Wis. Stat. § 29.337
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 29.337, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Hunting and trapping by landowners and occupants.
Official statutory text
(1) The owner or occupant of any land, and any member of his or her family, may hunt or trap beaver, coyotes, foxes, raccoons, woodchucks, rabbits, and squirrels on the land without a license issued under this chapter or ch. 169 at any time, except as follows:
(a) An owner or occupant may not hunt any of these wild animals during the period of 24 hours before the time for commencement of the deer hunting season in any area where an open season for hunting deer with firearms is established.
(b) Such persons may not hunt coyotes during an open season for hunting deer with firearms in an area that is closed by the department by rule to coyote hunting.
(2) The owner or occupant of any land, any member of the owner or occupant’s family, and any individual with the owner or occupant’s consent may take beaver, rabbits, raccoons, woodchucks, and squirrels on the land at any time by means of live trapping with box traps in areas where the discharge of a firearm is illegal.
History: 1979 c. 142 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 433 to 436 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.337; 2001 a. 56 , 105 ; 2017 a. 64 .
(a) An owner or occupant may not hunt any of these wild animals during the period of 24 hours before the time for commencement of the deer hunting season in any area where an open season for hunting deer with firearms is established.
(b) Such persons may not hunt coyotes during an open season for hunting deer with firearms in an area that is closed by the department by rule to coyote hunting.
(2) The owner or occupant of any land, any member of the owner or occupant’s family, and any individual with the owner or occupant’s consent may take beaver, rabbits, raccoons, woodchucks, and squirrels on the land at any time by means of live trapping with box traps in areas where the discharge of a firearm is illegal.
History: 1979 c. 142 ; 1987 a. 27 ; 1993 a. 246 ; 1997 a. 27 ; 1997 a. 248 ss. 433 to 436 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.337; 2001 a. 56 , 105 ; 2017 a. 64 .
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