Registration of game

Registration of game. (1) Requirements for registration apply to all of the following species: (a) Bear. (b) Deer. (c) Elk. (d) Sharp-tailed grouse. (e) Wild turkey. (f) Bobcat. (g) Fisher. (h) Otter. (i) Wolf. (2) Registration timeline. (a) No person who harvests any of the species identified in sub. (1) (a) to (h) may fail to register the animal, using a telephone, Internet, or other registration system established by the department, before 5:00 p.m. of the day after the animal was recovered. (b) No person who harvests a wolf may fail to register the wolf, using a telephone, Internet, or other registration system established by the department, within 8 hours after the wolf is recovered. (3) No person may move any of the species identified in this section from the county of kill or an adjoining county, at any time, unless registration has been completed under sub. (2) . (4) Registration prohibition. No person may register any game under the authority of an issued harvest authorization or tag unless the reported harvest authorization or tag was the approval that authorized the harvest. Providing false information to the department during registration and obtaining a registration confirmation number approval is a violation of s. 29.961 , Stats. Any harvest authorization or tag submitted to the registration system is considered filled and is no longer valid, regardless of whether such authorization or tag was actually the approval that authorized the harvest.