Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations
Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.
29.312 - Rules regulating the sighting of a firearm.

29.312 Rules regulating the sighting of a firearm.
(1) In this section, “immediate family" means persons who are related as spouses, as siblings, or as parent and child.
(2) The department may not promulgate or enforce a rule that prohibits a person from sighting a firearm on land owned or leased by that person or a member of that person's immediate family during the 24-hour period prior to the opening date for hunting deer with firearms in any area where there is an open season for hunting deer with firearms.
History: 2003 a. 244.

Structure Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Wisconsin Statutes & Annotations

Chapter 29 - Wild animals and plants.

29.001 - Definitions.

29.011 - Title to wild animals.

29.014 - Rule-making for this chapter.

29.016 - Department authority; deer hunting seasons and license restrictions.

29.020 - Deer management assistance program.

29.024 - Approvals; forms; issuing agents.

29.03 - Wildlife violator compact.

29.035 - Report of department.

29.036 - Sporting heritage council.

29.037 - Fish and wildlife restoration.

29.038 - Local regulation of wild animals.

29.039 - Nongame species.

29.040 - Deer management report rules.

29.041 - Department to regulate hunting and fishing in interstate waters.

29.042 - Agreements to retire licenses.

29.043 - Interstate comity.

29.045 - Interstate license privileges.

29.047 - Interstate transportation of game.

29.053 - Specific open and closed seasons.

29.055 - Wild animals; possession in closed season or in excess of bag limit.

29.057 - Wild animals; possession in open season.

29.059 - Reports of hunters.

29.063 - Management of chronic wasting disease.

29.071 - Wildlife on Indian reservations protected.

29.075 - Hunting, trapping and fishing by American Indians.

29.079 - Deer hunting by practitioners of Ho-Chunk religion.

29.083 - Interference with hunting, fishing or trapping.

29.084 - Incentives for recruitment.

29.088 - Use of poison and explosives; pole traps.

29.089 - Hunting, fishing, and trapping on land in state parks and state fish hatcheries.

29.091 - Hunting or trapping in wildlife refuge.

29.095 - Hunting on land in a school forest.

29.161 - Resident small game hunting license.

29.164 - Wild turkey hunting approvals.

29.171 - Resident archer hunting license.

29.172 - Resident crossbow hunting license.

29.173 - Resident deer hunting license.

29.177 - Special deer hunting permits.

29.179 - Transfer of approvals to minors and disabled persons.

29.180 - Transfers of approvals upon death.

29.181 - Bonus deer hunting permits.

29.182 - Elk hunting licenses.

29.183 - Deferral of certain approvals.

29.184 - Bear licenses.

29.185 - Wolf harvesting licenses.

29.191 - Hunting stamps.

29.192 - Regulation of takings of certain wild animals.

29.193 - Approvals for disabled persons.

29.194 - Resident approvals for certain nonresidents and members of the armed forces.

29.1945 - Approvals for veterans and military members.

29.195 - Disabled veterans, Great Lakes Naval Hospital.

29.197 - Waivers of certain approvals.

29.199 - Authorizations for certain patients and institutionalized persons to fish.

29.201 - Waiver of fishing license requirement for groups of disabled persons.

29.204 - Nonresident annual small game hunting license.

29.207 - Nonresident 5-day small game hunting license.

29.211 - Nonresident deer hunting license.

29.213 - Nonresident fur-bearing animal hunting license.

29.216 - Nonresident archer hunting license.

29.217 - Nonresident crossbow hunting license.

29.219 - Resident fishing licenses.

29.228 - Nonresident fishing licenses.

29.2285 - Fishing stamps and tags.

29.229 - Fishing approvals issued by the Lac du Flambeau band.

29.2295 - Department approvals issued on the Lac du Flambeau reservation.

29.2297 - Federal approvals for hunting, trapping, and fishing.

29.231 - Sports licenses.

29.235 - Conservation patron license.

29.236 - Annual disabled veteran recreation card.

29.237 - Sturgeon spearing license.

29.241 - Trapping license.

29.301 - General restrictions on hunting.

29.304 - Restrictions on hunting and use of firearms by persons under 16 years of age.

29.307 - Hunting with aid of aircraft prohibited.

29.311 - Shotshell restrictions.

29.312 - Rules regulating the sighting of a firearm.

29.314 - Shining animals.

29.317 - Taking homing pigeons.

29.319 - Falconry regulation.

29.322 - Taking certain wounded animals.

29.324 - Group deer hunting.

29.327 - Regulation of waterfowl blinds.

29.331 - Trapping regulation.

29.334 - Hunting and trapping; treatment of wild animals.

29.335 - Feeding wild animals for nonhunting purposes.

29.336 - Feeding deer.

29.337 - Hunting and trapping by landowners and occupants.

29.341 - Duties on accidental shooting.

29.345 - Hunting, fishing or trapping accident; failure to report.

29.346 - Registration information.

29.347 - Possession of deer and elk; heads and skins.

29.349 - Animals killed by motor vehicles.

29.351 - Skins of fur-bearing animals.

