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2007 - 2008 LEGISLATURE
July 12, 2007 - Introduced by Senators Decker, Breske, Erpenbach, Hansen, A.
Lasee, Lassa, Roessler and Grothman, cosponsored by Representatives
Gunderson, Mursau, Owens, Hahn, Petrowski and Albers. Referred to
Committee on Environment and Natural Resources.
SB230,1,3
1An Act to amend 29.324 (1) (b), 29.324 (2) (intro.) and 29.324 (3); and
to create
229.324 (2m) of the statutes;
relating to: group deer hunting by persons using
3bows and arrows.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Current law provides that if two or more persons are hunting in a group and
each of those persons holds a deer hunting license and is hunting with a firearm, then
one of the members of the group may kill a deer for another member of the group
under certain circumstances. Those circumstances require that the person who kills
the deer must be in contact with the person for whom the deer is killed and the person
for whom the deer is killed must possess a current unused deer carcass tag
authorized for use on that deer.
This bill authorizes certain persons hunting in a group with bows and arrows
also to kill a deer for another member of the group. Under the bill, if two or more
persons are hunting in a group, and each of those persons holds a deer hunting
license and is hunting with a bow and arrow, then one of the members of the group
may kill a deer for another member of the group if that deer is an antlerless deer.
As with the restrictions on group deer hunting with firearms under current law, a
member of a group deer hunting party using bows and arrows who kills an antlerless
deer for another member of the group must be in contact with the person for whom
the antlerless deer is killed, and the person for whom the antlerless deer is killed
must possess a current unused deer carcass tag authorized for use on that antlerless
deer.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
SB230, s. 1
1Section
1. 29.324 (1) (b) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.324
(1) (b) "Group deer hunting party" means 2 or more hunters hunting in
3a group
all using firearms, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.
SB230, s. 2
4Section
2. 29.324 (2) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.324
(2) (intro.) Any member of a group deer hunting party
, the members of
6which are all using firearms, may kill a deer for another member of the group deer
7hunting party if both of the following conditions exist:
SB230, s. 3
8Section
3. 29.324 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
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29.324
(2m) Any member of a group deer hunting party, the members of which
10are all using bows and arrows, may kill an antlerless deer for another member of the
11group deer hunting party if all of the following conditions exist:
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(a) At the time and place of the kill, the person who kills the antlerless deer is
13in contact with the person for whom the antlerless deer is killed.
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(b) The person for whom the antlerless deer is killed possesses a current unused
15deer carcass tag that is authorized for use on the antlerless deer killed.
SB230, s. 4
16Section
4. 29.324 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
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29.324
(3) A person who kills a deer under sub. (2)
or (2m) shall ensure that
18a member of his or her group deer hunting party without delay attaches a current
19validated deer carcass tag to the deer in the manner specified under s. 29.347 (2).
1The person who kills the deer may not leave the deer unattended until after it is
2tagged.
