Wis. Stat. § 29.301
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General restrictions on hunting.
Official statutory text
(1) Hunting restricted areas.
(a) In this subsection, “school” means a public or private elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m) , or a technical college.
(b) No person may hunt within 1,700 feet of any hospital, sanatorium or the grounds of any school. The department may designate the form for or furnish signs designating the restricted area. No person may be convicted of a violation of this paragraph unless the restricted area is designated by the signs.
(c) Notwithstanding par. (b) , this subsection does not prohibit hunting in a school forest if the school board allows hunting under s. 120.13 (38) .
(2) Color of clothing. In the areas in which there is a season for the hunting of deer with firearms, no person may hunt any game except waterfowl during that season unless at least 50 percent of each article of the person’s outer clothing above the waist, including a cap, hat or other head covering, is of a highly visible color commonly referred to as hunter orange, blaze orange, fluorescent orange, flame orange or fluorescent blaze orange or commonly referred to as bright pink or fluorescent pink. This requirement does not apply to persons hunting from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise during a firearm deer hunting season if the person is hunting for other game that the department authorizes to be hunted during that firearm deer hunting season. Any person violating this subsection shall forfeit not more than $10.
History: 1975 c. 360 , 365 , 421 ; 1979 c. 39 ; 1997 a. 151 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 412 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.301; 1999 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 117 , 290 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2015 a. 131 , 222 .
(a) In this subsection, “school” means a public or private elementary or secondary school, including a charter school, a tribal school, as defined in s. 115.001 (15m) , or a technical college.
(b) No person may hunt within 1,700 feet of any hospital, sanatorium or the grounds of any school. The department may designate the form for or furnish signs designating the restricted area. No person may be convicted of a violation of this paragraph unless the restricted area is designated by the signs.
(c) Notwithstanding par. (b) , this subsection does not prohibit hunting in a school forest if the school board allows hunting under s. 120.13 (38) .
(2) Color of clothing. In the areas in which there is a season for the hunting of deer with firearms, no person may hunt any game except waterfowl during that season unless at least 50 percent of each article of the person’s outer clothing above the waist, including a cap, hat or other head covering, is of a highly visible color commonly referred to as hunter orange, blaze orange, fluorescent orange, flame orange or fluorescent blaze orange or commonly referred to as bright pink or fluorescent pink. This requirement does not apply to persons hunting from 30 minutes after sunset to 30 minutes before sunrise during a firearm deer hunting season if the person is hunting for other game that the department authorizes to be hunted during that firearm deer hunting season. Any person violating this subsection shall forfeit not more than $10.
History: 1975 c. 360 , 365 , 421 ; 1979 c. 39 ; 1997 a. 151 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 412 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.301; 1999 a. 32 ; 2005 a. 117 , 290 ; 2009 a. 302 ; 2015 a. 131 , 222 .
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