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Wisconsin Statutes Public Lands, Waters and Natural Resources (Ch. 23 to 33) § 29.351. Skins of fur-bearing animals

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

(1g) No person may possess or control the skin of any mink, muskrat, fisher, pine marten, or otter showing that the animal was shot.

(1m)(a) Except as provided in par. (b), or unless otherwise authorized by the department, no person may possess or control the green skin of any fur-bearing animal from the 5th day after the beginning of the closed season for that animal until the end of that closed season.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any of the following:

1. A fur-bearing animal that was lawfully taken and that has a valid registration tag attached to it by the department.

2. A fur-bearing animal that is taken as authorized under s. 29.337.

3. A fur-bearing animal that was lawfully taken for which an open season is established by rule and for which no bag or possession limit is imposed by rule.

(1r) No person may possess the raw skin of any muskrat, mink, otter, fisher, or pine marten at any time unless the person is the holder of a valid scientific collector permit, fur dealer license, trapping license, mentored trapping license, or resident conservation patron license. No license is required for a person breeding, raising, and producing domestic fur-bearing animals in captivity, as defined in s. 29.627, or for a person authorized to take muskrats on a cranberry marsh under a permit issued to the person by the department.

(2m) Subsections (1g) to (1r) do not apply to the skins of fur-bearing animals that are subject to regulation under ch. 169.

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