29.057 History History: 1997 a. 248 s. 503; Stats. 1997 s. 29.057; 2001 a. 56.

29.059 29.059 Reports of hunters. Each person to whom a hunting or trapping license has been issued shall, upon request by the department, report to the department, on forms furnished by it, the number of the person’s license, the number and kind of each animal taken by the licensee and other information that the department requires.

29.059 History History: 1991 a. 316; 1997 a. 248 s. 282; Stats. 1997 s. 29.059.

29.063 29.063 Management of chronic wasting disease.

29.063(1) (1) The department may manage, and provide funding to conduct testing for, chronic wasting disease in cervids.

29.063(2) (2) If the department designates an area as a chronic wasting disease eradication zone, the department shall provide notice and information to the public that is adequate to inform the public prior to the commencement of hunting that hunting of cervids to control the spread of the disease will occur in that zone.

29.063(3) (3) To control chronic wasting disease, the department may promulgate rules regulating the transportation, possession, control, storage, or disposal of the carcass of a cervid in this state, except that the rules may not apply to any of the following:

29.063(3)(a) (a) Meat that is cut and wrapped, either commercially or privately.

29.063(3)(b) (b) Quarters or other portions of meat to which no part of the spinal column or head is attached.

29.063(3)(c) (c) Meat that has been deboned.

29.063(3)(d) (d) Hides with no heads attached.

29.063(3)(e) (e) Finished taxidermy heads.

29.063(3)(f) (f) Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.

29.063(3)(g) (g) Skulls with antlers attached and with no meat or tissue attached.

29.063(3)(h) (h) Upper canine teeth.

29.063(4) (4) The department may promulgate rules prohibiting the transportation of the carcass of a cervid from another state or country in which chronic wasting disease has been confirmed in a cervid, except that the rules may not apply to any of the following:

29.063(4)(a) (a) Meat that is cut and wrapped, either commercially or privately.

29.063(4)(b) (b) Quarters or other portions of meat to which no part of the spinal column or head is attached.

29.063(4)(c) (c) Meat that has been deboned.

29.063(4)(d) (d) Hides with no heads attached.

29.063(4)(e) (e) Finished taxidermy heads.

29.063(4)(f) (f) Antlers with no meat or tissue attached.

29.063(4)(g) (g) Skulls with antlers attached and with no meat or tissue attached.

29.063(4)(h) (h) Upper canine teeth.

29.063(5) (5) The department may exempt deer hunters from obtaining a license under this chapter for the hunting of deer in an area that the department has designated by rule as a chronic wasting disease control zone. Deer hunters that are exempted under this subsection shall be at least 10 years of age, except that a person born on or after January 1, 1973, may not hunt deer under this subsection unless he or she complies with ss. 29.304 and 29.593. A deer hunter exempted under this subsection who is under 12 years of age is subject to the restrictions specified under s. 29.592. The department shall by rule establish eligibility criteria and application procedures for receipt of an exemption under this subsection, including a method for obtaining a permit to hunt deer without a license under this subsection.

29.063(6) (6) 

29.063(6)(a) (a) In this subsection:

29.063(6)(a)1. 1. “Landfill” means a solid waste facility, as defined in s. 289.01 (35), for solid waste disposal, as defined in s. 289.01 (34), licensed under s. 289.31.

29.063(6)(a)2. 2. “Meat processing facility” means a plant or premises where animals are slaughtered for human consumption, or where meat or meat products are processed, but does not include rendering plants.