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Wisconsin Statutes Public Lands, Waters and Natural Resources (Ch. 23 to 33) § 29.324. Group deer hunting

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) In this section:

(a) “Contact” means visual or voice contact without the aid of any mechanical or electronic amplifying device other than a hearing aid.

(b) “Group deer hunting party” means 2 or more hunters hunting in a group all using firearms or airguns, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.

(c) “Youth deer approval” means an approval that authorizes the taking of one antlerless deer and that is issued by the department with a youth deer license.

(d) “Youth deer license” means a license that is issued by the department to a person who is under the age of 18 and that authorizes the hunting of deer with a firearm or airgun.

(2) Except as provided in subs. (4) and (5), any member of a group deer hunting party may kill a deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if all of the following conditions exist:

(a) At the time and place of the kill, the person who kills the deer is in contact with the person for whom the deer is killed.

(b) The person for whom the deer is killed possesses a current unused approval that authorizes the harvest of the deer killed.

(4) If the department issues youth deer approvals, no member of a group deer hunting party may use a youth deer approval issued to another member of the group deer hunting party to kill an antlerless deer for that other member.

(5) No member of a group hunting party who is serving as a mentor under s. 29.592 for another member of the group hunting party may kill a deer for the person being mentored or use a deer approval issued to the person being mentored.

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