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.
Hunting while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
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.
Killing or crippling game without reasonable efforts to retrieve.
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 or shooting from or across a public road.
Hunting from a vehicle, plane, or boat under power.
Selling or purchasing any game species or parts thereof, except antlers, hides, and tails of legally taken deer, tails of legally taken squirrels, hides of legally trapped furbearers, and legally taken alligator products.
Use of a computer or any other device to remotely discharge a firearm for the purpose of hunting.
Use of drugs, poisons, chemicals, smoke, gas, explosives, or electronically-amplified sounds to hunt any game species.
Use of any pitfall, deadfall, snare, catch, net, live decoy, or baited hook to take game species.
Use of electronic communications equipment to aid in the pursuit of game.
Disturbing wildlife dens, holes, or homes, or driving wildlife, from their dens, holes, or homes.
Discharging a firearm within 50 yards of a public road.
Bait: corn, wheat, other grains, salts, apples, and other feed that has been placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered so as to constitute a lure, attraction, or enticement to game animals or game birds.
Hunt any game animal (except as noted below) or game bird upon, over, around, or near bait.
Hunt any area for a period of 10 days following complete removal of all bait.
Hunt any big game or feral hog over bait or place bait on any State or Federal managed lands.
Place bait in a manner that will cause hunting on an adjacent property to be prohibited.
Taking of any big game over bait is subject to a fine of $5,000 and/or imprisonment up to 12 months.
Deer may be hunted over or near any bait on private lands in all counties, provided the hunter has written permission from the landowner. It is unlawful to hunt deer over bait or place bait on any state or federally managed lands.
Feral hogs may be hunted over or near bait on private lands year round in every county provided that the bait is not placed within 50 yards of any property ownership boundary.
Placing bait for hogs may make a property (or portion of a property) un-huntable for other species, such as turkeys. Hunters are urged to communicate with others who may hunt other species on or near an area where baiting for deer or hogs is being considered.