Photo courtesy of Carol Steinmetz of Marshfield

Hunting

Sign up

for hunter safety. Required if you were born on or after January 1, 1973.

Buy

your hunting license.

Apply

for a permit and check permit status online.

Know

the regulations.

Related links

• Mississippi River Waterfowl Surveys [exit DNR]
• Hunting Horicon National Wildlife Refuge [exit DNR]
• USFWS Division of Migratory Bird Management [exit DNR]
• Waterfowl Hunting Management in North America [exit DNR]

Harvest Information Program (HIP) Registration

As part of a national program to monitor hunter numbers and harvest, anyone hunting migratory game birds (ducks, geese, woodcock, mourning dove, snipe, rails, gallinules [moorhens] and coots) in Wisconsin is required to first obtain the Harvest Information Program (HIP) certification prior to hunting any of those species. The requirement to be HIP certified is not unique to Wisconsin. To hunt migratory game birds in any state, you will have to be first HIP certified in that state. You must be HIP registered annually and can conveniently do this when purchasing your hunting license each year free of charge.

Details about HIP certification [exit DNR]

Contact information

For information on waterfowl hunting, contact:

James Christopoulos
Assistant migratory game bird ecologist
Bureau of Wildlife Management
608-261-6458