Assembly Bill 693 aims to create a new statute that allows for the legal exchange of deer for gift cards or gift certificates to local businesses, specifically when the deer is lawfully taken from designated farmland zones in Wisconsin. This bill exempts these transactions from existing prohibitions on the sale, purchase, barter, or trade of wild animals. The deer must be offered to a meat processing facility that agrees to process the meat and provide it to a food distribution service, which is defined as a program that supplies food to individuals with low incomes.

The bill introduces the new legal language under section 29.539 (1m) (n), detailing the conditions under which the deer can be exchanged. It specifies that the deer must be taken from the central or southern farmland zones and outlines the requirements for the meat processing facility's involvement in distributing the processed meat to food pantries. This legislation is intended to facilitate the donation of deer meat to support food assistance programs while promoting local businesses through the exchange of gift cards.