29.184(6g)(e)
(e) The organization known as the Wisconsin Bear Hunters' Association, Inc., shall use the proceeds from the raffle and auction under par.
(b) in this state to promote bear management and education and to further bear research.
29.184(6g)(f)
(f) A person may be issued under par.
(c) only one Class A bear hunting license in his or her lifetime, and the Class A bear hunting license shall be valid for only one Class A bear hunting season. The issuance under par.
(c) of a license to the person is subject to s.
29.024 (2g).
29.184(7)
(7) Use of fees. Fees received from the issuance of licenses under this section shall be paid into the conservation fund to be used for administering bear licenses and for bear management activities.
29.184(8)(a)
(a) The department shall issue a bear carcass tag to each person who is issued a Class A bear license. Except as provided under par.
(b) and s.
29.349 (2), a person who kills a bear shall immediately validate the carcass tag. No person may possess, control, store, or transport a bear carcass unless the carcass tag has been validated in the manner required by the department.
29.184(8)(b)
(b) A person who kills a bear under sub.
(3) (br) 4. shall ensure that the person for whom the bear is killed validates the bear carcass tag in the manner required by the department.
29.184 History
History: 1985 a. 270;
1997 a. 1 ss.
57 to
74,
77;
1997 a. 27,
191;
1997 a. 248 ss.
255 to
269; Stats. 1997 s. 29.184;
1997 a. 249 ss.
28 to
32;
1999 a. 9,
32,
186;
2001 a. 55;
2003 a. 59;
2005 a. 25,
387;
2007 a. 65,
66;
2009 a. 39,
119;
2011 a. 28,
251,
252;
2013 a. 20;
2013 a. 166 s.
76;
2015 a. 55,
89,
222;
2017 a. 44,
245.
29.185
29.185
Wolf harvesting licenses. 29.185(1b)(a)
(a) “Federal endangered list" means the U.S. list of endangered and threatened species, as it applies to this state.
29.185(1b)(b)
(b) “State endangered list" means the list of endangered and threatened Wisconsin species that is established under s.
29.604 (3) (a).
29.185(1m)
(1m) Department authority. If the wolf is not listed on the federal endangered list and is not listed on the state endangered list, the department shall allow the hunting and trapping of wolves and shall regulate such hunting and trapping as provided in this section and shall implement a wolf management plan. In regulating wolf hunting and trapping, the department may limit the number of wolf hunters and trappers and the number of wolves that may be taken by issuing wolf harvesting licenses.
29.185(2)(a)
(a)
Prohibition. Except as authorized under a wolf harvesting license, no person may hunt or trap a wolf. Both residents and nonresidents are eligible for wolf harvesting licenses.
29.185(2)(b)
(b)
Archer licenses, crossbow licenses, and trapping licenses. Notwithstanding ss.
29.171 (2),
29.172 (2),
29.216 (2),
29.217 (2), and
29.241 (3), a resident archer hunting license, a nonresident archer hunting license, a resident crossbow hunting license, a nonresident crossbow hunting license, or a trapping license does not authorize the hunting or trapping of wolves.
29.185(3)(a)
(a)
Issuance; generally. Except as provided in par.
(bn), if the department establishes an open season as provided under sub.
(5), the department, subject to ss.
29.024 and
54.25 (2) (c) 1. d., shall issue a wolf harvesting license to each person who applies for the license, and who pays the required fees for the license.
29.185(3)(bn)1.1. In issuing wolf harvesting licenses under this subsection, the department shall determine the number of licenses that will be available for a given year. The number of licenses to be issued shall equal an even number.
29.185(3)(bn)2.
2. If the number of qualified applications for wolf harvesting licenses exceeds the number of licenses that are available, the department shall issue 50 percent of the licenses by selecting at random the applicants to be issued the licenses.
29.185(3)(bn)3.
3. The department shall issue the remaining 50 percent of the wolf harvesting licenses based on a cumulative preference system. The system shall establish preference categories for those applicants who applied for but who were not issued a wolf harvesting license in previous seasons, with higher preference given to those applicants with more preference points. If the number of applicants within a preference category exceeds the number of wolf harvesting licenses available in the category, the department shall select at random within the category the applicants to be issued the licenses. For each season, the department shall allow each applicant to apply for a preference point or for a license. The department shall give a preference point to each applicant who applies for a preference point and to each applicant who applies for a license but who is not selected. An applicant who applies for either a preference point or a license at least once during any 3 consecutive years shall not lose his or her acquired preference points under the system.
29.185(3)(bn)4.
4. The department shall establish a method for dividing the applications into those that will be included in the at-random system and those that will be included in the cumulative preference system.
29.185(3)(bn)5.
5. A person applying for a wolf harvesting license shall pay the processing fee at the time of application.
29.185(3)(c)
(c)
Preference system; on receipt of license. An applicant who is selected to receive a wolf harvesting license under the cumulative preference system established under par.
(bn) 3. may elect to receive a preference point instead of a license if he or she is serving on active duty in the U.S. armed forces or national guard during all or part of the wolf harvesting season for which the license is issued.
29.185(4)(a)
(a) Upon application by a holder of a wolf harvesting license to the department to transfer the license to another person and upon payment of any fee required under par.
(b), the department shall transfer the license if the application is made no later than the 15 days immediately preceding the first day of the wolf harvesting season if the person to whom the license is transferred is at least 18 years of age and is otherwise eligible to use the license. The accompanying carcass tag shall also be transferred.
29.185(4)(b)
(b) If the holder of the wolf harvesting license applies to transfer the license, the transferee shall pay the fee for the license.
29.185(4)(c)
(c) A holder of a license being transferred under this section may not receive any consideration for the transfer of the license.