PO Box 7921, Madison, WI 53707
608-267-2918 (phone)
608-267-7857 (fax)
Hearing dates and the comment submission deadline are to be determined.
Section 1 NR 10.01 is amended to read:
10.01 Open and closed seasons. A closed season is established year-round for each species of wild animal named in this section, except during the specified open season. Seasons open to legal hunting and trapping apply to the entire locality described, except as otherwise provided in chs. NR 11 and 15. Whenever open and closed season areas are defined by highways, the boundary shall be the highway center line. No person may hunt, take, catch, or kill any animal specified in this section except during the specified open season. 10.01 (3) UPLAND GAME ANIMALS. See Table (3).
Table (3)
Kind of animal and locality | Open season (all dates inclusive) | Limit |
Elk (gun and bow seasons). |
The elk management zones established in s. NR 10.37 | Beginning on the Saturday nearest October 15 and continuing for 30 consecutive days, when the department determines, based on scientific metrics, that the local elk population estimate for zones A and B is at least 200 elk. can sustain a hunting season. Beginning the second Thursday in December and continuing for 9 consecutive days, when the department determines, based on scientific metrics, that the local elk population estimate for zones A and B is at least 200 elk. can sustain a hunting season. | One bull elk or antlerless elk as authorized by antlerless elk tag in s. NR 10.111 (5) (c). |
Section 2 NR 10.111 is amended to read:
10.111 Elk population management.
10.111 (5) Elk licenses.
10.111 (5) (b) Bull elk tag formula. The department shall determine the number of bull elk tags which shall be issued by the formula:
Number of bull elk tags available = total elk population in a zone x 5%
at a level that will maintain the elk population at the goal established for each elk management zone listed in sub. (3). Section 3. Effective Date. This rule takes 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 4. Board adoption. This rule was approved and adopted by the State of Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on [DATE].
