For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as
an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB934,1 1Section 1. 29.014 (1m) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,2,62 29.014 (1m) (b) If the department establishes an open season for hunting deer,
3elk, small game, wild turkey, or bear with a bow and arrow or crossbow but not with
4a firearm, the department shall also establish an open season for permit the hunting
5of the respective game with both a bow and arrow and a crossbow during the open
6season
.
AB934,2 7Section 2. 29.171 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,2,108 29.171 (2) A resident archer hunting license authorizes the hunting of all
9game, except bear, elk, and wild turkey, during the open seasons established by the
10department for hunting that game with bow and arrow or crossbow.
AB934,3 11Section 3. 29.172 of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,4 12Section 4. 29.185 (2) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,2,1713 29.185 (2) (b) Archer licenses, crossbow licenses, and trapping licenses.
14Notwithstanding ss. 29.171 (2), 29.172 (2), 29.216 (2), 29.217 (2), and 29.241 (3), a
15resident archer hunting license, a nonresident archer hunting license, a resident
16crossbow hunting license, a nonresident crossbow hunting license,
or a trapping
17license does not authorize the hunting or trapping of wolves.
AB934,5 18Section 5. 29.216 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,3,219 29.216 (2) Authorization. The nonresident archer hunting license authorizes
20the hunting of all game, except bear, elk, wild turkey, and fur-bearing animals,

1during the open season for the hunting of that game with a bow and arrow or
2crossbow
.
AB934,6 3Section 6. 29.217 of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,7 4Section 7. 29.235 (2) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,8 5Section 8. 29.235 (2m) (dm) of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,9 6Section 9. 29.563 (2) (a) 8. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,3,77 29.563 (2) (a) 8. Archer: $21.25 $22.25.
AB934,10 8Section 10. 29.563 (2) (a) 8r. of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,11 9Section 11. 29.563 (2) (a) 8t. of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,12 10Section 12. 29.563 (2) (b) 6. of the statutes, as affected by 2023 Wisconsin Act
1119
, is amended to read:
AB934,3,1212 29.563 (2) (b) 6. Archer: $162.25 $163.25.
AB934,13 13Section 13. 29.563 (2g) of the statutes is repealed.
AB934,14 14Section 14. 29.563 (12) (a) 2. of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,3,1615 29.563 (12) (a) 2. Archer, crossbow, sports, or conservation patron, except as
16provided in subd. 2m: $11.25.
AB934,15 17Section 15. 29.563 (12m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,3,2218 29.563 (12m) Duplicates of reduced fee approvals. Notwithstanding the fees
19specified under sub. (12) (a) and (b), a person who was issued an approval and
20charged the reduced fee specified under sub. (2g) or (6m) may not be charged a fee
21for a duplicate of that approval that exceeds the fee specified for the approval under
22sub. (2g) or (6m).
AB934,16 23Section 16. 29.593 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,4,324 29.593 (1) (b) A certificate of accomplishment issued to a person for successfully
25completing the course under the bow hunter education program only authorizes the

1person to obtain a resident archer hunting license, or a nonresident archer hunting
2license, a resident crossbow hunting license, or a nonresident crossbow hunting
3license
.
AB934,17 4Section 17. 29.593 (2m) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB934,4,85 29.593 (2m) A person who has a certificate, license, or other evidence that is
6satisfactory to the department indicating that he or she has successfully completed
7in another state, country, or province a bow hunter education course recognized by
8the department may obtain an archer hunting license or crossbow hunting license.
AB934,18 9Section 18. Effective date.
AB934,4,1010 (1) This act takes effect on March 1, 2024.
AB934,4,1111 (End)
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