NR 10.01(1)(b)1. 1. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 30-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (d).

NR 10.01(1)(b)2. 2. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 45-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (e).

NR 10.01(1)(b)3. 3. When the U.S. fish and wildlife service establishes that Wisconsin may have a 60-day season for all species of wild ducks the season dates shall be as established in par. (f).

NR 10.01(1)(b)4. 4. For all other species of migratory birds, season dates shall be as established in Table (1).

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NR 10.01(1)(L) (L) Migratory bird daily bag limit and possession limit:

NR 10.01(1)(L)1. 1. ‘Possession limit.’ The possession limit is three times the daily bag limit through the entire season except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day when it is twice the daily bag limit.

NR 10.01(1)(L)2. 2. ‘Daily bag limits.’ The bag limit for migratory birds is zero for all species. Following the procedures established in par. (a), the secretary may annually select a bag limit for each species of migratory bird that is equal to the maximum allowable bag limit established by the U.S. fish and wildlife service, except that for the following species the bag limit shall be selected as provided below:

NR 10.01(1)(L)2.a. a. Canada Geese and its subspecies: 5 during the season established in par. (g), 3 during the seasons established in par. (h), except the bag limit is 5 in the Southern and Mississippi River zones beginning on December 16th until the close of the season.

NR 10.01(1)(m) (m) Falconry special season. Any person possessing a valid falconry permit and hunting license shall be restricted to the following migratory game bird seasons and bag limits:

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NR 10.01(1)(m)4. 4. The possession limit is three times the daily bag limit through the entire season except opening day when it is the same as the daily bag limit and the second day when it is twice the daily bag limit.

NR 10.01(1)(n) (n) Special youth waterfowl hunt event. Persons under the age of 16 may hunt all species of wild duck, mergansers, geese, coots, common gallinules, Sora and Virginia rails, and snipe statewide for 2 consecutive days starting on the Saturday before the beginning of the open season established for the northern duck zone by sub. (1). Approvals under ch. 29, Stats., are not required pursuant to s. 29.197 (2), Stats. Registration in the harvest information program under s. NR 10.12 (11) is required. Daily bag limits are those selected by the secretary under par. (L) and all other waterfowl hunting regulations apply. Hunters shall be accompanied by an adult 18 years of age or older and be in compliance with s. 29.592 or 29.593, Stats. One adult may not accompany more than 2 hunters and pursuant to s. 29.592, Stats., not more than one of the 2 hunters may be age 10 or 11 or be a person who does not possess a certificate of accomplishment under s. 29.591, Stats., or its equivalent from another state, country, or province.

NR 10.01(2) (2) Game birds. See Table (2).

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NR 10.01(3) (3) Upland game animals. See Table (3).

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NR 10.01(4) (4) Furbearing animals. See Table (4).

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NR 10.01 Note Note: The history below shows all changes to s. NR 10.01 published commencing January 1, 2010. For a complete history of s. NR 10.01 from January 2, 1956 through December 31, 2009, see the note following s. NR 10.74.

