29.344 Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi river.
29.36 Set or bank pole licenses.
29.37 Setline licenses; inland waters.
29.38 Clams, clamming and commercial clamming.
29.39 Possession during closed season or in excess of bag limit.
29.395 Game, possession in open season.
29.40 Possession of deer; heads and skins.
29.405 Group deer hunting.
29.41 Skins of fur-bearing animals.
29.415 Endangered and threatened species protected.
29.42 Possession of game birds and animals.
29.425 Possession and sale of live game animals and fur-bearing animals.
29.427 Possession, sale, release and destruction of live skunks.
29.43 Transportation; general provisions.
29.44 Interstate transportation of game.
29.45 Transportation of deer.
29.46 Transportation of game birds.
29.47 Transportation of fish.
29.475 Wildlife on Indian reservations protected.
29.48 Sale of game or fish.
29.49 Serving of game to guests.
29.50 Propagation privileged.
29.51 State propagation of fish.
29.511 Cold water fish hatchery.
29.512 Well disruptions caused by Bayfield hatchery operations.
29.513 Permit for private management.
29.515 Trespass to state fish hatchery.
29.52 Private fish hatcheries.
29.535 Introduction of wild animals.
29.536 Municipal fish hatcheries.
29.54 State propagation of wild mammals and birds.
29.544 Wild rice conservation; licenses.
29.547 Ginseng protected.
29.55 Wild animals for parks.
29.555 Public hunting and fishing grounds.
29.557 Hunting on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.
29.56 Game or wildlife refuge.
29.565 Animal wildlife exhibit.
29.571 Horicon marsh game preserve, fur farm, hatchery, dams.
29.572 Game farms; license.
29.573 Pheasant and quail farms; department control; shooting license.
29.574 Game bird and animal farms.
29.578 Deer farms; venison serving permits.
29.579 Domestic fur-bearing animal farms.
29.583 Disposal of escaped deer.
29.585 Wildlife exhibit licenses.
29.586 Humane, adequate and sanitary care of wild animals.
29.59 Removal of wild animals.
29.598 Wildlife damage abatement program; wildlife damage claim program.
29.599 Law enforcement aid program; spearfishing.
29.60 Use of poison and explosives; pole traps.
29.605 Giving away of predatory animals to public zoos.
29.62 Removal of injurious rough fish.
29.623 Control of detrimental fish.
29.625 Permit to take rough fish.
29.626 Trespass on riparian land.
29.64 Resisting a warden.
29.641 False impersonation of warden.
29.642 Incorrect information.
29.6425 Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocation.
29.643 Changing approval.
29.644 Breaking seals of department.
29.65 Civil actions for damages caused by law violations.
29.99 General penalty provisions.
29.995 Penalties; repeaters.
29.996 Parties to a violation.
29.9965 Wild animal protection assessments.
29.9967 Fishing shelter removal assessment.
29.997 Natural resources assessments.
29.998 Natural resources restitution payments.
Ch. 29 Cross-reference
Cross-reference: See definitions in s.
24.01.
29.01
29.01
General definitions. The following terms, wherever used in this chapter, shall be construed to apply as follows:
29.01(1)
(1) "Approval" means any type of approval or authorization issued by the department or a county clerk under this chapter including any license, permit, certificate, card, stamp or tag unless the context requires a different meaning.
29.01(1m)
(1m) "Attending boat" means an open boat used to transport equipment, crew or catch of a licensed boat, provide assistance in the operation of fishing gear by the licensed boat or provide other assistance in the commercial fishing operations of a boat licensed under
s. 29.33.
29.01(2)
(2) "Carcass" means the dead body of any wild animal to which it refers, including the head, hair, skin, plumage, skeleton, or any other part thereof.
29.01(2m)
(2m) "Documented boat" means a licensed commercial fishing boat with valid federal documentation under
s. 30.51 (2) (c) 2.
29.01(3)
(3) "Fishing" includes taking, capturing, killing, or fishing for fish of any variety in any manner. When the word "fish" is used as a verb, it shall have the same meaning as the word "fishing" as defined herein.
29.01(4)
(4) "Fur-bearing animals" includes otter, beaver, mink, muskrat, marten, fisher, skunk, raccoon, fox, weasel, opossum, badger, wolf, coyote, wildcat and lynx.
29.01(5)
(5) "Game" includes all varieties of wild mammals or birds; "game fish" includes all varieties of fish except rough fish and minnows; "rough fish" includes dace, suckers, carp, goldfish, redhorse, freshwater drum, burbot, bowfin, garfish, buffalo fish, lamprey, alewife, gizzard shad, smelt, goldeye, mooneye, carpsucker and quill back, in all waters and chub in inland waters only; "minnows" includes suckers, mud minnows, madtom, stonecat, killifish, stickleback, trout-perch, darters, sculpin and all minnow family cyprinids except goldfish and carp.
29.01(6)
(6) "Game animals" includes deer, moose, elk, bear, rabbits, squirrels, fox and raccoon.
29.01(7)
(7) "Game birds" includes the following aquatic birds: Wild geese, brant, wild ducks, wild swan, rails, coots, gallinules, jacksnipe, woodcock, plovers and sandpipers; the following upland birds: ruffed grouse (partridge), pinnated grouse (prairie chicken), sharp-tailed grouse, pheasants, Hungarian partridge, Chukar partridge, bobwhite, quail, California quail and wild turkey.
29.01(8)
(8) "Hunt" or "hunting" includes shooting, shooting at, pursuing, taking, catching or killing any wild animal or animals, except that for the purposes of
ss. 29.1085,
29.109 and
29.114, "hunt" or "hunting" does not include shooting, shooting at, taking, catching or killing any bear.
29.01(9)
(9) "Inland waters" means all waters not classified as outlying waters, including the bays, bayous and sloughs of the Mississippi river bottoms.
29.01(9m)
(9m) "Licensed boat" means a boat, other than an attending boat, included under a commercial fishing license.
