NR 10.40(5)(h) (h) Other hunting prohibited. No person other than the disabled turkey hunt participant may hunt on the lands described on the application during the disabled turkey hunt.

NR 10.40(5)(i) (i) Reports. If requested by the department, applicants shall complete a turkey hunt report on forms supplied by the department.

NR 10.40(5)(k) (k) No fees. The landowner or applicants shall not charge any form of a fee to a person participating in a disabled turkey hunt.

NR 10.40 History History: Cr. Register, July, 1990, No. 415, eff. 8-1-90; cr. (4), Register, June, 1991, No. 426, eff. 7-1-91; am. (3) (e), Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; am. (3) (d), Register, August, 1996, No. 488, eff. 9-1-96; am. (4) (a), (d) and (e), Register, October, 1997, No. 502, eff. 1-1-98; cr. (5), Register, August, 1999, No. 524, eff. 9-1-99; am. (3) (f), Register, September, 2000, No. 536, eff. 10-1-00; correction in (3) (f) was made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register January 2002, No. 553, eff. 2-1-02; CR 05-017: am. (3) (b) and (f), r. (3) (h) Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 2-1-06; 05-031: am. (4) (b) 1. Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05; CR 05-086: am. (3) (f) Register June 2006 No. 606, eff. 7-1-06; correction in (3) (f) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; CR 09-015: am. (4) (a), (b) 2., (5) (a) 2. c. and (b) Register October 2009 No. 646, eff. 11-1-09; CR 09-024: am. (5) (e) Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; CR 10-051: am. (3) (f), (g), (4) (g) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 13-108: r. (4) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; CR 13-071: am. (3) (f) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 16-035: am. (3) (a) 1., (e) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17; correction in (3) (a) 1. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2017 No. 739; CR 18-005: am. (3) (f) Register September 2018 No. 753, eff. 10-1-18; EmR1902: emerg. r. and recr. (3) (f) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: r. and recr. (3) (f) Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; CR 19-146: am. (3) (c), (5) (c) Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20.

NR 10.41 NR 10.41 Wildlife disease management.

NR 10.41(1) (1) Purpose. Pursuant to s. 29.063 (1), Stats., the natural resources board establishes this section to provide guidelines for the department to manage chronic disease in wild cervids in this state.

NR 10.41(2) (2) State parks and other closed areas. State parks, refuges and closed areas identified in chs. NR 11 and 45 may be opened to deer hunting to assist in the control of CWD.

NR 10.41(3) (3) CWD-affected area.

NR 10.41(3)(a) (a) Establishment. The department may establish a CWD-affected area around the location of known positive cases of CWD.

NR 10.41(3)(b) (b) Population objectives. Entire counties, or portions of counties, located within the boundaries of a CWD affected area shall be managed toward a population objective established after seeking comment from county deer management advisory councils under s. NR 10.104 (5).

NR 10.41(3)(c) (c) CWD affected area. The CWD-affected area consists of the counties identified on the department’s website after following the procedures established in par. (f).

NR 10.41(3)(d) (d) Population monitoring. The department shall monitor deer populations in a CWD-affected area with information obtained by surveys that may include registration data and aerial surveys.

NR 10.41(3)(e) (e) Harvest authorizations. Pursuant to s. NR 12.06, the department may issue free deer hunting permits or harvest authorizations to hunters or landowners, lessees, occupants or their duly authorized agents of a single parcel of land at least 5 acres in size, all within the CWD-affected area, which authorizes the individual to hunt deer in the CWD-affected area or a portion of the area.

NR 10.41(3)(f) (f) Expansion of the affected area.

NR 10.41(3)(f)1. 1. The department may include additional counties or portions of counties in the CWD affected area where and when additional CWD-positive deer are found. The department may add adjacent counties or portions of counties if they are within a 10-mile radius of the known location of a captive or free-roaming domestic or wild animal that has been tested and confirmed to be positive for CWD.

NR 10.41(3)(f)2. 2. Affected area expansion under this subsection shall become effective upon issuance of an order by the secretary of the department and publication in the official state newspaper. In addition, a notice of the order shall be provided to newspapers, legislators, and hunting license outlets in the area affected.

NR 10.41 History History: CR 03-016: cr. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03; CR 04-020: r. and recr. Register August 2004 No. 584, eff. 9-1-04; correction in (3) (e) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register September 2004 No. 585; CR 08-013: am. (1) (b) and (3), cr. (3) (b) and (f), r. (4) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08; CR 09-024: am. (3) (b) 1. Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; CR 13-071: r. and recr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; EmR1902: emerg. am. (3) (e) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: am. Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; correction in (2) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register April 2022 No. 796.

NR 10.42 NR 10.42 Official state duties. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit or hinder the department and its employees, duly authorized agents, or contractors from performing their official duties relating to control of disease in deer and elk.

NR 10.42 History History: Emerg. cr. eff. 7-3-02; CR 03-016: cr. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03.

subch. II of ch. NR 10 Subchapter II — Deer Management Assistance Program

NR 10.70 NR 10.70 Purpose. The purpose of this subchapter is to establish the structure, procedures, and fees related to the deer management assistance program under s. 29.020, Stats.

NR 10.70 History History: CR 13-071: cr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 24-061: r. and recr. Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25.

NR 10.71 NR 10.71 Definitions. In this subchapter:

NR 10.71(1) (1) “Authorized representative” means the person a landowner has designated to act and make decisions on the landowner's behalf for purposes of the deer management assistance program, including granting access to the landowner's property for department staff to conduct on-site consultation visits.

NR 10.71(2) (2) “DMAP” means the deer management assistance program established by s. 29.020, Stats.

NR 10.71(3) (3) “DMAP member” means the landowner or the landowner’s authorized representative, or in the case of public lands, the property manager associated with an enrolled property.

NR 10.71(4) (4) “Enrolled property” means an individual property with one or multiple owners or a group cooperative that has a DMAP membership. 

NR 10.71(5) (5) “Group cooperative” means an association of individual property owners or their representatives who are not organized as a business entity but are organized for the purposes of managing deer and other wildlife resources. Properties involved in a group cooperative must be adjoining and may not include more than 3 individual properties.

NR 10.71 History History: CR 13-071: cr. Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; CR 24-061: r. and recr. Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25.