2011 Wisconsin Code
Chapter 29. Wild animals and plants.
29.307 Hunting with aid of aircraft prohibited.

29.307

29.307 Hunting with aid of aircraft prohibited.

29.307(1)

(1) No person may hunt any animal with the aid of an aircraft, including the use of an aircraft to spot, group or drive, or otherwise attempt to affect the behavior of, animals for hunters on the ground.

29.307(2)

(2)

29.307(2)(a)

(a) Notwithstanding sub. (1), a state employee or agent or a federal employee or agent acting within the scope of his or her employment or agency may hunt an animal in the wild with the aid of an aircraft if all of the following apply:

29.307(2)(a)1.

1. The employee or agent is authorized by the department to take the animal for the purpose of controlling the spread of disease in animals.

29.307(2)(a)2.

2. The employee or agent is hunting in an area designated by the department as a chronic wasting disease eradication zone.

29.307(2)(a)3.

3. The employee or agent is in compliance with all of the rules promulgated under par. (b).

29.307(2)(b)

(b) The department shall promulgate rules specifying the conditions under which aircraft may be used for surveillance of animals, for herding animals, and for shooting animals in order to control the spread of disease in animals. The rules may authorize shooting animals only if the department considers all other alternatives to shooting animals from aircraft and determines that the shooting is necessary in order to control the spread of disease in animals.

29.307(3)

(3) Subsection (2) and the rules promulgated under sub. (2) do not apply after June 30, 2004.

29.307 - ANNOT.

History: 1971 c. 151; 1997 a. 248 s. 432; Stats. 1997 s. 29.307; 2001 a. 108.