NR 10.01 History History: CR 09-024: am. (2) (f) 4. a., (3) (d), (e) 2., (ed) 1. b., (et) 2. and (ev) Register May 2010 No. 653, eff. 6-1-10; CR 09-042: r. and recr. (1) (b), (g), and (u), am. (1) (v) Register June 2010 No. 654, eff. 7-1-10; CR 10-020: r. (1) (g) 1. d., i., 2. c., h., 3. c., h., 4. c. and h., am. (2) (f) 3., (3) (e) 2. b., (es) 3., cr. (3) (e) 2. i. and (et) 1. cv., r. and recr. (3) (f) Register October 2010 No. 658, eff. 2-1-11, except (1) (g) and (3) (e) 2. i., eff. 11-1-10; EmR1033: emerg. r. and recr. (1) (b), (g), (u), am. (1) (v), eff. 9-1-10; CR 10-051: am. (3) (e) 1. e., 2. b., (ed) 1. a., (em) 4. b., r. (3) (ef) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 10-066: r. and recr. (1) (b), (g), (u), am. (1) (v) Register December 2010 No. 660, eff. 1-1-11; CR 11-007: am. (2) (f) 1. to 3., (3) (e) 1. b., 2. b., (em) 1., (es) 3., (i) 1., Register October 2011 No. 670, eff. 11-1-11; CR 11-032: r. and recr. (1) (b), (g), (u), am. (1) (v) Register August 2012 No. 680, eff. 9-1-12; CR 12-031: am. (3) (d) 1. Register July 2013 No. 691, eff. 8-1-13; CR 13-021: r. (2) (c) 3. to 7., am. (3) (e), (et) 1., (ev) Register October 2013 No. 694, eff. 11-1-13; EmR1313: emerg. r. and recr. (1) (b) to (u), am. (1) (v), eff. 9-6-13; CR 13-052: r. and recr. (1) (b) to (u), am. (1) (v) Register March 2014 No. 699, eff. 4-1-14; CR 13-021: r. and recr. (4) (a), (e) Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; CR 13-067: am. (3) (d) 1, r. (3) (d) 2., r. and recr. (3) (i) 1. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; CR 13-108: r. (2) (f) 3., am. (2) (g) 2. Register August 2014 No. 704, eff. 9-1-14; EmR1405: emerg. r. (3) (ed), r. and recr. (3) (em), am. (3) (es) 1., r. (3) (es) 2., 3., (et), am. (3) (ev), eff. 2-25-14; EmR1420: emerg. cr. (3) (ep), eff. 9-12-14; CR 13-071: am. (2) (b) 1., r. and recr. (3) (e), r. (3) (ed), r. and recr. (3) (em), cr. (3) (ep), am. (3) (es) 1., r. (3) (es) 2., 3., (et), am. (3) (ev), cr. (3) (ex), am. (4) (dm) Register July 2015 No. 715, eff. 8-1-15; correction in (3) (e), (ep) (title) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register July 2015 No. 715; CR 15-024: am. (2) (a), (c) 1., (d) 1., (e), (f) 2., (g), (3) (a), (c) 2. Register November 2015 No. 719, eff. 2-1-16; CR 15-024: am. (2) (f) 1., Register November 2015 No. 719, eff. 6-1-16; CR 15-052 cr. (1) (a), am. (1) (b), (g) 1., d., cr. (1) (g) 1. dm., am. (1) (g) 1. e., 2., d., 3., r. (1) (g) 4., am. (1) (h), (u) 1., 3. Register January 2016 No. 721; CR 16-037: r. (3) (e) 2. d. Register April 2017 No. 736, eff. 5-1-17; EmR1715: emerg. am. (1) (b), (g) 1. d., dm., eff. 8-19-17; CR 17-027: am. (1) (b), (g) 1. d., dm. Register December 2017 No. 744, eff. 1-1-18; correction in (1) (g) 1. dm. made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register December 17, 2017; CR 17-013: am. (2) (c) 1. a., (d) 1., (f) 2., cr. (3) (ex) 3., r. and recr. (4) (dm), Register February 2018 No. 746 eff. 3-1-18; corrections in (3) (ex) 3. and (4) (dm) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register February 2018; CR 17-013: r. (4) (d) 2., Register February 2018 No. 746 eff. 4-1-18; CR 18-005: am. (3) (e) 3. b., 5., (em) 3. a., r. and recr. (3) (ep) 3. Register September 2018 No. 753, eff. 10-1-18; EmR1902: emerg. r. and recr. (2) (f), (3) (e), (em), (ep), (es), (ev), (ex) eff. 1-18-19; CR 19-005: r. and recr. (2) (f), (3) (e), (em), (ep), (es), (ev), (ex) Register September 2019 No. 765, eff. 10-1-19; correction in (2) (f), (3) (e) 2. (intro.), c., 5., (em) 1., 3. a., 4., (ep) 1., 3., 4., (es) (title), (ex) (intro.), 1. made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction in numbering in (3) (ex) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register September 2019 No. 765; CR 18-010: am. Table (3) (i) 1. Register October 2019 No. 766, eff. 11-1-19; EmR1914: emerg. am. (1) (a), (b), (b), (g) 1. a. to c., r. (1) (g) 1. d., dm., am. (1) (g) 1. e., 2. a., b., r. (1) (g) 2. c., am. (1) (g) 3. a., b., r. (1) (g) 3. c., am. (1) (u), eff. 9-5-19; CR 19-017: am. (4) (b), r. and recr. (4) (d) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20 for (4) (b) and 5-1-20 for (4) (d); correction in (4) (d) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register January 2020 No. 769; CR 19-068: am. (1) (a), (b), (g) 1. a. to c., r. (1) (g) 1. d., dm., am. (1) (g) 1. e., 2. a., b., r. (1) (g) 2. c., am. (1) (g) 2. d., 3. a., b., r. (1) (g) 3. c., am. (1) (g) 3. d., (u) Register January 2020 No. 769, eff. 2-1-20; CR 19-133: am. (2) (a) 1., (3) (g) 2. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 3-1-21; correction in (3) (e) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register June 2020 No. 774; CR 19-146: am. (1) (intro.), (3) (h) 1. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20; CR 19-131 am. (2) (a) Register July 2020, eff. 8-1-20; CR 20-087: am. (4) (dm) Register August 2021 No. 788, eff. 9-1-21; EmR 2122: emerg. am. (1) (b), (c), cr. (1) (d), am. (1) (e), (f) 1., (g) 1. c., e., 2. b., d., 3. b., d., (v), eff. 8-20-21; CR 21-069: am. (1) (b), (c), cr. (1) (d), am. (1) (e), (f) 1., (g) 1. c., e., 2. b., d., 3. b., d., (v), (4) (c) Register April 2022 No. 796, eff. 5-1-22; correction in (1) (b), (e), (g) 1. c. made under s. 35.17, Stats., and correction of numbering in (1) (b) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 1., Stats., Register April 2022 No. 796; CR 21-078: am. (3) (a) 1., r. and recr. (4) (a), (e) Register July 2022 No. 799, eff. 8-1-22; CR 23-025: am. (2) (f) 3., 4. a., r. (3) (c) 2. c. Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24; EmR2311: emerg. am. (1) (b), (g) 1. c., e., 2. d., 3. d. eff. 8-15-23; CR 23-048: r. and recr. (1), am. (2) (g) 1., (4) (c) 4. Register March 2024 No. 819, eff. 4-1-24; creation of (1) (a) (title), (L) 1. (title) under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 2., Stats., and s. 35.17 correction in (1) (L) 2. (intro.), a., (m) 1., (n), (2) (g) 1., (4) (c) 4. Register March 2024 No. 819; correction in (1) (h) 3., (m) 1. made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats, Register July 2025 No. 835.

