NR 12.06(8)(c)(c) In counties with deer shotgun seasons, a permittee and participants that have been authorized by the permittee may use a rifle that is not otherwise prohibited by s. NR 10.09 (2) (c). NR 12.06(9)(9) Registration. Permittees and participants shall register deer taken under this section in accordance with the procedures designated by the department on the permit. NR 12.06(10)(10) Validation. Any person who kills a deer or if s. 29.324, Stats., applies, the person providing the carcass tag shall immediately validate and attach the carcass tag as designated by the department. The requirements for registration of deer established under s. NR 10.086 apply unless otherwise indicated by the department on the permit. NR 12.06(11)(11) Baiting. The use of bait to attract or hunt deer for removal purposes by the permittee and participants is not allowed unless specifically authorized by the department and under the conditions specified in the permit. NR 12.06 HistoryHistory: Emerg. cr. eff. 7-3-02; emerg. r. and recr. eff. 1-11-03; CR 03-016: cr. Register August 2003 No. 572, eff. 9-1-03; CR 04-020: am. (2), (3) (a) and (4) (b) Register August 2004 No. 584, eff. 9-1-04; CR 08-013: am. (title), (1), (2) and (4) (b) Register August 2008 No. 632, eff. 9-1-08; CR 13-071: am. (title), (1), (2), r. (4) (b) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; renum. (4) (a) to (4) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register July 2015 No. 715; correction in sub. (3) (c) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2015 No. 719; EmR1613: emerg. am. (10), eff. 3-12-16; CR 17-061: am. (10) Register February 2018 No. 746, eff. 3-1-18; correction in (10) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2018 No. 746; correction in (8) (c) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register March 2021 No. 783; CR 20-087: am. (10) Register August 2021 No. 788, eff. 9-1-21; CR 23-025: am. (4) Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24; CR 24-055: am. (2) Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25; correction in (2) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register April 2025 No. 832. NR 12.10NR 12.10 Authorization to remove wild animals causing damage or nuisance. Landowners, lessees or occupants may remove from lands under their control wild animals and their associated structures causing damage or constituting a nuisance in accordance with this section. NR 12.10(1)(a)(a) General prohibitions. Unless otherwise approved by the department, a municipality, landowner, lessee or occupant may not engage in the following without applying in writing and receiving written approval from the department to: NR 12.10(1)(a)1.1. Destroy any wild animal, provided that all game and furbearing animals are disposed of as directed by the department, which is classified as: NR 12.10(1)(a)3.3. Live-capture and relocate any wild animal to department controlled lands without the property manager’s approval. NR 12.10(1)(a)4.4. Live-capture and relocate white-tailed deer, elk, black bear, wolves, turkey, badger, cougar, bobcat, fisher, otter, any wild animal classified as endangered or threatened under s. NR 27.03 or any harmful wild animal under s. NR 16.11. NR 12.10(1)(a)6.6. Discharge a firearm from within 50-feet of a roadway center to shoot beaver or muskrat that are causing damage to a highway. Authorization may only be issued to an agent of a city, village, town, or county if the discharge of a firearm does not pose a risk to public safety. NR 12.10 NoteNote: Application forms are obtained from department field stations.
NR 12.10(1)(b)(b) Exemptions. Written authorization is not required to: NR 12.10 NoteNote: Animals listed in s. 29.337, Stats., are beavers, foxes, raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, coyotes and woodchucks. However, s. 29.337, Stats., provides for the protection of coyotes from hunting during an open season for hunting deer with firearms in an area that is closed by the department by rule to coyote hunting. NR 12.10(1)(b)2.2. Live-trap and relocate any wild animal, except those listed under par. (a) 4., to open unenclosed lands not controlled by the department with the permission of the owner. Pursuit by dogs of animals released under this subdivision may not occur in an area where a wild animal has been released for a period of 2 hours after release of the animal, except dogs may be released to pursue raccoons at any time after the raccoon has reached cover by climbing a tree or pole to a height of at least 10 feet. NR 12.10(1)(b)2m.2m. The department may prescribe the manner of disposal for animals destroyed under this paragraph.