Wisconsin Administrative Code
Department of Natural Resources
NR 1-99 - Fish, Game and Enforcement, Forestry and Recreation
Chapter NR 18 - Falconry
Section NR 18.01 - Definitions

(1) "Band" means a numbered, non-reusable USFWS leg band supplied by the department.

(1g) "Bureau" means the department of natural resources bureau of endangered resources.

(1r) "Department" means the department of natural resources.

(2) "Disposal" means transfer of the raptor by gift or trade, release, escape, death or any other event that results in the permittee no longer possessing the raptor for falconry.

(3) "Eyas" means a young raptor not yet capable of flight.

(4) "Falconry" means caring for and training raptors for the pursuit of wild game, and hunting wild game with raptors. Falconry includes the taking of raptors from the wild to use in the sport, caring for, training, and transporting raptors held for falconry.

(5) "Falconry permit" means a state or tribal permit to allow a resident permittee to take, possess and transport raptors for the purpose of practicing falconry.

(6) "Fish & wildlife service" and "USFWS" mean U. S. department of interior - fish & wildlife service.

(6m) "Foreign" means any source of wildlife originating from outside the United States.

(7) "Hacking" means the temporary release to the wild, not to exceed 30 days, of a raptor held for falconry so that it must survive on its own.

(7m) "Hybrid" means offspring of any two species whether or not listed in the federal regulations at 50 CFR 10.13, and any progeny of those birds.

(8) "Imping" means a method of repairing broken flight or tail feathers.

(8m) "Imprint" means a bird that is hand-raised in isolation from the sight of other raptors from 2 weeks of age until it has fledged. An imprinted bird is considered to be so for its entire lifetime.

(9m) "Nonresident" means a person other than a resident as defined in s. 29.001(69), Stats.

(10) "Raptor" means a live, migratory bird of the Orders Accipitriformes, Falconiformes, or Strigiformes, including the bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos).

(11) "Replacement raptor" means a raptor obtained to replace one that has died in captivity, has escaped, or is released to the wild.

(12) "Take" means to trap, capture or pursue or attempt to trap, capture or pursue, a raptor for the purposes of falconry.

(13) "Trapping permit" means a permit obtained by a nonresident from the department to take a raptor for the purposes of falconry.

(14) "Tribe" means any Wisconsin band of Native Americans recognized by the federal government, and which is authorized by the USFWS to issue a falconry permit to its members.

(15) "Visitor" means anyone from another country.