29.351
29.351
Skins of fur-bearing animals. No person may do any of the following:
29.351(1)
(1) Possess or control the skin of any mink, muskrat, fisher, pine marten or otter showing that the animal was shot.
29.351(2)
(2) Possess or control the green skin of any fur-bearing animal, except beaver, from the 5th day after the beginning of the closed season for that animal until the end of that closed season.
29.351(3)
(3) Possess the raw skin of any muskrat, mink, otter, fisher or pine marten at any time unless the person is the holder of a valid scientific collector permit, fur dealer license, trapping license or resident conservation patron license. No license is required for a person breeding, raising and producing domestic fur-bearing animals in captivity, as defined in
s. 29.873, or for a person authorized to take muskrats on a cranberry marsh under a permit issued to the person by the department.
29.351 History
History: 1983 a. 27;
1987 a. 27;
1995 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 s.
507; Stats. 1997 s. 29.351.
29.354
29.354
Possession of game birds and animals. 29.354(1)(1)
Approval necessary. No person, except a person who has a valid hunting license, sports license, conservation patron license, taxidermist permit or scientific collector permit and who is carrying this approval on his or her person, may possess or have under his or her control any game bird, animal or the carcass of any game bird or animal.
29.354(2)
(2) Nests and eggs. No person, except a person who has a valid scientific collector permit, may take, needlessly destroy or possess or have under his or her control the nest or eggs of any wild bird for which a closed season is prescribed under this chapter.
29.354(3)
(3) Mounted collections. This section does not permit seizure of or prohibit possession or sale of lawfully obtained wild birds and animals which are mounted or in the process of being mounted for a private collection.
29.354(4)
(4) Farm-raised deer and fish. This section does not permit the seizure by the department, or prohibit the possession or sale, of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
29.357
29.357
Transportation; general provisions. 29.357(1)
(1)
During closed season. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this chapter, no person may transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive or offer to deliver or receive for transportation, any game or game fish or carcass at any time other than during the open season for the game or game fish and 3 days thereafter. Whenever any game or game fish or carcass is offered to any person for transportation at any time other than during the open season therefor and 3 days thereafter, the person shall immediately notify the department or its wardens of the offer and by whom made.
29.357(2)
(2) Trunks; valises. No person may carry or control in any trunk, valise, or other package or enclosure, at any time on any common carrier, any game or game fish, or carcass.
29.357(3)
(3) Transportation employes. No employe of any railroad, express or other transportation company, and no steward, porter or other employe of any dining, parlor or sleeping car may have possession or control of, at any time while on duty, any game or game fish, or carcass.
29.357(4)
(4) Labeling game shipments. No person shall transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive for transportation, any package or parcel containing any wild animal or carcass, unless the package or parcel is labeled in plain letters on the address side of the package or parcel with the name and address of the consignor, the name and address of the consignee, and the number of pounds of each kind of fish or the number of each variety of other wild animals; or carcasses contained in the package or parcel; and unless the consignor is the owner of the shipment and delivers to the common carrier with the package or parcel, either personally, or by agent, a writing signed by the consignor personally, stating that the consignor is the owner of the shipment.
29.357(5)(a)(a) Subsections (1) to
(4) do not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who possesses, transports, causes to be transported, delivers or receives, or offers to deliver or receive, a wild animal carcass in connection with his or her business.
29.357(5)(b)
(b) Subsections (1) to
(4) do not apply to the possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer or farm-raised fish.
29.357 History
History: 1985 a. 29;
1991 a. 269,
316;
1995 a. 79;
1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 ss.
516,
517; Stats. 1997 s. 29.357.
29.361
29.361
Transportation of deer. 29.361(1)
(1) No common carrier may receive for transportation or transport or attempt to transport any deer or carcass except as provided in this section.
29.361(2)
(2) Any person may transport a lawfully taken deer if it is properly tagged and registered, except as otherwise provided by rule during the open season for deer and for 3 days thereafter.
29.361(2m)
(2m) Any person may transport an antlerless deer killed under the authority of his or her hunter's choice, bonus or other deer hunting permit on any highway, as defined
s. 340.01 (22), in order to register the deer in the deer management area where the dear was killed or in an adjoining management area.
29.361(3)
(3) The place of delivery of any shipment authorized under this section by a resident shall be within the state and by a nonresident shall be either within the state or at his or her residence outside the state.
29.361(4)
(4) This section does not apply to a bona fide public zoo.
29.361(5)
(5) This section does not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting, attempting to transport or receiving the carcass of a deer in connection with his or her business.
29.361(6)
(6) This section does not apply to the transportation of farm-raised deer.
29.364
29.364
Transportation of game birds. 29.364(1)
(1)
Transportation. No common carrier may receive for transportation or transport or attempt to transport any game bird or carcass of a game bird except as provided in this section.
29.364(2)
(2) Residents. Any resident who has all of the required hunting approvals may transport in the resident's personal possession the legal daily bag limit or possession limit of any game birds for which an open season has been provided to any point within the state.
