Opinion No. Oag 30-79, (1979)

E. WAYNE WORTH, Corporation Counsel Wood County

You have requested my opinion as to whether Wood County can enact an ordinance prohibiting deer shining.

Deer shining has been defined as "directing a light into woods or fields where deer are likely to be." State v. Erickson,55 Wis.2d 150, 154, 197 N.W.2d 729 (1971).

It is well established that county boards have only such powers as are expressly granted or necessarily implied from the statutes. Dodge County v. Kaiser, 243 Wis. 551, 11 N.W.2d 348 (1943); State ex rel. Conway v. Elvod, 70 Wis.2d 448,234 N.W.2d 354 (1975). The only statutory…