29.354 - Possession of game birds and animals.

29.357 - Transportation; general provisions.

29.361 - Transportation of deer or elk.

29.364 - Transportation of game birds.

29.401 - Possession of fishing equipment.

29.403 - Fishing tournaments.

29.404 - Fishing shanties on ice, regulation.

29.405 - Fishing with bow and arrow or crossbow.

29.406 - Fishing by hand.

29.407 - Transportation of fish.

29.411 - Cooperation during a fish census.

29.414 - Erection of barriers to exclude rough fish.

29.417 - Permit to take rough fish.

29.421 - Removal of rough fish.

29.424 - Control of detrimental fish.

29.501 - Fur dealers regulated.

29.503 - Wholesale fish dealer license.

29.506 - Taxidermists.

29.509 - Bait dealer license.

29.512 - Guide licenses.

29.514 - Outlying water sport trolling licenses.

29.516 - Fishing with nets and setlines.

29.519 - Commercial fishing in outlying waters.

29.522 - Description of nets; use of.

29.523 - Net licenses, Mississippi and St. Croix rivers.

29.526 - Slat net fishing in the Mississippi River.

29.529 - Trammel net fishing in the Mississippi River.

29.531 - Set or bank pole licenses.

29.533 - Setline licenses; inland waters.

29.535 - Shovelnose sturgeon permit.

29.537 - Clams, clamming and commercial clamming.

29.539 - Sale of wild animals.

29.541 - Serving of game to guests.

29.553 - Processing fee.

29.555 - Reprint fee.

29.556 - Handling fee.

29.559 - Issuing fee.

29.563 - Fee schedule.

29.564 - Voluntary contributions; invasive species grants.

29.565 - Voluntary contributions; venison and wild turkey processing and donation program.

29.566 - Collection, retention, and deposit of fees.

29.567 - Voluntary contributions; elk research.

29.569 - Effective periods.

29.591 - Hunter education program and bow hunter education program.

29.592 - Hunting mentorship program.

29.593 - Requirement for certificate of accomplishment to obtain hunting approval.

29.595 - Elk hunter education program.

29.597 - Trapper education program.

29.598 - Outdoors skills training.

29.601 - Noxious substances.

29.604 - Endangered and threatened species protected.

29.607 - Wild rice.

29.611 - Wild ginseng.

29.614 - Scientific collector permit.

29.617 - Public hunting and fishing grounds.

29.621 - Wildlife refuges.

29.624 - Senior citizen recreation card.

29.627 - Domestic fur-bearing animal farms.

29.630 - Raffling lake sturgeon from state fish hatcheries.

29.701 - Propagation of fish; protected wild animals.

29.705 - Propagation of fish; removal of fish.

29.707 - Propagation of fish; department rules.

29.709 - State fish hatcheries.

29.713 - Trespass to state fish hatchery.

29.717 - Trespass on riparian land.

29.733 - Natural waters used in fish farms.

29.734 - Barriers required for fish farms.

29.735 - Importation of fish.

29.736 - Stocking of fish.

29.737 - Permit for private management.

29.738 - Private fishing preserves.

29.739 - Grants for walleye production.

29.740 - Contracts for walleye production.

29.741 - Food in the wild for game birds.

29.749 - Horicon marsh fur farm and dam.

29.753 - Importation of wild elk.

29.875 - Disposal of escaped deer or elk.

29.885 - Removal of wild animals.

29.886 - Management of double-crested cormorants.

29.887 - Wildlife control in urban communities.

29.888 - Wolf depredation program; wolf damage claims.

29.889 - Wildlife damage abatement program; wildlife damage claim program.

29.89 - Venison and wild turkey processing and donation program.

29.921 - Warrants; arrests; police powers.

29.924 - Investigations; searches.

29.927 - Public nuisances.

29.931 - Seizures.

29.934 - Sale of confiscated game and objects.

29.936 - Distribution of fish and game to food distribution services.

29.938 - Use by the department of unclaimed, seized, or confiscated property.

29.941 - Assistance of law enforcement officers.

29.944 - Exemption from liability.

29.947 - Law enforcement aid program; spearfishing.

29.951 - Resisting a warden.

29.954 - False impersonation of warden.

29.957 - Breaking seals of department.

29.961 - Incorrect information.

29.962 - Worthless checks for approvals.

29.964 - Falsification or illegal possession of approvals.

29.967 - Prohibitions during periods of suspension or revocation.

29.969 - Larceny of wild animals.

29.971 - General penalty provisions.

29.972 - Revocation; failure to comply.

29.973 - Commercial fish reporting system.

29.974 - Penalties; repeaters.

29.977 - Civil actions for damages caused by law violations.

29.981 - Parties to a violation.

29.983 - Wild animal protection surcharges.

29.984 - Commercial fish protection surcharge.

29.985 - Fishing shelter removal surcharge.

29.987 - Natural resources surcharge.

29.989 - Natural resources restitution surcharge.

29.99 - Wildlife violator compact surcharge.

29.9905 - Great Lakes resource surcharge.

29.991 - Fishing net removal surcharge.