize and dispose of or may authorize the
18disposal of any deer that has escaped from land licensed under s.
29.574 or 29.578 1922.16 or owned by a person registered under s. 95.55 if the escaped deer has traveled
20more than 3 miles from the land or if the licensee or person has not had the deer
21returned to the land within 72 hours of the discovery of the escape.
AB514-engrossed,75,3
129.59
(1) (f) Notwithstanding s. 29.01 (14), "wild animal" means any
2undomesticated mammal or bird, but does not include farm-raised deer
or wild
3animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,75,85
29.598
(1) Definition. In this section, "wildlife damage" means damage caused
6by deer
that live in the wild, bear or geese
that are not subject to regulation under
7ch. 22 and that is done to commercial seedings or crops on agricultural land, to
8orchard trees or nursery stock or to apiaries or livestock.
AB514-engrossed,75,15
1129.645 Larceny of game. A person who, without permission of the owner,
12molests, disturbs or appropriates any wild animal or its carcass that has been
13lawfully reduced to possession by another shall forfeit not less than $1,000 nor more
14than $2,000. This section does not apply to farm-raised deer
or to wild animals that
15are subject to regulation under ch. 22.
AB514-engrossed,75,2317
29.65
(1) (intro.) The department may bring a civil action in the name of the
18state for the recovery of damages against any person
unlawfully killing, wounding,
19catching, taking, trapping, or
having unlawfully in possession possessing in
20violation of this chapter or of any rule promulgated under this chapter any of the
21following named protected wild animals, birds, or fish, or any part of an animal, bird
22or fish, and the sum assessed for damages for each wild animal, bird, or fish shall be
23not less than the amount stated in this section: