29.591
29.591
Hunter education program and bow hunter education program. 29.591(1)(a)(a) The department shall establish a hunter education program and bow hunter education program. The department shall conduct these courses of instruction in cooperation with qualified individuals, organizations, groups, associations, public or private corporations and federal, state and local governmental entities. The hunter education program shall provide for a course of instruction in each school district or county. The bow hunter education program need not provide for a course of instruction in each school district or county.
29.591(1)(b)
(b) The courses of instruction under these programs shall provide instruction to students in the responsibilities of hunters to wildlife, environment, landowners and others, how to recognize threatened and endangered species that cannot be hunted and the principles of wildlife management and conservation.
29.591(1)(c)
(c) In addition to the topics specified in
par. (b), the course of instruction under the hunter education program shall provide instruction in the commonly accepted principles of safety in handling firearms and bows and arrows used in hunting and their associated equipment.
29.591(1)(d)
(d) In addition to the topics specified in
par. (b), the course of instruction under the bow hunter education program shall provide instruction in hunting with bows and arrows and their associated equipment.
29.591(2)
(2) Administration. The department may appoint county, regional and statewide directors and categories of hunter education instructors necessary for the hunter education program and the bow hunter education program. These appointees are responsible to the department and shall serve on a voluntary basis without compensation.
29.591(3)
(3) Instruction fee. The department may not charge a fee for the course of instruction under the hunter education program and the bow hunter education program. The department may reimburse instructors for allowable costs, as determined by the department, up to $5 for each person who receives instruction from that instructor.
29.591(4)(a)1.1. The department shall issue a certificate of accomplishment for free to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction under the hunter education program or the bow hunter education program and who pays the instruction fee.
29.591(4)(a)2.
2. A resident may use the certificate of accomplishment issued to him or her for successfully completing the course of instruction under the hunter education program for the first time in place of a small game hunting license.
29.591(4)(am)
(am)
Authorization for antlerless deer. The department may authorize a person to whom it issues a certificate of accomplishment for successfully completing the course of instruction under the hunter education program for the first time to use the certificate in place of a permit issued under
s. 29.177 to take one antlerless deer in specific areas identified by the department. The authorization for group deer hunting under
s. 29.324 shall not apply to a person hunting an antlerless deer as authorized under this paragraph.
29.591(4)(ar)
(ar) Period for hunting antlerless deer. A certificate of accomplishment issued under this section that the department has authorized to be used in place of a permit under s.
par. (am) is valid for the hunting of one antlerless deer during the deer hunting season immediately following the date of issuance of the certificate.
29.591(4)(b)
(b)
Duplicate. The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of accomplishment to a person who is entitled to a duplicate certificate of accomplishment and who pays the fee specified under
s. 29.563 (12) (c) 2.
29.591 History
History: 1983 a. 420;
1997 a. 12,
197;
1997 a. 248 ss.
175,
420 to
426; Stats. 1997 s. 29.591;
1999 a. 9,
32;
2001 a. 16.
29.593
29.593
Requirement for certificate of accomplishment to obtain hunting approval. 29.593(1)(a)(a) Except as provided under
subs. (2),
(2m) and
(3), no person born on or after January 1, 1973, may obtain any approval authorizing hunting unless the person is issued a certificate of accomplishment under
s. 29.591.
29.593(1)(b)
(b) A certificate of accomplishment issued to a person for successfully completing the course under the bow hunter education program only authorizes the person to obtain a resident or nonresident archer hunting license.
29.593(2)
(2) A person who has evidence that is satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has completed in another state a hunter safety course and if the course is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement, the person may obtain an approval authorizing hunting.
29.593(2m)
(2m) A person who has a certificate, license or other evidence indicating that he or she has completed in another state a bow hunter education course and if the course is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement, the person may obtain a resident or nonresident archer hunting license regardless of whether the person is issued a certificate of accomplishment for successfully completing the course of instruction under the bow hunter education program in this state.
29.593(3)
(3) A person who successfully completes basic training in the U.S. armed forces, reserves or national guard may obtain an approval authorizing hunting.
29.593(4)
(4) A person who is subject to
sub. (1) may prove compliance with
sub. (1) when submitting an application for an approval authorizing hunting by presenting any of the following:
29.593(4)(b)
(b) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter within 365 days before submitting the application.
29.593(4)(c)
(c) An approval authorizing hunting that was issued to him or her under this chapter for a hunting season that ended within 365 days before submitting the application.
29.593 History
History: 1983 a. 420;
1991 a. 254;
1997 a. 27,
197;
1997 a. 248 ss.
427 to
430; Stats. 1997 s. 29.593;
1999 a. 32.
29.595
29.595
Elk hunter education program. 29.595(1)
(1)
Establishment. The department shall establish and conduct an elk hunter education program.
29.595(2)
(2) Instruction. The elk hunter education program shall provide a course of instruction that includes all of the following:
29.595(2)(a)
(a) History and recovery of elk in this state and the eastern United States.
29.595(2)(b)
(b) Elk census and population estimation methods used in this state.
29.595(2)(f)
(f) Rules promulgated by the department concerning elk hunting.
29.595(3)(a)(a) The department shall issue a certificate of accomplishment to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction under the elk hunter education program.
29.595(3)(b)
(b) Except as provided in
par. (c), no person may be issued an elk hunting license unless he or she holds a valid certificate of accomplishment issued under this subsection.
