Wild animals and plants

Wis. Stat. ch. 29
in effect

Contents

section29.001. Definitionssection29.03. Wildlife violator compactsection29.011. Title to wild animalssection29.014. Rule-making for this chaptersection29.016. Department authority; deer hunting seasons and license restrictionssection29.020. Deer management assistance programsection29.024. Approvals; forms; issuing agentssection29.035. Report of departmentsection29.036. Sporting heritage councilsection29.037. Fish and wildlife restorationsection29.038. Local regulation of wild animalssection29.039. Nongame speciessection29.040. Deer management report rulessection29.041. Department to regulate hunting and fishing in interstate waterssection29.042. Agreements to retire licensessection29.043. Interstate comitysection29.045. Interstate license privilegessection29.047. Interstate transportation of gamesection29.053. Specific open and closed seasonssection29.055. Wild animals; possession in closed season or in excess of bag limitsection29.057. Wild animals; possession in open seasonsection29.059. Reports of hunterssection29.063. Management of chronic wasting diseasesection29.071. Wildlife on Indian reservations protectedsection29.075. Hunting, trapping and fishing by American Indianssection29.079. Deer hunting by practitioners of Ho-Chunk religionsection29.083. Interference with hunting, fishing or trappingsection29.084. Incentives for recruitmentsection29.088. Use of poison and explosives; pole trapssection29.89. Venison and wild turkey processing and donation programsection29.089. Hunting, fishing, and trapping on land in state parks and state fish hatcheriessection29.091. Hunting or trapping in wildlife refugesection29.095. Hunting on land in a school forestsection29.99. Wildlife violator compact surchargesection29.161. Resident small game hunting licensesection29.164. Wild turkey hunting approvalssection29.171. Resident archer hunting licensesection29.172. Resident crossbow hunting licensesection29.173. Resident deer hunting licensesection29.177. Special deer hunting permitssection29.179. Transfer of approvals to minors and disabled personssection29.180. Transfers of approvals upon deathsection29.181. Bonus deer hunting permitssection29.182. Elk hunting licensessection29.183. Deferral of certain approvalssection29.184. Bear licensessection29.185. Wolf harvesting licensessection29.191. Hunting stampssection29.192. Regulation of takings of certain wild animalssection29.193. Approvals for disabled personssection29.194. Resident approvals for certain nonresidents and members of the armed forcessection29.195. Disabled veterans, Great Lakes Naval Hospitalsection29.197. Waivers of certain approvalssection29.199. Authorizations for certain patients and institutionalized persons to fishsection29.201. Waiver of fishing license requirement for groups of disabled personssection29.204. Nonresident annual small game hunting licensesection29.207. Nonresident 5-day small game hunting licensesection29.211. Nonresident deer hunting licensesection29.213. Nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting licensesection29.216. Nonresident archer hunting licensesection29.217. Nonresident crossbow hunting licensesection29.219. Resident fishing licensessection29.228. Nonresident fishing licensessection29.229. Fishing approvals issued by the Lac du Flambeau bandsection29.231. Sports licensessection29.235. Conservation patron licensesection29.236. Annual disabled veteran recreation cardsection29.237. Sturgeon spearing licensesection29.241. Trapping licensesection29.301. General restrictions on huntingsection29.304. Restrictions on hunting and use of firearms by persons under 16 years of agesection29.307. Hunting with aid of aircraft prohibitedsection29.311. Shotshell restrictionssection29.312. Rules regulating the sighting of a firearmsection29.314. Shining animalssection29.317. Taking homing pigeonssection29.319. Falconry regulationsection29.322. Taking certain wounded animalssection29.324. Group deer huntingsection29.327. Regulation of waterfowl blindssection29.331. Trapping regulationsection29.334. Hunting and trapping; treatment of wild animalssection29.335. Feeding wild animals for nonhunting purposessection29.336. Feeding deersection29.337. Hunting and trapping by landowners and occupantssection29.341. Duties on accidental shootingsection29.345. Hunting, fishing or trapping accident; failure to reportsection29.346. Registration informationsection29.347. Possession of deer and elk; heads and skinssection29.349. Animals killed by motor vehiclessection29.351. Skins of fur-bearing animalssection29.354. Possession of game birds and animalssection29.357. Transportation; general provisionssection29.361. Transportation of deer or elksection29.364. Transportation of game birdssection29.401. Possession of fishing equipmentsection29.403. Fishing tournamentssection29.404. Fishing shanties on ice, regulationsection29.405. Fishing with bow and arrow or crossbowsection29.406. Fishing by handsection29.407. Transportation of fishsection29.411. Cooperation during a fish censussection29.414. Erection of barriers to exclude rough fishsection29.417. Permit to take rough fishsection29.421. Removal of rough fishsection29.424. Control of detrimental fishsection29.501. Fur dealers regulatedsection29.503. Wholesale fish dealer licensesection29.506. Taxidermistssection29.509. Bait dealer licensesection29.512. Guide licensessection29.514. Outlying water sport trolling licensessection29.516. Fishing with nets and setlinessection29.519. Commercial fishing in outlying waterssection29.522. Description of nets; use ofsection29.523. Net licenses, Mississippi and St. Croix riverssection29.526. Slat net fishing in the Mississippi Riversection29.529. Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi Riversection29.531. Set or bank pole licensessection29.533. Setline licenses; inland waterssection29.535. Shovelnose sturgeon permitsection29.537. Clams, clamming and commercial clammingsection29.539. Sale of wild animalssection29.541. Serving of game to guestssection29.553. Processing feesection29.555. Reprint feesection29.556. Handling feesection29.559. Issuing feesection29.563. Fee schedulesection29.564. Voluntary contributions; invasive species grantssection29.565. Voluntary contributions; venison and wild turkey processing and donation programsection29.566. Collection, retention, and deposit of feessection29.567. Voluntary contributions; elk researchsection29.569. Effective periodssection29.591. Hunter education program and bow hunter education programsection29.592. Hunting mentorship programsection29.593. Requirement for certificate of accomplishment to obtain hunting approvalsection29.595. Elk hunter education programsection29.597. Trapper education programsection29.598. Outdoors skills trainingsection29.601. Noxious substancessection29.604. Endangered and threatened species protectedsection29.607. Wild ricesection29.611. Wild ginsengsection29.614. Scientific collector permitsection29.617. Public hunting and fishing groundssection29.621. Wildlife refugessection29.624. Senior citizen recreation cardsection29.627. Domestic fur-bearing animal farmssection29.630. Raffling lake sturgeon from state fish hatcheriessection29.701. Propagation of fish; protected wild animalssection29.705. Propagation of fish; removal of fishsection29.707. Propagation of fish; department rulessection29.709. State fish hatcheriessection29.713. Trespass to state fish hatcherysection29.717. Trespass on riparian landsection29.733. Natural waters used in fish farmssection29.734. Barriers required for fish farmssection29.735. Importation of fishsection29.736. Stocking of fishsection29.737. Permit for private managementsection29.738. Private fishing preservessection29.739. Grants for walleye productionsection29.740. Contracts for walleye productionsection29.741. Food in the wild for game birdssection29.749. Horicon marsh fur farm and damsection29.753. Importation of wild elksection29.875. Disposal of escaped deer or elksection29.885. Removal of wild animalssection29.886. Management of double-crested cormorantssection29.887. Wildlife control in urban communitiessection29.888. Wolf depredation program; wolf damage claimssection29.889. Wildlife damage abatement program; wildlife damage claim programsection29.921. Warrants; arrests; police powerssection29.924. Investigations; searchessection29.927. Public nuisancessection29.931. Seizuressection29.934. Sale of confiscated game and objectssection29.936. Distribution of fish and game to food distribution servicessection29.938. Use by the department of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated propertysection29.941. Assistance of law enforcement officerssection29.944. Exemption from liabilitysection29.947. Law enforcement aid program; spearfishingsection29.951. Resisting a wardensection29.954. False impersonation of wardensection29.957. Breaking seals of departmentsection29.961. Incorrect informationsection29.962. Worthless checks for approvalssection29.964. Falsification or illegal possession of approvalssection29.967. Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocationsection29.969. Larceny of wild animalssection29.971. General penalty provisionssection29.972. Revocation; failure to complysection29.973. Commercial fish reporting systemsection29.974. Penalties; repeaterssection29.977. Civil actions for damages caused by law violationssection29.981. Parties to a violationsection29.983. Wild animal protection surchargessection29.984. Commercial fish protection surchargesection29.985. Fishing shelter removal surchargesection29.987. Natural resources surchargesection29.989. Natural resources restitution surchargesection29.991. Fishing net removal surchargesection29.1945. Approvals for veterans and military memberssection29.2285. Fishing stamps and tagssection29.2295. Department approvals issued on the Lac du Flambeau reservationsection29.2297. Federal approvals for hunting, trapping, and fishingsection29.9905. Great Lakes resource surcharge
Source: WI Statutes (Official Site)URL: https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/29Fetched: 10/7/2026
Wis. Stat. ch. 29 — Wild animals and plants | Wisconsin Statutes (updated through 2025 Wis. Act 247) — Wisconsin | Corpus