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97A.435 TURKEY LICENSES; APPLICATION AND ELIGIBILITY.
The commissioner shall include in rules setting turkey seasons the methods for issuing licenses for those seasons.
Persons eligible for a turkey license shall be determined by this section and commissioner's rule.
An application for a turkey license must be on a form provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee. A person may not make more than one application for each season. If a person makes more than one application the person is ineligible for a license for that season after determination by the commissioner, without a hearing.
(a) The commissioner may conduct a separate selection for up to 20 percent of the turkey licenses to be issued for any area. Only persons who are owners or tenants of and who live on at least 40 acres of land in the permit area, and their family members who live on the qualifying land, are eligible applicants for turkey licenses for the separate selection. The qualifying land may be noncontiguous. Persons who are unsuccessful in a separate selection must be included in the selection for the remaining licenses. Persons who obtain a license in a separate selection must allow public turkey hunting on their land during that turkey season. A license issued under this subdivision is restricted to the permit area where the qualifying land is located.
(b) The commissioner may by rule establish criteria for determining eligible family members under this subdivision.
[Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 70]
97C.815 COMMERCIAL FISHING AREAS.
The commissioner shall specify inland commercial fishing areas, taking into account the amount, size, and proximity of waters specified, the species to be removed, and the type and quantity of fishing gear and equipment necessary to provide an adequate removal effort. The commissioner may change inland commercial fishing area boundaries by rule prior to a new licensing period.
(a) The commissioner shall assign licensed inland commercial fishing operators to commercial fishing areas and each operator is obligated to fish in the area that the commissioner has assigned to them. The commissioner's assignment is valid as long as the assigned operator continues to purchase a license, continues to provide an adequate removal effort in a good and professional manner, and is not convicted of two or more violations of laws or rules governing inland commercial fishing operations during any one license period. In the operator assignment, the commissioner shall consider the proximity of the operator to the area, the type and quantity of fish gear and equipment possessed, knowledge of the affected waters, and general ability to perform the work well.
(b) Area assignments must not restrict permits and contracts that the commissioner issues to governmental subdivisions and their subcontractors for invasive species control.
If an area is not assigned, or the operator licensed for the area is not fishing that area, the commissioner may issue a special inland commercial fishing permit for the area. The permit may be issued to an individual holding a valid inland commercial fishing license. The permit must describe the specific waters involved, the county, the species to be removed, the equipment to be used, and the time period of the total operation.
The commissioner shall consult with representatives of the Inland Commercial Fishing Trade Association when disagreements arise in the areas of license issuance, problems with performance pursuant to the license, transfers of licenses, area assignments, and the entry of new commercial fishing operators into the inland commercial fishery.
97A.438 RELEASING WILD TURKEYS; PERMIT REQUIRED.
A person may not release a wild turkey or wild-turkey hybrid without a permit from the commissioner.
97C.825 LAKE OF THE WOODS AND RAINY LAKE FISHING.
The commissioner may not issue a new commercial fishing license that allows netting of game fish on Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake.
The following rules and restrictions shall apply to all commercial fishing operations conducted in Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake unless otherwise changed by rule of the commissioner under authority of section 97A.045, subdivision 4:
(1) Any fish, except largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rock bass, muskellunge, crappies, sturgeon, and sunfish, may be taken subject to all other restrictions contained in the game and fish laws.
(2) Pound net mesh and staked trap net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than four inches stretch measure in the pound or crib.
(3) Gill net mesh may not be less than four inches stretch measure, and may not be more than 30 meshes in width.
(4) Fyke net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than four inches stretch measure in the pot or crib. Fyke nets may not have a hoop or opening more than six feet in height, wings more than 100 feet in length, nor a lead more than 400 feet in length.
(5) Submerged trap net mesh may not be less than 2-1/2 inches nor more than three inches stretch measure in the heart, pot, or crib. A submerged trap net may not have a pot or crib exceeding 150 square feet in area, a lead exceeding 300 feet in length, nor a pot or lead exceeding 12 feet in depth.
A person may not operate more than six pound nets, 4,000 feet of gill nets, eight submerged trap nets, ten fyke or staked trap nets, or one pound net station.
Nets may only be set at a place consented to by the commissioner.
