Unlawful Activities

• Importation of any whole cervid (deer species) carcass or cervid carcass part from any state having a documented case of a cervid infected with CWD, except that the following may be imported: 1) boned-out meat; 2) commercially processed cuts of meat; 3) meat with no part of spinal column or head attached; 4) clean skull plates w/antlers attached; 5) clean antlers; 6) finished taxidermy heads; 7) clean upper canines (buglers, whistlers, ivories).
• Hunt, shoot, kill, or wound any farmed deer (e.g. elk, red deer, fallow deer, sika deer, or axis deer) or exotic wild animal (e.g. farmed deer, mouflon sheep, Barbary sheep [aoudad], antelope, etc.) held under a wild animal license for enjoyment, gain, amusement, or sport.
• Hunting while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
• Use of any pitfall, deadfall, snare, catch, trap, net, exposed salt or minerals, live decoy, or baited hook to take game species.
• Hunting or shooting from or across a public road.
• Discharging a firearm within 50 yards of a public road.
• Hunting from a vehicle, plane, or boat under power.
• Hunting without landowners’ permission, including power line, gas line, railroad and other rights-of-way. Written permission must be obtained if land is so posted.
• Use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, smoke, gas, or explosives, or electronically-amplified sounds to hunt any game species.
• Use of electronic communications equipment to aid in the pursuit of game.
• Use of a computer or any other device to remotely discharge a firearm for the purpose of hunting.
• Selling or purchasing any game species or parts thereof, except antlers, hides, and tails of legally taken deer, tails of legally taken squirrels, and legally taken alligator products.
• Disturbing wildlife dens, holes, or homes, or driving wildlife, except venomous snakes, from their dens, holes, or homes.
• Blinding wildlife with lights.
• Killing or crippling game without reasonable efforts to retrieve.
• Holding, possessing, releasing, or importing wildlife without a permit from the DNR.
• Concealing the taking or possession of wildlife (or parts) which the person in possession reasonably should have known was obtained illegally.