How do I register?
- Submit a completed application along with applicable fees to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to register your herd.
- Submit a completed application, free of charge, to the
Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium (WLIC) to register your premises.
- If you wish to move live deer, other than to slaughter, you must also enroll in the CWD
Herd Status Program.
- If you wish to allow hunting of the herd, you must apply for a
hunting preserve certificate.
What are the requirements for keeping farm-raised deer in Wisconsin?
You are required to:
- Register as a farm-raised deer keeper with DATCP every year (registration expires March 15).
- Register your farm, free of charge, as a livestock premises every three years.
- Allow DATCP staff access to your herd for disease testing and inspection upon request.
- Test farm-raised deer for CWD (see below)
- Report any escapes to DATCP and to your local Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) warden within 24 hours
- Obtain a
DNR fencing certificate if whitetail deer are in the registered herd. See:
- For non-whitetail deer fencing requirements:
You must
not:
- Add any wild deer into your herd.
- Allow hunting of the herd without an approved hunting ranch certificate from DATCP.
- Move dead deer (whole or part) from your premises without official ID or a dead tag number attached to each piece of the carcass and recorded in your records.
- Commingle farm-raised deer and bovine unless all animals go directly to slaughter or both bovine and farm-raised deer herds are certified accredited tuberculosis-free or are tuberculosis (TB) qualified and have individual animal testing.
- Intentionally release farm-raised deer.
- Take no action to prevent escapes.
- Feed or bait in a manner that may attract wild deer to the farm-raised deer fence.
What are the fees to register my herd?
15 or fewer deer not enrolled in the CWD Herd Status Program that only move to slaughter
| $135
|
15 or fewer deer enrolled in the CWD Herd Status Program
| $255
|
More than 15 deer
| $510
|
What are the requirements for moving deer within Wisconsin?
See Moving Deer and Other Cervids Within Wisconsin for more information. Herds that are Interstate Certified should also review Interstate Certification standards for adding animals.
What are the requirements for moving deer to slaughter?
Farm-raised deer may be moved live to slaughter without meeting the above movement requirements if the deer is:
What are the requirements for importing deer into Wisconsin?
To move farm-raised deer into Wisconsin, you must register your herd and ensure the following is submitted to DATCP:
- An import permit application (most often completed by the seller).
- A CVI completed by the seller’s herd veterinarian that indicates compliance with import testing requirements for TB, brucellosis, appropriate CWD status, and official individual identification of each farm-raised deer. See the cervid movement page for more details.
What are the requirements for exporting deer from Wisconsin?
To move FRD out of Wisconsin, check with the state of destination for import requirements. To qualify for out of state movement that requires CWD Herd Status by the USDA, cervids must reside in a WI Interstate Certified Herd.
When do I have to test for CWD?
See the
CWD testing requirements page.
What herd records must be kept?
See the
record keeping requirements page.
Does my herd need to be double-fenced?
In order to continue enrollment in the CWD Status Program and meet the CVI requirements of ATCP 10.56(4), a herd within five miles of at least two wild deer found or killed that have tested positive for CWD must be enclosed by a double protective barrier. See Wis. Admin. Code §ATCP 10.58.