(a) The maximum amount of nets permitted to be licensed shall be:
(1) in Lake of the Woods, 50-pound nets, 160 submerged trap nets, and 80 fyke or staked trap nets; and
(2) in Rainy Lake, 20-pound nets.
(b) Commercial fishing may be prohibited in the Minnesota portions of international waters when it is prohibited in the international waters by Canadian authorities.
[Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52]
[Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52]
[Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52]
[Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52]
The commissioner may require a person licensed to take fish for commercial purposes in the waters covered by this section to take eggs for propagation purposes when it can be done in connection with the licensed commercial fishing. The eggs must be taken under rules prescribed by the commissioner.
97B.655 TAKING ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE.
(a) A person or the person's agent may take bats, snakes, salamanders, lizards, weasel, mink, squirrel, rabbit, hare, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver on land owned or occupied by the person where the animal is causing damage. The person or the person's agent may take the animal without a license and in any manner except by artificial lights in the closed season or by poison. Raccoons may be taken under this subdivision with artificial lights during open season.
(b) Any traps used under this subdivision must be tagged as required under section 97B.928 if placed by an agent of the landowner or occupant.
(c) A person or the person's agent who kills mink, raccoon, bobcat, fox, opossum, muskrat, or beaver under this subdivision must notify a conservation officer or employee of the Fish and Wildlife Division within 24 hours after the animal is killed.
(a) The commissioner may issue special permits under section 97A.401, subdivision 5, to take protected wild animals that are damaging property or to remove or destroy their dens, nests, or houses.
(b) Removing or destroying a beaver dam associated with beavers causing damage must be according to section 97B.665.
97B.657 TAKING WILD ANIMALS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
A licensed peace officer may, at any time, take any protected wild animal that is posing an immediate threat to public safety. A peace officer who destroys a protected wild animal under this section must protect all evidence and report the taking to a conservation officer as soon as practicable, but no later than 48 hours after the animal is destroyed.
97A.445 EXEMPTIONS FROM LICENSE REQUIREMENT.
(a) A resident age 16 years or older may take fish by angling without an angling license and may take fish by spearing from a dark house without a spearing license and without a fish house or dark house license during one three-day consecutive period of the open-water angling season and one three-day consecutive period of the ice angling season designated by the commissioner if the resident is accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The commissioner may, by written order published in the State Register, establish the three-day consecutive periods. The written order is not subject to the rulemaking provisions of chapter 14 and section 14.386 does not apply.
(b) The commissioner may designate and publicize the three-day periods as "Take a Kid Fishing Weekend" for the open-water angling season and "Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend" for the ice angling season. The commissioner shall announce the date of each three-day weekend at least 30 days in advance of the date it occurs.
(a) A resident may take fish by angling without an angling license:
(1) when shore fishing or wading on state-owned land within a state park; or
(2) when angling from a boat or float or through the ice on water bodies completely encompassed within the statutory boundary of the state park.
(b) The exemption from an angling license does not apply to waters where a trout stamp is required.
A license is not required to take fish by angling with the written consent of the superintendent or chief executive of the institution for the following persons:
(1) a resident of a state hospital;
(2) a patient of a United States Veterans Administration hospital;
(3) an inmate of a state correctional facility;
(4) a resident of a licensed nursing or boarding care home, a person who is enrolled in and regularly participates in an adult day care program or other similar organized activity sponsored by a licensed nursing or boarding care home, or a resident of a licensed board and lodging facility; and
(5) a resident of a drug or alcohol residential treatment program under the age of 20.
[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
Any mother who is a resident of Minnesota may take fish by angling without a license during the Saturday and Sunday of the angling season that coincides with Mother's Day. The commissioner shall publicize the Saturday and Sunday as "Take a Mom Fishing Weekend."
A resident over age 18 may take small game by hunting without a license during one Saturday and Sunday of the small-game-hunting season designated by rule of the commissioner if accompanied by a child who is under age 16. The commissioner shall publicize the Saturday and Sunday as "Take a Kid Hunting Weekend."
In the event of a disruption in the availability of hunting and angling licenses, the commissioner may publish in the State Register a notice that exempts residents and nonresidents from requirements to possess a license to take game or fish.
[See Note.]
