WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
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I just got off the phone with my county warden
17hmr and everything under 22 cal for any small game or other is a huge grey area right now.
the regs got consolidated and they state reasonable equipment as 22 caliber or larger
and the catch that applies to all small game also meaning a 204 ruger could be considered not reasonable equipment for a fox , coon, or coyote and the way it reads they will tell you 17hmr is a no go for small game and 204 ruger is a no go for coyote and fox.
so while the service center won't say it is a grey area , my county warden had to deal with a poaching case this September guy shot a nice buck with a 17hmr he couldn't right the guy a ticket for using the 17hmr as unreasonable equipment because it took down that buck right there. said the policy guy and deputy chief.
the other Warning and we need this written out in every county come spring hearings
Possession of any shot larger than T is illegal while hunting. Including coyote hunting in any form. this one the wardens were given strict orders they will be enforcing this. My warden gets how crazy this is since no one is making BB or T shot in lead and #4 buck and , 00 ,000 buck were common for use in coyote hunting.
no buck shot of any size for coyote or any type of hunting. unless maybe it is a nuisance kill on your property.
this was an ugly consolidation of regs and not brought up in the spring hearings.
hey on the up side it is now "legal" to hunt bear with a 25acp pistol, 32s&w short, 380acp , 38spl snub nose or any other 22 caliber or larger handgun with no barrel length requirement at all however if you fail to kill the bear well thats on you.
also 410 shotguns firing slugs are also now legal for the first time in more than 30 years go figure.
he is running this up the chain of command for clarification on <22 cal for small game, he has already gotten clarification on buck of any type for coyote and we need to challenge that come spring hearing.
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I just got off the phone with my county warden
17hmr and everything under 22 cal for any small game or other is a huge grey area right now.
the regs got consolidated and they state reasonable equipment as 22 caliber or larger
and the catch that applies to all small game also meaning a 204 ruger could be considered not reasonable equipment for a fox , coon, or coyote and the way it reads they will tell you 17hmr is a no go for small game and 204 ruger is a no go for coyote and fox.
so while the service center won't say it is a grey area , my county warden had to deal with a poaching case this September guy shot a nice buck with a 17hmr he couldn't right the guy a ticket for using the 17hmr as unreasonable equipment because it took down that buck right there. said the policy guy and deputy chief.
the other Warning and we need this written out in every county come spring hearings
Possession of any shot larger than T is illegal while hunting. Including coyote hunting in any form. this one the wardens were given strict orders they will be enforcing this. My warden gets how crazy this is since no one is making BB or T shot in lead and #4 buck and , 00 ,000 buck were common for use in coyote hunting.
no buck shot of any size for coyote
this was an ugly consolidation of regs and not brought up in the spring hearings.
hey on the up side it is now "legal" to hunt bear with a 25acp pistol, 32s&w short, 380acp , 38spl snub nose or any other 22 caliber or larger handgun with no barrel length requirement at all however if you fail to kill the bear it might be considered unreasonable equipment.
also 410 shotguns firing slugs are also now legal for the first time in more than 30 years go figure.
he is running this up the chain of command for clarification on <22 cal for small game, he has already gotten clarification on buck of any type for coyote and we need to challenge that come spring hearing. I've heard horror stories when it comes to 410 slugs on deer. I shot a 410 slug into a soft maple tree. Half of the slug was sticking out of the tree. Penetration was about 1/2 an inch.
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I read the regulations last night and noticed the minimum as .22 cal. I also read about no T-shot or larger allowed. Should have clarified that to read no T-shot or larger for waterfowl as that was the intent. Sometimes simpler is not better. Needs to be revisited for sure.
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I've heard horror stories when it comes to 410 slugs on deer. I shot a 410 slug into a soft maple tree. Half of the slug was sticking out of the tree. Penetration was about 1/2 an inch.
oh I know , I don't think they are a good idea and it doesn't specifically say you can but since any 22 or greater single projectile round is legal they unknowingly apparently did a 180 on the 410 thing after more than 30 years What this get at is in their quest to make all the general regs fit one page did they over trim? did they intend to do all these things or did they oops it ? will they admit any oops ?
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I read the regulations last night and noticed the minimum as .22 cal. I also read about no T-shot or larger allowed. Should have clarified that to read no T-shot or larger for waterfowl as that was the intent. Sometimes simpler is not better. Needs to be revisited for sure.
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at this time command is telling wardens no leeway we don't care how stupid you think this is you will enforce it. so I think this is going to require a fight.
