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29.047

29.047 Interstate transportation of game.

29.047(1)

(1)

29.047(1)(a)

(a) In this subsection:

29.047(1)(a)1.

1. "Transport" includes to cause to be transported, to deliver or offer to deliver for transportation and to receive or offer to receive for transportation.

29.047(1)(a)2.

2. "Game" means any wild animal, wild bird or game fish.

29.047(1)(b)

(b) No person in this state may transport into or through this state any game, or its carcass, from any other state in violation of any law of the other state.

29.047(1)(c)

(c) No person in this state may transport, possess or control in this state any game, or its carcass, that was taken in another state in violation of any restriction on open and closed seasons established under this chapter or of any bag, possession or size limit established under this chapter unless all of the following apply:

29.047(1)(c)1.

1. The game was lawfully taken in and lawfully transported from the other state.

29.047(1)(c)2.

2. The person holds a license issued by the other state that authorized the person to transport, possess or control the game or its carcass.

29.047(1)(c)3.

3. If the game is a cervid the person transports, possesses, delivers, receives, or controls the carcass of the cervid in compliance with rules promulgated by the department.

29.047(1m)

(1m) Unless prohibited by the laws of an adjoining state or a rule promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) or (4), any person who has lawfully killed a cervid in this state may take the cervid or its carcass into the adjoining state and ship the cervid or carcass from any point in the adjoining state to any point in this state.

29.047(2)

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to any of the following:

29.047(2)(a)

(a) A person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who, in compliance with rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) or (4), possesses, transports, causes to be transported, delivers or receives, or offers to deliver or receive, a wild animal carcass in connection with his or her business.

29.047(2)(b)

(b) The possession, transportation, delivery or receipt of farm-raised deer, farm-raised game birds, farm-raised fish, or wild animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.

29.047 - ANNOT.

History: 1985 a. 29; 1991 a. 269, 316; 1995 a. 79; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 95, 96, 518 to 521; Stats. 1997 s. 29.047; 2001 a. 56, 109; 2005 a. 286.