29.364(3)
(3) Nonresidents. Any nonresident who has all of the required hunting approvals may transport in the nonresident's personal possession the legal daily bag limit or possession limit of game birds for which an open season has been provided from any point within the state to any point within or without the state.
29.364(4)(a)(a) In this subsection "migratory game bird" means any bird defined as such by the secretary of the interior in the code of federal regulations.
29.364(4)(b)
(b) No person may transport any migratory game bird for which open seasons are prescribed, unless the head or one fully feathered wing remains attached to each bird while being transported from the place where taken to the personal residence of the possessor or to a commercial preservation facility.
29.364(5)
(5) Exemption; taxidermists. Subsections (1) to
(3) do not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting the carcass of a game bird in connection with his or her business.
29.364 History
History: 1975 c. 360;
1985 a. 29;
1991 a. 316;
1997 a. 248 s.
523; Stats. 1997 s. 29.364.
FISHING REGULATION
29.401
29.401
Possession of fishing equipment. 29.401(1)
(1) No person may possess or control at any time any trammel, gill, or hoop net, or any other kind of net, nets, or fish trap that might take, catch or kill fish in the counties of: Adams, Barron, Burnett, Calumet, Chippewa, Clark, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Dunn, Eau Claire, Florence, Fond du Lac, Forest, Green, Green Lake, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Juneau, Lafayette, Langlade, Lincoln, Marathon, Marquette, Monroe, Oneida, Outagamie, Polk, Portage, Price, Richland, Rock, Rusk, Sauk, Sawyer, Shawano, Taylor, Vilas, Walworth, Washburn, Washington, Waukesha, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago and Wood except minnow nets and minnow traps, whitefish and cisco nets, dip nets, crab traps and turtle traps as provided in this chapter or by department order.
29.401(2)
(2) Nothing in this section prohibits the department or its agents from having in possession, using, or causing the use of, any kind of nets as provided under other sections in the statutes, or prohibits the possession or use of nets by contract fishers who are operating under the supervision of the department.
29.401(3)
(3) This section does not apply to any net or trap used to take, catch or kill farm-raised fish.
29.401 History
History: 1985 a. 332;
1991 a. 316;
1997 a. 27;
1997 a. 248 ss.
446,
447; Stats. 1997 s. 29.401.
29.404
29.404
Fishing shanties on ice, regulation. 29.404(1)
(1)
Public nuisance; removal. Any building, vehicle, tent, fish shanty or similar shelter that is used or left on the ice in violation of any department order or that has fallen through the ice is a public nuisance. The department shall notify the owner, if known. If after the expiration of 10 days after notice is given the owner does not claim the nuisance, the department may destroy or sell the nuisance in the name of the state.
29.404(2)
(2) Reimbursement for department costs. If the department destroys or sells the building, vehicle, tent, fish shanty or similar shelter that is a public nuisance, the owner shall reimburse the department for all costs associated with the seizure and destruction or sale of the public nuisance. The department shall give the owner written notice containing the amount of costs to be reimbursed and a statement that the owner must reimburse these costs to the department within 20 days after the notice is given.
29.404(3)
(3) Forfeiture. If the owner does not reimburse these costs to the department within 20 days after the notice is given under
sub. (2), the owner shall forfeit not more than $100.
29.404 History
History: 1989 a. 359;
1991 a. 39;
1997 a. 248 ss.
443 to
445; Stats. 1997 s. 29.404.
29.407
29.407
Transportation of fish. 29.407(1)(a)(a) No person may transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive or offer to deliver or receive for transportation, any game fish taken from inland waters unless the person complies with all applicable requirements under
pars. (b) and
(c).
29.407(1)(b)
(b) All fish that are subject to a minimum size limit and are taken by hook and line may be transported with the head or tail, or both, removed and may be filleted before being transported, but only if the dressed or filleted fish continues to meet the minimum size limit. A dressed fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales intact. The skin and scales shall remain on a filleted fish.
29.407(1)(c)
(c) A box, package or container of fish transported by common carrier shall contain fish of only one owner.
29.407(2)(a)(a) No person may transport or cause to be transported, or deliver or receive or offer to deliver or receive for transportation, any game fish taken from outlying waters unless the person complies with all applicable requirements under
pars. (b) to
(d).
29.407(2)(b)
(b) No green fish of any variety except lawfully taken suckers may be shipped from any port located on outlying waters during the closed season for the fish, except the first 3 days of the closed season.
29.407(2)(c)
(c) Pike and pickerel lawfully taken from outlying waters may be transported to points within or without the state without limitation as to quantity; but all shipments may be billed only from a port on outlying waters directly to their destination, and may not be rebilled or reshipped from any other point within the state.
29.407(2)(d)
(d) All fish which are subject to a minimum size limit and are taken by hook and line may be transported with the head or tail, or both, removed and may be filleted before being transported, but only if the dressed or filleted fish continues to meet the minimum size limit. A dressed fish shall remain in one piece with the skin and scales intact. The skin and scales shall remain on a filleted fish.
29.407(3)
(3) Shipments from inland points. Any shipment of game fish of any variety originating at any point in this state other than ports located on outlying waters is subject to this section governing the transportation of game fish taken from inland waters.