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Am I to understand it is legal now to hunt bear and deer with a regular .22 rimfire?
sorry half way across the page it states no rimfire of any type may be used to hunt large game. so if you had a 44 rim fire lever gun sorry you can't hunt it in WI you can how ever legally hunt with your 25acp pistol bad of an idea as it is. 22hornet however is legal for deer and bear under current regs
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I talked to my warden yesterday, specifically about the buckshot issue. I was told that the buckshot issue was a victim of the "simplification" and that there is already action in the works to reverse that particular issue. i sure hope so but that is not what the Green county warden was getting from "the policy guy" and his chief they seemed to be doubling down on that as a rule if we get loud enough about it I think it is something that can get reversed
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Shakespeare would say "This is a crocketh of dung and it stinketh."
I use #4 Buck a LOT while coyote hunting. It does look to me like some cubicle-dwelling, erudite Yuppie confused waterfowl hunting loads with loads allowed for hunting other game.
Not much sense in making contacts till next week but I can assure you there will be noise from me on this, starting with the NRB and through every avenue I can think of. Rule simplification is one thing but messing up like this is not excusable.
Moosetrot there are places they can simplify and this could work on the 17hmr for small game or a 204 ruger for deer anything that you can reduce a target wild animal into possession the issue is decades of programming employees to not think beyond what the book says is or isn't so when examples are given they take the examples as the only legal option. they could say something like coyote may be taken by any means of firearm or archery they could open trapping coyote year round same as hunting. you can now take deer with your 1911 45acp before it had 1/4 of an inch too short of a barrel 1/4 wasn't making a big difference in anything.
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There are thousands of laws on the books that don't get enforced, no reason enforcement can't "overlook" this mistake until it's corrected.
On another note I hear Wisconsin is going to away with having to present animals in person that requires tags for a final sealing or CITES tag and instead simply mail out those tags.
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There are thousands of laws on the books that don't get enforced, no reason enforcement can't "overlook" this mistake until it's corrected.
On another note I hear Wisconsin is going to away with having to present animals in person that requires tags for a final sealing or CITES tag and instead simply mail out those tags.
That would be nice! Chris
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There are thousands of laws on the books that don't get enforced, no reason enforcement can't "overlook" this mistake until it's corrected.
On another note I hear Wisconsin is going to away with having to present animals in person that requires tags for a final sealing or CITES tag and instead simply mail out those tags.
Bobcat will still require an in person visit but otter and fisher should be going to mail next year. Progress. The wardens should look the other way on buckshot, but they have been doing lots of education on this side of the state. I guess that gives them an excuse to ticket for it now.
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Justin, let me know when it's a for sure on the tagging. When you guys doing it I'm gonna ride as many as I can to get MN to follow. Aint happening though lol.
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the warden I spoke to said they could do a lot of educating and giving warnings for buckshot.
I told him education is when they send out an email or put a whats changed document out that prints with you tags
education by warden is not education it is a failure of education .
they can market all sorts of things how about they start marketing the rules changes. they found a way to send me an email about the lake trout limit changing. yet never an email about the other changes
unless they had no intention of changing them and it is simply by omission if that is the case they could just admit that and fix it for next year.
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When you have 30+ pages for deer and 30+ for small game, another 30 plus fishing regulations, etc, the wardens job becomes education. Sure we are heading in the other direction, but that just gives us that much more that can change and there has been lots of it over the last few years. Look at social media today and any group. There are thousands asking to understand the rules. Most just don't do enough to care to know the rule book inside and out. Take a couple years off and the person returning would be lost.
Even when they do highlight a new rule proposal, most miss it because they don't think it through. Take the wording change on submersion sets. Even Muskrat missed it and he teaches trappers ed.
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One thing is if they get rid of the 22 caliber part then the hornet would be legal, and the buckshot part is really dumb, I hope you guys can get it fixed. the hornet is a .22 caliber bullet the 204 ruger is not it is intended to be an example of reasonable equipment not the definition of reasonable equipment but it isn't how it is being read by dnr staff. they could not fine the poacher additionally for unreasonable equipment because clearly it worked.
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it is a number of cartridges all very capable of taking small game
the center fire 17 hornet 17 ackey hornet 17 ackey bee 17 Remington 17 Mach IV 17-222 17-223 17 Remington fireball 20 tactical 204 ruger
rimfire 17HMR 17 HM2 17 Win super mag 17 pmc
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When you have 30+ pages for deer and 30+ for small game, another 30 plus fishing regulations, etc, the wardens job becomes education. Sure we are heading in the other direction, but that just gives us that much more that can change and there has been lots of it over the last few years. Look at social media today and any group. There are thousands asking to understand the rules. Most just don't do enough to care to know the rule book inside and out. Take a couple years off and the person returning would be lost.
