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

• About 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]

Are you Registered for HIP?

Where to look: License Document

What to do: Log In>Reprint Documents>check box License document>Reprint selected

What to look for:

You're not registered for HIP?

What to do: Log In> Buy Licenses>HIP ($0)>Check out

NOTE: If you don’t see it available thru ‘Buy Licenses’ it is because you are already have it on your account and can see it through your current licenses.

Contact information

For information on waterfowl hunting, contact:

Trenton Rohrer
Assistant migratory game bird ecologist
Bureau of Wildlife Management
608-2616458