29.595(3)(c)
(c) A person may be issued an elk hunting license if the person holds evidence that demonstrates to the satisfaction of the department that he or she has successfully completed in another state or province an elk hunter education course and if the course is recognized by the department under a reciprocity agreement with that state or province.
29.595(4)
(4) Fee prohibited. The department may not charge a fee for the course of instruction or the certificate of accomplishment.
29.595 History
History: 2001 a. 109.
29.597
29.597
Trapper education program. 29.597(1)
(1)
Establishment; program requirements. 29.597(1)(a)(a) The department shall establish and supervise the administration of a trapper education program funded from the appropriations under
s. 20.370 (1) (Lq) and
(ma). The department shall enter into an agreement with an organization that has demonstrated ability and experience in the field of trapper education to assist in the establishment and administration of the program.
29.597(1)(b)
(b) The trapper education program shall provide classroom instruction and instruction by correspondence and shall provide a course of instruction that includes all of the following:
29.597(1)(b)3.
3. Interrelationships between trapping activities and the conservation of natural resources.
29.597(1)(c)
(c) The trapper education program shall use certified instructors when providing the instruction on techniques of trapping fur-bearing animals. The department shall establish criteria and standards for certifying these instructors.
29.597(2)(a)(a) The department and the organization with which the department enters into an agreement under
sub. (1) (a) shall jointly do all of the following:
29.597(2)(a)1.
1. Contract with a qualified individual, who may not be an employee of the department, to operate the trapper education program.
29.597(2)(a)2.
2. Prescribe the duties and responsibilities of the individual contracted with under
subd. 1.
29.597(2)(b)
(b) The individual contracted with under
par. (a) 1. shall operate the trapper education program and shall do all of the following:
29.597(2)(b)1.
1. Supervise the recruitment and training of qualified trapper education instructors.
29.597(2)(b)3.
3. Maintain the records for the trapper education program.
29.597(3)(a)(a) The department shall establish by rule the fee for the course of instruction under the trapper education program.
29.597(3)(b)
(b) An instructor conducting the course of instruction under the trapper education program shall collect the fee established under
par. (a) from each person receiving instruction. The department may authorize an instructor to retain up to 50% of the fee to defray expenses incurred by the instructor conducting the course. The instructor shall remit the remaining portion of the fee or, if nothing is retained, the entire fee to the department.
29.597(4)
(4) Course and promotional materials. The department may reimburse the organization with which it enters into an agreement under
sub. (1) (a) for the organization's costs of producing promotional and course materials for the program.
29.597(5)(a)(a) The department shall issue a certificate of accomplishment without charge to a person who successfully completes the course of instruction under the trapper education program and who pays the instruction fee. The certificate may be used by a resident to whom issued in place of a trapping license for the period specified by the department.
29.597(5)(b)
(b) The department shall issue a duplicate certificate of accomplishment to a person who is entitled to a duplicate certificate of accomplishment. The department shall establish by rule the fee for a duplicate certificate.
29.597(6)
(6) Requirement of certificate of accomplishment to obtain trapping approval. 29.597(6)(a)(a) No person may be issued an approval authorizing trapping unless he or she holds a valid certificate of accomplishment issued under this section.
29.597(6)(b)
(b) The following persons are exempt from the requirement under
par. (a):
29.597(6)(b)1.
1. A person who holds on May 12, 1992, a valid approval authorizing trapping.
29.597(6)(b)3.
3. A person who has held a valid approval authorizing trapping that expired before May 12, 1992, and that was not suspended or revoked.
29.597(6)(b)4.
4. A person who holds a valid certificate, license or other evidence indicating that he or she has successfully completed a trapper education course in another state if the department determines that the course has substantially the same content as the course of instruction under the program established under this section.
29.597 History
History: 1991 a. 254;
1997 a. 248 ss.
416 to
419,
644; Stats. 1997 s. 29.597.
29.598
29.598
Outdoors skills training. 29.598(1)
(1)
Program coordination. The department and the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System shall enter into an agreement with an established national organization that provides training to persons who are interested in learning about the outdoor skills needed by women to hunt, fish, camp, canoe and undertake other outdoor recreational activities in order to provide that type of training to interested persons.
29.598(2)
(2) Match. No moneys may be transferred from the appropriation account under
s. 20.370 (1) (mu) to pay for the costs associated with the agreement under
sub. (1), unless the organization described in
sub. (1) demonstrates that it has contributed an equal amount to pay for those costs. The matching contribution may be in the form of money or in-kind goods or services.
29.598 History
History: 1999 a. 9.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
29.601
29.601
Noxious substances. 29.601(1)(a)1.
1. Take, capture or kill fish or game of any variety in any waters of this state by means of dynamite or other explosives or poisonous or stupefying substances or devices.
29.601(1)(a)2.
2. Place in any waters of this state explosives which might cause the destruction of fish or game, except when authorized by the department for the purpose of raising dead bodies, clearing a channel or breaking a log or ice jam.
29.601(1)(a)3.
3. Have in the possession or under the control of the person, upon any waters of this state, any dynamite or other explosives or poisonous or stupefying substances or devices for the purpose of taking, catching or killing fish or game.
29.601(1)(b)
(b) Whoever violates this subsection shall be fined not more than $500 or imprisoned for not more than 90 days or both.