97C.831 NAMAKAN AND SAND POINT LAKES; COMMERCIAL FISHING.
Lake whitefish, common carp, and native rough fish may be taken by licensed commercial fishing operators unless otherwise changed by rule of the commissioner, under section 97C.805, subdivision 1, from Namakan Lake and Sand Point Lake.
Gill nets may not be used in Sand Point Lake.
The maximum amount of nets permitted to be licensed in Sand Point Lake shall be 12 pound, fyke, or submerged trap nets.
The maximum amount of nets that may be licensed in Namakan Lake shall be (1) 7,000 feet of gill net, with a mesh not less than four inches stretch measure, and (2) 12 pound, fyke, or submerged trap nets.
97B.661 REMOVING BEAVER FROM STATE LANDS.
The commissioner may remove beaver at state expense from state land if the county board where the land is located adopts a resolution requesting the removal.
97B.665 BEAVER DAMS; THREATS TO SAFETY OR PROPERTY.
[Repealed, 2010 c 361 art 4 s 83]
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b), a beaver dam that is causing damage to property may be removed or destroyed by a person or the person's agent from property that is owned, occupied, or otherwise managed by the person.
(b) A person or a person's agent may not remove or destroy a beaver dam under this subdivision when a permit is required under section 103G.245 if removing or destroying the dam would change or diminish the historical water levels, course, current, or cross section of public waters.
(c) A person or a person's agent may not remove or destroy a beaver dam under this subdivision if the dam is on public property or another person's private property unless the person obtains the approval or permission of the landowner of the property where the beaver dam is located.
(d) If unable to obtain the approval or permission of the landowner under paragraph (c), a person may petition to district court for relief as provided in subdivision 2.
(e) For purposes of this subdivision:
(1) "landowner" means:
(i) the owner, lessee, or occupant of private property; or
(ii) an authorized manager of public property; and
(2) "person" includes a governmental entity in addition to the entities described under section 97A.015, subdivision 35.
If a beaver dam causes a threat to personal safety or a serious threat to damage property, a person may petition the district court for relief. The court may order the owners of private property where beaver dams are located to take action to reduce the threat. A permit is not required for an action ordered by the court. The action may include destruction or alteration of beaver dams and removal of beaver. This subdivision does not apply to state parks, state game refuges, and federal game refuges.
97A.455 NONRESIDENT STUDENTS; FISHING, SMALL GAME, AND BIG GAME.
(a) A nonresident that is a full-time student at an educational institution in the state and resides in the state during the school year may obtain a resident license to take fish, small game, or big game, except moose, by providing proof of student status and residence as prescribed by the commissioner.
(b) A nonresident that is a full-time foreign exchange student at a high school in the state and resides with persons in the state may obtain a resident license to take big game, except moose, by providing proof of foreign exchange student status as prescribed by the commissioner.
97C.836 LAKE SUPERIOR LAKE TROUT; EXPANDED ASSESSMENT HARVEST.
The commissioner shall provide for taking of lake trout by licensed commercial operators in Lake Superior management zones MN-3 and MN-2 for expanded assessment and sale. The commissioner shall authorize expanded assessment taking and sale of lake trout in Lake Superior management zone MN-3 beginning annually in 2007 and zone MN-2 beginning annually in 2010. Total assessment taking and sale may not exceed 3,000 lake trout in zone MN-3 and 2,000 lake trout in zone MN-2 and may be reduced when necessary to protect the lake trout population or to manage the effects of invasive species or fish disease. Taking lake trout for expanded assessment and sale shall be allowed from June 1 through September 30, but may end earlier in the respective zones if the quotas are reached. The quotas must be reassessed at the expiration of the current ten-year Fisheries Management Plan for the Minnesota Waters of Lake Superior.
97B.667 REMOVING BEAVERS, BEAVER DAMS, AND LODGES; ROAD AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS.
(a) When a drainage watercourse is impaired by a beaver dam and the water damages or threatens to damage a public road, the road authority, as defined in section 160.02, subdivision 25, may remove the impairment and any associated beaver lodge within 300 feet of the road.
(b) The road authority may kill beaver associated with the lodge or damage in any manner, except by poison or artificial lights.
(c) The road authority may arrange to have killed any beaver associated with the lodge by trapping through a third-party contract or under subdivision 4.
