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Natural Resources Board adopts wildlife spring‑hearing rule allowing trap‑checking technology, other changes
Summary
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board adopted board order WM 17‑24 to finalize changes from the 2025 wildlife management spring hearings, including standards for using technology to check traps, allowing non‑edible carcass parts to be left in the field, a uniform fall turkey season, and allowing hunters with disabled permits to hunt statewide on a
The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board on Sept. 24 voted to adopt board order WM 17‑24, the wildlife management spring‑hearing rule, after staff reported public support for several changes raised during April’s spring hearings and follow‑up outreach since the board’s June session.
The rule package covers four principal changes: allowing hunters to leave some non‑edible carcass parts in the field after field‑dressing; making fall turkey season dates uniform in Zone 6 and Zone 7; establishing minimum standards and authorization for using technology to check traps (for example remote cameras or sensors); and allowing hunters who hold disabled hunting permits to hunt statewide during the two‑day youth gun deer season. Scott Carroll, wildlife regulation policy…
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