CSV.2.8.260 Wild Turkey Hunting Regulations

(a) Permit Required. No member shall hunt wild turkeys without possessing a valid small game hunting permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) Season. No member shall harvest any wild turkeys except during the open season which shall be as follows (all dates are inclusive):

(1) Fall Season: Day after Labor Day to December 31.

(2) Spring Season: Wednesday nearest April 13 for forty-two (42) consecutive days.

(A) For State Park Hunting Zones, the spring season will be limited to the first three periods, which will open on the Wednesday nearest April 13 for twenty-one (21) consecutive days.

(1) Unless a wild turkey quota system is triggered by the provisions of subs. 3(b) of this section, there shall be no limit on the number of wild turkeys available for harvest under this ordinance.

(2) The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designate, is hereby delegated the authority to implement the provisions of Section III.A.1 of the Stipulation for Technical, Management and other Updates: First Amendment of the Stipulations Incorporated into the Final Judgment [hereafter referred to in this section as "Stipulation"] entered into between the tribal and state parties in Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et al. v. State of Wisconsin, et al., Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin) regarding the implementation of a quota management system for wild turkeys.

(3) When a tribal wild turkey quota is required in a particular wild turkey management zone, the number of wild turkeys (tribal quota) which shall be available for harvest in that zone pursuant to this ordinance for each twelve month period commencing September 1 and ending August 31 shall be limited to the number established pursuant to the Chippewa Intertribal Agreement Governing Resource Management and Regulation of Off-Reservation Treaty Rights in the Ceded Territory.

(4) When a tribal wild turkey quota is required, no member shall hunt wild turkeys in any wild turkey management zone which has been closed to further wild turkey hunting pursuant to Section CSV.2.8.260(i).

(d) Bag Limit. No member shall harvest more than 3 wild turkeys per day.

(e) Wild Turkey Management Zones.

(1) The Commission's Biological Services Division Director, or his or her designee, is hereby delegated the authority to implement the provisions of Sections VII.A and VII.B.5 of the Stipulation for Technical, Management and other Updates [hereafter referred to in this section as "Stipulation"] entered into between the tribal and state parties in Lac Courte Oreilles Band, et al. v. State of Wisconsin, et al., Case No. 74-C-313 (United States District Court, Western District of Wisconsin) regarding tribal turkey management zones within the ceded territory consistent with the Stipulation's requirements.

(2) Such wild turkey management zones shall be included in the Commission's document entitled Tribal Management Units and Zones in the Wisconsin portion of the 1837 and 1842 Ceded Territories that is incorporated into this ordinance pursuant to Section CSV.2.3.270.

(f) Methods of Turkey Harvest. No member shall hunt wild turkeys:

(1) By any means other than a shotgun or muzzle-loading shotgun fired from the shoulder, or a bow and arrow or a crossbow.

(2) With the aid of recorded bird calls or sounds or electrically amplified imitations of bird calls or sounds, except when a member possesses a valid disabled hunter permit pursuant to Section CSV.2.3.320 of this ordinance.

(3) [Open].

(4) With live decoys for the purposes of enticing wild turkeys.

(g) Registration Required.

(1) A member killing a wild turkey pursuant to this ordinance shall register the wild turkey no later than 5:00 p.m. of the third working day following the killing.

(2) No member shall fail to inform the tribal registration station of the location, including the wild turkey management zone if applicable, where the animal was killed or to provide such other information as is required by the registering official.

(3) No person shall provide information to the registering official which the person knows, or has reason to know, is false or misleading.

(4) Any tribal or Commission warden authorized pursuant to Section CSV.2.4.020 to enforce the provisions of this ordinance is authorized to register wild turkeys in the field provided such warden provides all registering information to a tribal registration station no later than 5:00 p.m. of the first working day after field registration.

(h) Other Restrictions Applicable.

(1) While hunting wild turkeys, no member shall fail to comply with the other restrictions applicable to hunting generally or to small game hunting specifically, such as hunting hours, which are not modified or otherwise affected by the provisions of this section.

(2)(A) No member shall hunt wild turkeys in any area designated pursuant to Section CSV.2.8.260(h)(2)(B) as a wild turkey reintroduction area.

(B) The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designee, is hereby authorized, upon prior consultation with the Tribe, to designate certain areas within the ceded territory as wild turkey reintroduction areas in which the hunting of wild turkeys shall be prohibited.

(i) Authorization for Closure. The Commission's Biological Services Director, or his or her designee, is hereby delegated the authority to close any wild turkey management zone to turkey hunting prior to the season's closing date, provided there remains no turkeys available for harvest under this ordinance in that zone.