NR 10.02 NR 10.02 Protected wild animals. The following wild animals are designated protected. No person may take, attempt to take, transport or possess any protected wild animal or its carcass at any time except as authorized by state or federal law.

NR 10.02(1) (1) 

NR 10.02(1)(a) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), cougar, Canada lynx, badger, moose, gray wolf, wolverine and flying squirrel.

NR 10.02(1)(b) (b) On private land, the landowner, lessee or occupant of the land, or any other person with permission of the landowner, lessee or occupant may shoot and kill any gray wolf or cougar in the act of killing, wounding or biting a domestic animal. Shootings shall be reported within 24 hours to a department conservation warden. The carcass of the wolf or cougar shall be turned over to the department.

NR 10.02(2) (2) Endangered or threatened species listed in ch. NR 27.

NR 10.02(3) (3) Albino and white deer which have a coat of all white hair except that the hair on the tarsal glands, head or parts of the head may be a color other than white. For the purposes of this paragraph, white hair that has been discolored or stained by blood, soil or similar materials shall continue to be considered white hair.

NR 10.02(8) (8) All wild birds.

NR 10.02(9) (9) Timber rattlesnake of the species Crotalus horridus, except that a timber rattlesnake may be killed in emergency situations involving an immediate threat to human life or domestic animals. It is requested that each person who kills a rattlesnake under this provision provide to the department no later than 48 hours after the kill, not to include Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, factual information related to the kill including the location, date of the kill and the name and address of the person who killed it.