Section 54. NR 11.042 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 11.042 Waterfowl closed area; trapping and deer hunting permitted. A closed season is established in the following areas posted with department signs. Trapping of furbearing mammals is permitted during established seasons. No person may hunt any species of wild animal, except deer during periods established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (e), (em), (ep), and (es), during the open season on waterfowl established in s. NR 10.01 (1) (b) and (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be retrieved by dog or hand. Section 55. NR 11.043 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 11.043 Waterfowl closed area; deer hunting permitted. A closed season is established in the following areas posted with department signs. No person may hunt or trap any species of wild animal, except deer during the periods established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (e), (em), (ep) and (es), during the open season on waterfowl established in s. NR 10.01 (1) (b) and (g). Legally killed or crippled game may be retrieved by dog or hand. Section 56. NR 11.11 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 11.11 Deer closed area; trapping permitted. A closed season is established in the following areas posted with department signs. No person may hunt any species of wild animal thereon, except waterfowl during periods established in s. NR 10.01 (1), during the open gun deer season established in s. NR 10.01 (3) (e). In addition, a closed season is established for archery and crossbow hunting of deer beginning the Saturday immediately following the close of gun deer season and continuing through December 31. Section 57. NR 12.06 (title) (1) and (2) are amended to read:
NR 12.06 CWD management zone CWD-affected area deer removal permits.
NR 12.06(1)(1) Findings. Pursuant to s. 29.885 (4), Stats., the natural resources board finds that deer within any CWD management zone CWD-affected area cause a nuisance and that the shooting of deer with nuisance permits is necessary within any CWD management zone CWD-affected area defined in s. NR 10.001 (6p) in order to reduce the spread of disease within the CWD management zone CWD-affected area and to reduce the risk of disease spreading outside any CWD management zone CWD-affected area. NR 12.06(2)(2) Permits. Unless otherwise authorized by the department, landowners, lessees, occupants or their duly authorized agents of a single parcel of land at least 5 acres in size, all within the CWD management zone CWD-affected area may, under a department issued permit, remove deer from lands under their ownership or control in accordance with this section. Both antlerless and buck deer may be harvested unless otherwise restricted as a condition of the permit. NR 12.06(3)
Section 58. NR 12.06 (4) (b) is repealed:
Section 59. NR 12.16 (4) is amended to read:
NR 12.16 (4) Effective dates. Authorization to kill deer commences the date of permit receipt by the permittee and continues through the open season for the appropriate zone described in s. NR 10.01 (3) (e) and (em) except that no deer may be killed during the 24 hour period prior to the November firearm deer season in the area of the state outside of the CWD management zone in s. NR 10.28 (3) , (em) and (ep). Section 60. NR 13.38 (2) (b) is amended to read:
NR 13.38 NR 13.38(2)(2) (b) Maximum antlerless deer harvest limit. The maximum tribal harvest limit in forest zones established in s. NR 10.28 (4) shall be calculated according to the following formula: Section 61. NR 13.38 (2) (b) (Note) is repealed.
Section 62. NR 15.01 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 15.01 Year round game refuge. A game refuge is created in the following areas as posted with department signs and no person may hunt or trap upon such areas or have in possession or under control any gun or rifle unless the same are unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow unless it is unstrung or enclosed within a carrying case. The loaded uncased firearm restriction of this sec. does not apply to a handgun possessed by a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in Wisconsin.
Section 63. NR 15.015 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 15.015 Waterfowl production areas. A wildlife refuge is established in the following areas as posted with U.S. fish and wildlife service signs. No person may hunt or trap or have in his or her possession or under control within such area any firearm unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow unless it is unstrung or completely enclosed within a carrying case, without authorization from the U.S. fish and wildlife service. The loaded uncased firearm restriction of this section does not apply to a handgun possessed by a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in Wisconsin.
Section 64. NR 15.10 (1) (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 15.10 Horicon marsh wildlife refuge. (1) A wildlife refuge is established in the following area as posted with department signs. No person may hunt or trap or have in possession or under control thereon any firearm unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow unless it is unstrung or completely enclosed within a carrying case. The loaded uncased firearm restriction of this subs. does not apply to a handgun possessed by a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in Wisconsin:
Section 65. NR 15.12 (intro.) is amended to read:
NR 15.12 University arboretum. A wildlife refuge is established in the following area and no person may hunt or trap upon such area or have in possession or under control thereon any firearm unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, crossbow unless it is unloaded and completely enclosed within a carrying case, or a bow unless it is unstrung or completely enclosed within a carrying case, but nothing herein shall prohibit, prevent or interfere with the department, its deputies, agents or employees in the destruction or removal of injurious animals. The loaded uncased firearm restriction of this section does not apply to a handgun possessed by a person who is authorized by law to possess a concealed handgun in Wisconsin.
Section 66. NR 19.60 (2) (b) 1. is amended to read:
NR 19.60 (2) (b) 1. A CWD management zone CWD-affected area has been established in the county or a portion of the county, or
Section 67. NR 45.09 (1) is amended to read:
NR 45.09 Firearms and hunting. NR 45.09(1)(1) No person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any wild animal or bird, or discharge any firearm, or have in possession or under control any firearm or air gun as defined in s. 939.22, Stats., unless it is unloaded and enclosed in a carrying case, or any bow, crossbow, slingshot or spring-load device designed for shooting a projectile unless the same is unstrung or enclosed in a carrying case while in any state park, fish hatchery, or within 100 yards of any state campground, picnic area or other special use area designated by the department by posted notice. No person may discharge a firearm, bow, crossbow, or airgun from, on, or across any state trail corridor or other state park area, which is not open to hunting. Section 68. NR 45.09 (9) is repealed.
Section 69. NR 45.13 (18) is amended to read:
NR 45.13 (18) KETTLE MORAINE STATE FOREST, LAPHAM PEAK. No person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any wild animal, or discharge any firearm or have in possession or under control any firearm or air gun as defined in s. 939.22, Stats., unless it is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow, crossbow, slingshot or spring-loaded device designed for shooting a projectile unless the same is unstrung or enclosed within a carrying case while on any department lands designated by posted notice within the Lapham Peak Unit-Kettle Moraine state forest. Section 70. NR 45.13 (21) is amended to read:
NR 45.13 (21) KETTLE MORAINE STATE FOREST, NORTHERN UNIT. No person may take, catch, kill, hunt, trap or pursue any wild animal, or discharge any firearm or have in possession or under control any firearm or air gun as defined in s. 939.22 (2), Stats., unless it is unloaded and enclosed within a carrying case, or any bow, crossbow, slingshot or springloaded device designed for shooting a projectile unless the same is unstrung or enclosed within a carrying case while on any department lands designated by posted notice in sections 13 and 24 east of Long Lake, and section 25 north of county highway F, T14N, R19E, town of Osceola, Fond du Lac county. Section 71. NR 45.13 (24) is amended to read:
NR 45.13 (24) TUSCOBIA STATE RECREATION TRAIL. Except for deer hunting in accordance with ch. NR 10, no person may hunt any wild animal or discharge any firearm, air gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot or spring-loaded device designed for shooting a projectile within the boundaries of the Tuscobia state recreation trail.
Section 72. Effective Date. This rule shall take effect on the first day of the month following publication in the Wisconsin Administrative Register as provided in s. 227.22 (2) (intro.), Stats. Section 73. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on February 25, 2015.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin ______________________________
STATE OF WISCONSIN