Even when they do highlight a new rule proposal, most miss it because they don't think it through. Take the wording change on submersion sets. Even Muskrat missed it and he teaches trappers ed.
That’s the problem...there is absolutely no reason for 30 plus pages for the regs let alone 30 for trapping, 30 for small game and 30 for big game! And that’s only the stuff in the handbook...
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When you have 30+ pages for deer and 30+ for small game, another 30 plus fishing regulations, etc, the wardens job becomes education. Sure we are heading in the other direction, but that just gives us that much more that can change and there has been lots of it over the last few years. Look at social media today and any group. There are thousands asking to understand the rules. Most just don't do enough to care to know the rule book inside and out. Take a couple years off and the person returning would be lost.
Even when they do highlight a new rule proposal, most miss it because they don't think it through. Take the wording change on submersion sets. Even Muskrat missed it and he teaches trappers ed.
That’s the problem...there is absolutely no reason for 30 plus pages for the regs let alone 30 for trapping, 30 for small game and 30 for big game! And that’s only the stuff in the handbook... We need to simplify it like South Dakota. Short, sweet and simple...even I can understand the regulations when I'm out there.
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I am beginning to think our wild life department are getting to be like car manufactures, they have to keep making new rules etc. to show the boss they are doing something to keep there jobs. JMO
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I don't think a total re-write is necessary and departmental education of even a thousand people state wide who can be given an email a memo . trained by their supervisor , ect.. while at work will be much easier than the better part of a million who really just want to get to their hunt.
I have written a few local ordinances I work really hard to make things enforceable yet extremely clear without a deep dive into nuance detail. Starting by stating the intent is a good place it put the officer , judge and citizen in the right framing.
one of my pet peeves is poorly written instruction and procedure. demands and details with no explanation of the goal.
the goal here is, to reduce a target wild animal to possession. to kill a game animal in an effective and humane way so that it can be taken into possession and made a part of the bag limit. no one wants a bunch of wounded game running around it's wasteful. the issue is examples were given and personnel in the department took them as the only reasonable options
here is the text
Reasonable equipment It is illegal to hunt with any weapon or ammunition that is of inherent design, or used in such a manner, as to not be reasonably capable of reducing a target wild animal to possession. The following are presumed reasonable equipment: • A firearm with a caliber of at least .22. • A bow with a minimum draw weight of 30 pounds. • A crossbow with a minimum draw weight of 100 pounds. • A raptor, as defined in s. NR 18.01 (10). • Commercially manufactured or similar hand-loaded or re-loaded ammunition. • An arrow or bolt with a sharpened broad-head blade. MuzzleloadersMuzzleloaders may be used statewide during any firearm deer season. During the muzzleloader-only deer season,all muzzleloaders must have a solid threaded breech plug making them capable of being loaded only from the muzzle. Black powder revolvers are not legal during the muzzleloader-only season because they are capable of being loaded by the cylinder instead of the muzzle. 2020 Wisconsin Hunting Regulations4
the addendum I think needs to be added for this section this is not an extensive list. these are simply examples of equipment that can be considered reasonable - a bow of lesser poundage 20 or 25 pounds for small game at reasonable distances would also be considered reasonable - a .17 caliber rim-fire for small game would also be considered reasonable. any equipment that is reasonably capable of reducing a wild target animal to possession is reasonable equipment.
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it is a number of cartridges all very capable of taking small game
the center fire 17 hornet 17 ackey hornet 17 ackey bee 17 Remington 17 Mach IV 17-222 17-223 17 Remington fireball 20 tactical 204 ruger
rimfire 17HMR 17 HM2 17 Win super mag 17 pmc
Don’t forget the 5mm Remington Magnum, smaller caliber than 22 but more powerful than the 22 Magnum. This is a rimfire cartridge and an excellent small to medium size game cartridge. I’ve harvested many coyotes and bobcats with it while living out West. It’s sort of obsolete but from time to time there is ammo available.
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I am not sure large bore rimfires for deer/bear/elk are worth messing with since technically they have not been legal for deer for a few decades maybe longer.
buck shot for coyote being a separate issue I just don't understand what they are trying to do there.
