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WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal #7339234 08/25/21 12:44 PM 08/25/21 12:44 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,409 east central WI K k snow OP trapper
k snow OP trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,409 east central WI	For hunting fur bearers. Fourth bullet point under the what's new section.

Re: WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal [Re: k snow] #7339241 08/25/21 12:57 PM 08/25/21 12:57 PM
Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,409 east central WI K k snow OP trapper
k snow OP trapper K Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 6,409 east central WI	And they removed specific caliber references from "reasonable equipment", guess that means we can .17s again.

Re: WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal [Re: k snow] #7339242 08/25/21 12:58 PM 08/25/21 12:58 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,377 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 16,377 Iowa	Looks like some changes for the better. I've shot a few coyotes with #4 buck in 12ga., it does a fine job.

Re: WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal [Re: k snow] #7339325 08/25/21 02:59 PM 08/25/21 02:59 PM
Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,804 WI WIMarshRAT trapper
WIMarshRAT trapper Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 2,804 WI	We can thank folks like Senator Rob Stafsholt for getting that fixed quickly. When the gov agency couldn't give an answer on fasted way to fix their mistake, they stepped up with a legislation fix. Last edited by WIMarshRAT; 08/25/21 03:00 PM. Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass...it's about learning to dance in the rain!

Re: WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal [Re: WIMarshRAT] #7340451 08/26/21 09:49 PM 08/26/21 09:49 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,094 WI - Wisconsin A AJE trapper
AJE trapper A Joined: Jan 2016 Posts: 10,094 WI - Wisconsin	Originally Posted by WIMarshRAT We can thank folks like Senator Rob Stafsholt for getting that fixed quickly. When the gov agency couldn't give an answer on fasted way to fix their mistake, they stepped up with a legislation fix. That, and all of us who reached out to our representatives to get this fixed. A nice team effort.

Re: WI hunting reg's out - buckshot legal [Re: k snow] #7340480 08/26/21 10:17 PM 08/26/21 10:17 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,587 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 18,587 Green County Wisconsin	the Legislature addressed the buck shot and all shot size https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2021/related/acts/16 it goes further the DNR can no longer prohibit you from carrying any shot size while hunting fur bearers during the open season. the DNR had no choice in it as to the 17cal my warden had been unable to issue an unreasonable equipment , for a poacher that used a .17 on a deer because it worked perfectly so he was cool with us using 17hmr on small game and 17 center-fire on coyote , it was the ladies at the service center who couldn't get past the suggestions. now they make no suggestion what reasonable equipment is so any thing that works , is reasonable. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

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