Section 10.08. Possession of game.

 

(1)   Opening day limits. On the first day of the open season, no person may possess or control more than one daily bag limit of any game species for which a bag limit is established.

(2)   Daily bag. No person may take, or attempt to take, more than one daily bag limit in any one day.

(3)   Possession limit. No person may possess more than 2 daily bag limits unless otherwise authorized by the department.

(4)   Field possession limit. No person may possess more than one daily bag limit while at or between the place killed and the place to which the bag limit is taken.

(5)   Killing requirements. Except as otherwise provided, no person may possess any live game. All game taken during the open season shall be killed immediately and made part of the daily bag.

(6)   Field dressing . No person may completely dress any pheasant while in the field or during transportation from the field. The head, one fully feathered wing, or entire leg shall remain attached to the dressed carcass while in the field or during transportation from the field to the person's permanent abode or a preservation facility.

1-2-56 ; r. (2), Register, August, 1956, No. 8 , eff. 9-1-56; r. and recr. (3), Register, August, 1968, No. 152 , eff. 9-1-68; renum. to be NR 10.21; am. (3) (a) and (b), Register, June, 1970, No. 174 , eff. 7-1-70; am. (3) (a), Register, August, 1973, No. 212 , eff. 9-1-73; r. and recr. (3), Register, August, 1978, No. 272 , eff. 9-1-78; renum. from NR 10.21, Register, September, 1983, No. 333 , eff. 10-1-83; r. and recr. Register, September, 1985, No. 357 , eff. 10-1-85; am. (2), Register, October, 1990, No. 418 , eff. 11-1-90; CR 13-021 : cr. (6) Register October 2013 No. 694 , eff. 11-1-13.

Note

This rule does not authorize a person to take more than one daily bag limit. Further, it does not prohibit possession of double the daily bag limit when transporting game between a person's temporary abode and his or her permanent abode. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Pigeons are considered domestic animals by the department and therefore are not subject to this chapter or ch. 29 , Stats. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1