Wis. Stat. § 29.361
This is the official text of Wis. Stat. § 29.361, part of Wisconsin’s Wisconsin Statutes — the complete compiled statutory law of Wisconsin, organized into numbered chapters by subject.
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Transportation of deer or elk.
Official statutory text
(1) No common carrier may receive for transportation or transport or attempt to transport any deer or elk or the carcass of any deer or elk except as provided in this section.
(2m) Any person may transport an antlerless deer killed under the authority of his or her hunter’s choice, bonus, or other deer hunting permit on any highway, as defined s. 340.01 (22) , in order to register the deer in the deer management area where the deer was killed or in an adjoining management area.
(3) The place of delivery of any shipment authorized under this section by a resident shall be within the state and by a nonresident shall be either within the state or at his or her residence outside the state.
(3m) Notwithstanding subs. (1) , (2m) , (3) , and (5) , no person may receive for transportation, transport, or attempt to transport the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) .
(4) This section does not apply to a bona fide public zoo.
(5) This section does not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting, attempting to transport, or receiving the carcass of a deer or elk in connection with his or her business.
History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 111 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 79 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 522 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.361; 1997 a. 249 s. 37 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 286 ; 2015 a. 89 ; 2017 a. 365 .
(2m) Any person may transport an antlerless deer killed under the authority of his or her hunter’s choice, bonus, or other deer hunting permit on any highway, as defined s. 340.01 (22) , in order to register the deer in the deer management area where the deer was killed or in an adjoining management area.
(3) The place of delivery of any shipment authorized under this section by a resident shall be within the state and by a nonresident shall be either within the state or at his or her residence outside the state.
(3m) Notwithstanding subs. (1) , (2m) , (3) , and (5) , no person may receive for transportation, transport, or attempt to transport the carcass of a cervid in violation of rules promulgated by the department under s. 29.063 (3) .
(4) This section does not apply to a bona fide public zoo.
(5) This section does not apply to a person who has a valid taxidermist permit and who is transporting, attempting to transport, or receiving the carcass of a deer or elk in connection with his or her business.
History: 1979 c. 34 ; 1981 c. 111 ; 1985 a. 29 ; 1991 a. 269 ; 1995 a. 79 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 522 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.361; 1997 a. 249 s. 37 ; 2001 a. 109 ; 2005 a. 286 ; 2015 a. 89 ; 2017 a. 365 .
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