Current through August 26, 2024
(1) REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN ELK, DEER AND
BEAR. The department may require that an elk be exhibited and registered at
registration stations designated by the department no later than 5:00 p.m. of
the day after it was recovered. The department may require that any deer or
bear harvested in an area affected by CWD, tuberculosis, or where there are
other serious infections disease threats, or area where samples are needed for
department research purposes, shall be exhibited and registered at registration
stations designated by the department no later than 5:00 p.m. on the third day
after it was recovered, or by 5:00 p.m. on the day after the close of the
season during which it was recovered, as described in s.
NR 10.01(3), whichever is earlier,
unless otherwise authorized by the department. No person shall fail to exhibit
the carcass of a deer, bear or elk at a registration location specified by the
department when required under this subsection.
(2) BOBCAT; WOLF. Each person who has killed
a bobcat or wolf shall:
(a) Exhibit the pelt,
separated from the rest of the carcass, to an authorized department
representative no later than 7 days after the month of harvest. Persons who
intend to have a bobcat or wolf mounted by a taxidermist may exhibit the bobcat
or wolf to the department for certification in whole carcass condition without
separating the pelt, but shall surrender the skinned carcass to the department
within 30 days after certification.
(b) Allow inspection of the carcass and pelt,
and attachment of a certification seal to the head portion of the pelt of all
lawfully taken and possessed bobcat or wolf.
(3) OTTER. Each person who has killed an
otter shall immediately attach a certification seal to the head portion of the
pelt of the otter upon receiving the certification seal from the
department.
(4) CERTIFICATION
VIOLATIONS. No person may:
(a) Affix a
certification seal to any animal harvested or possessed unlawfully, including
an animal for which registration was not submitted in compliance with s. NR 10.086.
(b) Affix a certification
seal to any animal harvested by a person other than the individual issued the
certification seal.
(c) Except as
necessary to comply with sub. (3), possess a certification seal which has not
been lawfully affixed to a pelt, or which has been unlawfully or erroneously
obtained. An unaffixed certification seal remains the property of the
department and shall be returned immediately.
(d) Possess a raw bobcat, otter or wolf pelt
after the 7th day of the month following closure of the open season for each
species and the respective opening date of the next trapping or hunting season
without a certification seal attached and locked to the head of the
animal.
(e) Transfer, give, trade,
sell, or purchase a raw pelt or unskinned carcass of any bobcat, otter, or wolf
without a certification seal being attached and locked to the head portion of
the pelt.
(f) Transport or possess
a bobcat or wolf pelt without a certification seal being attached and locked to
the head portion of the pelt by the department. This paragraph does not apply
to the authorized harvester of the animal.
