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2015 - 2016 LEGISLATURE
ASSEMBLY SUBSTITUTE AMENDMENT 1,
TO ASSEMBLY BILL 527
December 21, 2015 - Offered by Representative Kleefisch.
AB527-ASA1,1,2 1An Act to create 29.322 of the statutes; relating to: authorizing a person to
2shoot to kill an animal wounded by certain hunters.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB527-ASA1,1 3Section 1. 29.322 of the statutes is created to read:
AB527-ASA1,1,4 429.322 Taking certain wounded animals. (1) In this section:
AB527-ASA1,1,65 (a) "Accompanying hunter" means a person who is an adult, who holds any
6valid hunting approval, and who is hunting with a youth or mentee.
AB527-ASA1,1,87 (b) "Mentee" means a person hunting with a qualified mentor as provided
8under s. 29.592.
AB527-ASA1,1,99 (c) "Youth" means a person under the age of 18.
AB527-ASA1,1,12 10(2) An accompanying hunter may kill an animal shot and wounded by a youth
11or mentee with whom the accompanying hunter is hunting if all of the following
12apply:
AB527-ASA1,2,2
1(a) The youth or mentee shot and wounded the animal while lawfully hunting
2with the accompanying hunter.
AB527-ASA1,2,43 (b) The youth or mentee requests, after learning that the animal was wounded,
4that the accompanying hunter kill the animal.
AB527-ASA1,2,75 (c) The accompanying hunter kills the animal with a type of weapon authorized
6for use by the youth or mentee during the hunting season in which the youth or
7mentee is lawfully hunting.
AB527-ASA1,2,11 8(3) For the purposes of this chapter, including for purposes of applying bag,
9possession, and size limits, an animal killed by an accompanying hunter under sub.
10(2) shall be treated by the department as if killed by the youth or mentee for whom
11the animal was killed and not by the accompanying hunter.
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