2010 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 29. Wild animals and plants.
29.173 Resident deer hunting license.

29.173

29.173 Resident deer hunting license.

29.173(1)

(1) Issuance. A resident deer hunting license shall be issued subject to ss. 29.024 and 54.25 (2) (c) 1. d. by the department to any resident applying for this license.

29.173(2)

(2) Authorization.

29.173(2)(a)

(a) A resident deer hunting license authorizes the hunting of deer with firearms only.

29.173(2)(b)

(b) A qualified service member holding a current resident deer hunting license may hunt deer of either sex with a firearm during any season open to hunting of deer with firearms that is established by the department. For purposes of this paragraph, a qualified service member is a member of the armed forces who exhibits proof that he or she is in active service with the armed forces outside this state and proof of one of the following:

29.173(2)(b)1.

1. That he or she is a resident who is on furlough or leave.

29.173(2)(b)2.

2. That he or she was a resident at the time he or she entered active service and that he or she is on furlough or leave.

29.173(3)

(3) Deer tag and back tag. The department shall issue to each person who is issued a resident deer hunting license a deer tag and a back tag.

29.173 - ANNOT.

History: 1973 c. 90 s. 538; 1979 c. 34; 1983 a. 27; 1985 a. 270; 1993 a. 258; 1997 a. 27; 1997 a. 248 ss. 236 to 239; Stats. 1997 s. 29.173; 2005 a. 387; 2007 a. 51.

29.173 - ANNOT.

Cross Reference: See also ch. NR 10, Wis. adm. code.