NR 12.41(4)(f)(f) Permit and license compliance. The applicant shall have complied with the conditions of any permit to remove Canada geese causing spring agricultural damage issued to him or her within the 12 months immediately preceding application.

NR 12.41(5)(a)1.1. The permittee shall keep the damaged crop lands and any contiguous lands under the same ownership which are suitable for hunting open to public goose hunting subject to subd. 2. during the current calendar year’s goose hunting season.

NR 12.41(5)(a)2.2. Permittees may refuse access to goose hunters for reasonable cause. Reasonable cause may not be based on age, race, religion, color, disability, sex, physical condition, development disability, creed, sexual orientation or national origin. However, the presence of at least 2 hunters per each 40 acres of land suitable for hunting shall constitute reasonable cause for refusal.

NR 12.41(5)(f)(f) Reporting. The landowner or lessee permittee shall maintain a record of all hunters, including themselves. Upon request from the county, its agent, or the department, the landowner or lessee permittee shall return their permit and all hunter permit records. The permittee shall report all Canada geese harvested under the permits to the department by October 31 of the year the permit was issued.

NR 12.41(6)(6) Conditions of hunting. No person may hunt or possess Canada geese under a permit issued under this section unless they have complied with the following conditions:

NR 12.41(6)(a)2.2. All persons other than the landowner or lessee permittee who are authorized to participate under this section shall possess all state and federal licenses, permits and stamps required to hunt Canada geese within the goose hunting zone which contains the lands described on the permit.

NR 12.41(6)(b)(b) Use of other permits. All persons authorized to participate under this section shall have used any other goose hunting permit and carcass tags issued to them which are valid for the locations and effective dates specified in the landowner or lessee permit prior to using the carcass tags issued under this section.

NR 12.41(6)(c)(c) Reporting. All persons issued a permit under this section shall report the harvest of a Canada goose to the landowner or lessee permittee and mail a completed goose harvest report card to the department within 48 hours of the time of harvest.

NR 12.41(6)(d)(d) Carcass tags. All persons issued carcass tags under this section shall immediately peel off and affix the carcass tag identification number to the appropriate location on the forms provided by the department. Carcass tags are nontransferable.

NR 12.41(6)(f)(f) Regulation compliance. Except as otherwise authorized in this section, all participants shall comply with all state and federal waterfowl hunting regulations. Any geese taken by a person who has not complied fully with this section shall be considered illegally obtained.

NR 12.41(6)(g)(g) Permit possession. All persons hunting Canada geese under a permit issued under this section shall carry on his or her person the permit authorizing their participation.

NR 12.41 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, July, 1987, No. 379, eff. 8-1-87; am. (3) (f), July, 1988, No. 391, eff. 8-1-88; emerg. r. and recr., eff. 9-21-88; r. and recr. Register, January, 1989, No. 397, eff. 2-1-89; emerg. am. (3), (5) (e), r. and recr. (5) (c) and (d), r. (5) (g), cr. (5) (i), eff. 9-15-89; CR 03-029: renum. from NR 19.84, corrections in (2) (b) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2003 No. 576, eff. 1-1-04; CR 19-146: am. (5) (a) 2. Register June 2020 No. 774, eff. 7-1-20; CR 24-055: am. (title), (1), (3), (4) (intro.), renum. (4) (d) (intro.) to (4) (d) and am., r. (4) (d) 1., 2., (e), am. (4) (f), r. (5) (a) 3., 4., (b) to (e), am. (5) (f), (g), r. (5) (h), r. and recr. (6) (e), am. (6) (f) Register April 2025 No. 832, eff. 5-1-25; correction in (4) (f) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register April 2025 No. 832.

NR 12.50NR 12.50 Purpose. This subchapter is adopted to implement and administer the payment of claims for damage associated with endangered and threatened species funded under s. 20.370 (1) (fs), Stats., and for damage caused by gray wolves authorized by s. 71.10 (5) (am), Stats.

NR 12.50 HistoryHistory: CR 05-004: CR 05-005: cr. Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05.

NR 12.51NR 12.51 Applicability. This subchapter applies to claims for damages caused by E/T species and gray wolves. It is not applicable to damage caused by gray wolves when the department authorizes either public hunting or trapping of gray wolves, or both.

NR 12.51 HistoryHistory: CR 05-004: CR 05-005: cr. Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05.

NR 12.52(1)(1) “Confirmed depredation” means that the department has found clear evidence that wolves or an E/T species were responsible for the depredation or injury, such as a carcass present with bite marks and associated hemorrhaging, tracks in the immediate vicinity or other sign.

NR 12.52(2)(2) “Confirmed non-wolf or non-E/T species depredation” means the department has found conclusive evidence that something other than an E/T species or wolf killed or injured the animal.