29.407(4)
(4) Injurious fish. No live rough fish except goldfish, dace and suckers may be transported into or within the state without a permit from the department, except any person authorized by a state contract to remove rough fish pursuant to
s. 29.421 may transport rough fish taken by the person under the authority of the contract.
29.407(5)(a)(a) This section does not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting fish in connection with the person's business.
29.407(5)(b)
(b) This section does not apply to the transportation, delivery, receipt or shipping of farm-raised fish.
29.411
29.411
Cooperation during a fish census. A person who is fishing shall cooperate with an employe of the department when the employe is involved in taking a fish census.
Section 29.971 does not apply to this section.
29.411 History
History: 1997 a. 248 s.
573.
29.414
29.414
Erection of barriers to exclude rough fish. The department may erect and maintain or authorize erection and maintenance of a screen or similar barrier in any navigable stream for the purpose of preventing rough fish or other undesirable fish from invading any part of the stream, if the screen or barrier does not unreasonably interfere with navigation.
29.414 History
History: 1997 a. 248 s.
571.
29.417
29.417
Permit to take rough fish. 29.417(1)
(1) Permission may be granted to any person by the department upon terms and conditions required by the department to take rough fish in the following bays or harbors in Door County: Sturgeon Bay, Little Sturgeon Bay, Riley's Bay, Egg Harbor, Fish Creek Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Bailey's Harbor, Mud Bay, North Bay, Rowley's Bay, and Washington Harbor, Jackson Harbor and Detroit Harbor in Washington Island.
29.417(2)
(2) A person having a contract to take rough fish under
s. 29.421 or this section may be authorized by the department to erect and maintain a temporary pond in any navigable water pending the sale of the fish, provided that the pond does not unreasonably interfere with navigation or other public rights in the water.
29.417(3)
(3) Bays and harbors listed in this section shall have the following description:
29.417(3)(a)
(a) That body of water known as Jackson harbor lying south and west of a line commencing at the most northerly point in section 27, township 34 north, range 30 east, and running in a straight line northwesterly to the most easterly point in the northeast quarter of section 28, same township and range.
29.417(3)(b)
(b) That body of water known as Bailey's harbor lying north of a line commencing at the most southerly point in section 21, township 30 north, range 28 east, and running in a straight line westerly to the south line of section 20, same township and range.
29.417(3)(c)
(c) That body of water known as Washington harbor lying south of a line commencing at the water's edge on the north line of section 26, township 34 north, range 29 east, and running in a straight line easterly to the water's edge on the north line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(d)
(d) That body of water known as Eagle harbor lying south and east of a line drawn from the most northeast point in section 9, township 31 north, range 27 east, easterly to the water's edge on the north line of section 12, same township and range.
29.417(3)(e)
(e) That body of water known as Egg harbor lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 26, township 30 north, range 26 east, and running in a straight line east to the north line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(f)
(f) That body of water known as North bay lying north of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 35, township 31 north, range 28 east, and running in a straight line to the west line of section 25, same township and range.
29.417(3)(g)
(g) That body of water known as Fish Creek harbor lying south and east of a line commencing at the most northerly point in the southwest quarter of section 29, township 31 north, range 27 east, and running northeasterly in a straight line to the water's edge on north line of said section, township and range.
29.417(3)(h)
(h) That body of water known as Detroit harbor lying north of a line commencing at the most southerly point in section 14, township 33 north, range 29 east, and running in a straight line to the most southerly point in section 18, township 33 north, range 30 east.
29.417(3)(i)
(i) That body of water known as Little Sturgeon bay lying south of a line commencing at the most northeast point in section 35, township 28 north, range 24 east, and running in a northeasterly direction to the most northerly point in section 36, same township and range.
29.417(3)(j)
(j) That body of water known as Rowley's bay lying north of a line commencing at the water's edge on south line of section 26, township 32 north, range 28 east, and running east to the most southerly point in section 32, same township and range.
29.417(3)(k)
(k) That body of water known as Riley's bay lying south of a line commencing at the most northerly point in section 36, township 28 north, range 24 east, and running in a northeasterly direction to the most northerly point in section 30, township 28 north, range 25 east.
29.417 History
History: 1981 c. 390 s.
252;
1997 a. 248 ss.
81,
83,
85,
681; Stats. 1997 s. 29.417.
29.421
29.421
Removal of rough fish. The department may take rough fish by means of seines, nets or other devices, or cause rough fish to be taken, from any of the waters of this state, other than waters in a self-contained fish rearing facility or in a preexisting fish rearing facility that is an artificial body of water. Whenever the department takes rough fish under this section it shall dispose of the fish in any manner that it determines to be appropriate.
29.421 Note
NOTE: This section is shown as affected by two acts of the 1997 legislature and as merged by the revisor under s. 13.93 (2) (c).
29.421 History
History: 1971 c. 266;
1977 c. 418;
1997 a. 27,
237;
1997 a. 248 ss.
676,
677; Stats. 1997 s. 29.421; s. 13.93 (2) (c).
