If you're planning to hunt on tribal property, get permission from the tribe because state licenses may not be enough.

Special rules apply on tribal lands in a number of counties with reservations. That includes parts of the Oneida Reservation, Menominee Reservation and other tribal areas in Ashland, Bayfield, Forest, Iron, Oneida, Sawyer and Vilas counties.

"It depends on the tribe," said Jim Horne, the warden for western Shawano County with the state Department of Natural Resources. "You can check online or in booklets to see whether they're tribally owned or not or if they're enrolled as open managed forest lands."

Rules also can vary for tribal and nontribal members. Members of the Oneida Tribe of Indians, for example, can get a special license from the tribe that is similar to the state license, spokeswoman Bobbi Webster said.

"Our hunting season is the same, and most of the regulatory controls are similar to the state in terms of safety and registration," Webster said.

For nontribal members, the tribe offers a special lottery system in the summer to issue sportsman permits to allow them to hunt on tribal property.

These rules are similar to the separate laws governing federal lands such as national forest and national wildlife refuses.

"If you're going to hunt tribal land, you need permission," Horne said.