I think what they were trying to get at is they want you to declare what your hunting before you step foot in the field and not have both types of shells in your possession.
i can understand that but saying no buck at all ever doesn't seem right.
if your night hunting , running dogs or calling buckshot is a good tool.
possessing buck shot and a game bird , small or large game other than coyote or other animal that is not legal to shoot with buck shot should be the violation.
coyote should really become an unprotected species like skunk and possum they already place uprotected species , coyote , racoon and fox in the same category repeatedly. Night hunting Unprotected species (as well as coyote, fox and raccoon) may be hunted without shooting hour restrictions except if hunting with a bow or crossbow
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it is a number of cartridges all very capable of taking small game
the center fire 17 hornet 17 ackey hornet 17 ackey bee 17 Remington 17 Mach IV 17-222 17-223 17 Remington fireball 20 tactical 204 ruger
rimfire 17HMR 17 HM2 17 Win super mag 17 pmc
Don’t forget the 5mm Remington Magnum, smaller caliber than 22 but more powerful than the 22 Magnum. This is a rimfire cartridge and an excellent small to medium size game cartridge. I’ve harvested many coyotes and bobcats with it while living out West. It’s sort of obsolete but from time to time there is ammo available. with all the sub 22cal rounds that do or could exist naming them for the rules is pointless. however yes there are definitely ones even I missed and I though I had them all.
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I got an email back today
thanking me for contacting the DNR Natural Resource Board and stating this
Department staff are aware of the buckshot error and are in the process of working on an expedited rule.
kind of funny they are working on an expedited rule yet my warden was told to enforce it , strange.
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I haven't contacted a warden yet, but these are some of the same questions I had when I started collecting the reg bulletins during hunting season, prepping for next year. Since all the offices are closed to the public, the customer service number is all but useless regarding regulation questions in my opinion. When I trapped and hunted (15 years ago) ... There were 4 1/2" min barrel length for small game handguns and the 17 Rem was legal for all small game. I'm not sure if that is true the way it's written today. I know I'll put up my 17 Rem against a 22lr for dispatch energy any day of the week for yotes at anything greater than 10 yards.
Anyway thanks for the heads up, guess getting some written clarification from a warden on Department letterhead would be timely at this point in time and a CYA document.
I believe that I saw in the regs the min barrel length for big game hunting was 5 1/2" muzzle to firing pin, so no snub nose revolves/compact pistols. For big game any .22 caliber centerfire or larger is legal, handgun/rifle. Gone is the 1000 ft-lb muzzle energy reg for handguns or does it still exist and just not written in the condensed bulletin?
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[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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01/19/21 05:54 PM
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Moosetrot
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This is what I sent about the 2021 Regulations:
To the Members of the Wisconsin Natural Resources Board and Secretary Preston Cole:
Several restrictions in the types of ammunition allowed for hunting in Wisconsin have appeared in the 2021 Game Regulations that have caused confusion, primarily for those of us who hunt predators and other small game in Wisconsin. I personally have received several telephone calls from hunters concerning these restrictions and their impact across the State.
There is currently a 2021 restriction on the use of buckshot, or any shot larger than T shot for hunting. I fully understand the need for this in waterfowling, however buckshot has been used for coyotes and other predators as long as I can remember. #4 buckshot and other buckshot is very efficient for Coyote and is used universally across the State, except in areas where non-toxic shot is required under regulation.
The regulations also prohibit the use of many small caliber rifles that have commonly been used for taking predators and other small game. Anything under .22 caliber is now prohibited, thus making many rifles, used for so many years by so many hunters, obsolete.
I have been involved with creation and setting regulations for many years. I can only assume that this was some type of oversight or error that placed these regulations in effect for 2021. These, hopefully erroneous regulations must be addressed as quickly as possible, as they are causing a lot of Wisconsin hunters frustration and confusion not only in the effects of these regulations on their treasured pursuits but also in the process of setting regulations with public comment.
I am requesting that the NRB, in their January 2021 meeting address and revert these regulations via Emergency Rule or whatever means possible, and correct the errors that affect so many of us across the State. This should not be something that we need to wait for the next regulation cycle.
Thank you for your consideration and fast action on this request.
Moosetrot
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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01/26/21 07:34 PM
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This is what I received as a reply from a DNR staff member in reply to my email to the NRB:
Thanks for your comments. I just wanted to point out that your statement that all calibers under .22 are now illegal is inaccurate. In fact, all minimum caliber restrictions have now been removed from administrative code. The new standard is that hunters must use a weapon or ammunition that is reasonably capable of reducing a target wild animal to their possession. We are currently working on rule-making to correct and restore allowing buckshot for furbearers.
