Wis. Stat. § 29.173
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 29.173, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Resident deer hunting license.
Official statutory text
(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.
(2) Authorization.
(a) A resident deer hunting license authorizes the hunting of deer with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
(b) A qualified service member holding a current resident deer hunting license may hunt deer of either sex 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:
1. That he or she is a resident who is on furlough or leave.
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.
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 ; 2011 a. 252 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2023 a. 115 .
(2) Authorization.
(a) A resident deer hunting license authorizes the hunting of deer with a firearm, airgun, bow and arrow, or crossbow.
(b) A qualified service member holding a current resident deer hunting license may hunt deer of either sex 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:
1. That he or she is a resident who is on furlough or leave.
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.
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 ; 2011 a. 252 ; 2015 a. 89 , 222 ; 2017 a. 59 ; 2023 a. 115 .
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