Section 29.324. Group deer hunting.

 

(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, each of whom holds an individual license to hunt deer.

(c) “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.

(d) “Youth deer tag" means a carcass tag that authorizes the taking of one antlerless deer and that is issued by the department with a youth deer license.

(2)  Except as provided in sub. (4) , any member of a group deer hunting party may kill a deer for another member of the group deer hunting party if both 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 deer carcass tag which is authorized for use on the deer killed.

(3)  A person who kills a deer under sub. (2) shall ensure that a member of his or her group deer hunting party without delay validates a deer carcass tag in the manner specified under s. 29.347 (2) .

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

1983 a. 546 ; 1997 a. 248 s. 506 ; Stats. 1997 s. 29.324; 2015 a. 89 , 100 .