I replied back with this:
The line that is causing the consternation and confusion is “A firearm with a caliber of at least .22” in the section titled “Reasonable equipment” It says “The following are presumed to be reasonable equipment:…”
If calibers are under .22 folks are under the impression, given the wording, they may be presumed to be unreasonable by LE, etc., or whomever made the determination that “A firearm with a caliber of at least .22” was to be the standard within the regulations. There are a ton of rifles currently being used for small game that are under the .22 caliber standard, and many folks are afraid and upset that they may be seen as “unreasonable” which brings them into the realm of being “illegal”.
I have been involved in this stuff for a long time, and even when I read it, I interpreted that anything under .22 caliber could be interpreted as being unreasonable, and thus illegal. Also, I did not see anything in there about the use of air guns (pellet guns) for use in hunting small game. Air guns are truly growing in popularity and should be addressed for hunting. Many of those are .177 caliber and under the current unclear wording in the regulation, they are also being construed by some as “illegal”.
Thanks for taking action on the buckshot issue but I truly think the small caliber(“..under .22 caliber…) rifles need to be addressed as well.
We'll see where this goes,,,
Moosetrot
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
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01/27/21 12:18 AM
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It important to understand that the 'worst written Wisconsin hunting handbook for 2020' is not the law regarding hunting. It is only suppose to be a summary. Actual regs are a conglomeration of state laws and administrative codes. I question if all of these have been gone through and modified to reflect the language in the current handbook. But who knows what our democratic governor has instructed the DNR to do???
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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01/27/21 12:41 AM
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I know fully well that the regulation booklet is a summary of laws, etc. What happened is someone's interpretation and dissemination of the regulations messed up royally in describing the types of ammunition that can be used to take game, This is a rules issue, not a legislative issue, and the the DNR, under the direction of the NRB can and apparently are already in the process of review and hopefully correction of the erroneous language in the current brochure. The brochure is what the public goes by in determining the various aspects involved in hunting in Wisconsin, and how they are to comply.
They have already acknowledged the buckshot issue and I am trying to get them to use different language concerning the size of "reasonable" cartridges for taking game. The current language is very muddy and as I read it, cartridges under .22 caliber may be interpreted as being not reasonable, and thus illegal. Too much room for erroneous LE discretion in my mind.
Moosetrot
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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01/27/21 12:41 AM
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the ladies answering phones at the Madison DNR service center told me it stated nothing under 22cal.
if they can't straiten them out how is anyone else supposed to get a strait answer.
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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01/27/21 04:03 PM
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If anyone wants to watch the discussion at the NRB meeting, you can do so at the link below. It's towards the end. https://dnrmedia.wi.gov/main/Play/d...talog=9da0bb432fd448a69d86756192a62f1721Using education instead of enforcement right now and trying to figure out the fastest way to fix. As someone that writes the rules, you would think they would already know the answer to that question. I am sorry but I have little faith in Keith Warnke. Sounds like it needs to be a emergency rule proposal. Completely off topic, but if someone from Rusk or Sawyer county wanted to try to get bear trapping legalized, watch the meeting above. That is about as good of an avenue as you can ask for. Message me if you have an interest and I will gladly try to help.
Last edited by WIMarshRAT; 01/27/21 04:30 PM.
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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02/02/21 01:37 PM
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Moosetrot, are you saying I can't use my daisy pellet gun for rabbit hunting? It has taken lots of them in the past so I think it fits the reasonable part. Probably need to stick with stationary shots though. Maybe I will need to drive a little more attention to it.
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: Moosetrot]
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02/02/21 02:13 PM
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All I can say is that your Daisy pellet gun does not fit the definition of "firearm" in the Regs. Have not delved deeply into the air/pellet guns but at first reading they appear to be not legal. It is not my word you should worry about. It is the decision of whatever Warden you encounter.
Moosetrot The dreaded warden interpretation stipulation. If only it was consistent from one warden to the next. From my experience, any rabbit hit in the head with a single pump Red Ryder BB gun will flip over dead so a pellet gun should meet the reasonable stipulation. But even then, I wonder if I have to limit myself to stationary shots at close range to ensure I have a reasonable chance of hitting in the head. So many questions and few answers. I wonder if the wardens are getting sick of fielding these calls?
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
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02/02/21 02:14 PM
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Re: WARNING WISCONSIN REGS CHANGED
[Re: GREENCOUNTYPETE]
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03/27/21 10:26 PM
03/27/21 10:26 PM
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good news I was out patterning buck shot today , I found some good stuff to 50 yards 8 inch pattern at 25 yards
Last edited by GREENCOUNTYPETE; 03/27/21 10:27 PM.
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