(a) Government units may, as provided in this section, kill or arrange to have killed beaver that are causing damage, including damage to silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, on property owned or managed by the government unit. Removing or destroying any associated beaver lodge is subject to section 97A.401, subdivision 5, and removing or destroying any associated beaver dam is subject to section 97B.665.
(b) The government unit may kill beaver associated with the lodge or damage in any manner, except by poison or artificial lights.
(c) The government unit may arrange to have killed any beaver associated with the lodge or damage by trapping through a third-party contract or under subdivision 4.
(a) Before killing or arranging to kill a beaver under this section, the road authority or government unit must contact a conservation officer for a special beaver permit if the beaver will be killed within two weeks before or after the trapping season for beaver, and the conservation officer must issue the permit for any beaver subject to this section. A permit is not required:
(1) for a licensed trapper during the open trapping season for beaver; or
(2) when the trapping season for beaver is closed and it is not within two weeks before or after the trapping season for beaver.
(b) A road authority or government unit that kills or arranges to have killed a beaver under this section must notify a conservation officer or employee of the Fish and Wildlife Division within ten days after the animal is killed.
(c) Unless otherwise directed by a conservation officer, the road authority, local government unit, the landowner, or their agent may dispose of or retain beaver killed under this section. Human consumption of a retained beaver is prohibited.
(a) A road authority or government unit may, after consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Division, implement a beaver control program designed to reduce the number of incidents of beaver:
(1) interfering with or damaging a public road; or
(2) causing damage, including damage to silvicultural projects and drainage ditches, on property owned or managed by the government unit.
(b) The control program may include offering a bounty to lawfully take beaver.
Traps used under subdivision 1 or 2 must be identified with tags provided by the local unit of government that include the name and telephone number of the government unit. Traps used for trapping under a third-party contract must be tagged with the contractor's information as provided in section 97B.928.
97C.841 APPRENTICE LICENSE.
(a) A person with a commercial fishing license may list one person as an apprentice on the license. A person acting as an apprentice for a commercial fishing licensee must have an apprentice license. The commercial fishing licensee or the apprentice listed on the license must be present at all commercial fishing operations including going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets. A person possessing an angling license may assist the holder of a master's or apprentice license in going to and from fishing locations, or in setting or lifting nets, or removing fish from nets.
(b) An apprentice license is transferable to another by the holder of a master's license applying to the commissioner.
97B.668 ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE.
Notwithstanding sections 97B.091 and 97B.805, subdivisions 1 and 2, a person or agent of that person on lands and nonpublic waters owned or operated by the person may nonlethally scare, haze, chase, or harass game birds that are causing property damage or to protect a disease risk at any time or place that a hunting season for the game birds is not open. This section does not apply to public waters as defined under section 103G.005, subdivision 15. This section does not apply to migratory waterfowl on nests and other federally protected game birds on nests, except ducks and geese on nests when a permit is obtained under section 97A.401.
(a) Notwithstanding section 97B.091, a property owner, the property owner's immediate family member, or an agent of the property owner may nonlethally scare, haze, chase, or harass deer or elk that are causing damage to agricultural crops that are propagated under generally accepted agricultural practices.
(b) Paragraph (a) applies only:
(1) in the immediate area of the crop damage; and
(2) during the closed season for taking deer or elk.
(c) Paragraph (a) does not allow:
(1) using poisons;
(2) using dogs;
(3) conduct that drives a deer or elk to the point of exhaustion;
(4) activities that require a permit under section 97A.401; or
(5) conduct that causes the death of or that is likely to cause the death of a deer or elk.
(d) A property owner or the owner's agent must report the death of a deer or elk to staff in the Division of Fish and Wildlife within 24 hours of the death if the death resulted from actions taken under paragraph (a).
97A.461 NONRESIDENT LICENSES FOR BOUNDARY WATER HUNTING OR FISHING.
Licenses to take fish or small game in or on boundary waters may be granted to nonresidents upon the same terms and conditions as licenses granted by the adjacent state or province to nonresidents of the adjacent state or province for those boundary waters. The fees for a license granted by this state may not be less than the fees for a corresponding resident license.
97C.843 POSSESSION FOR COMMERCIAL NETTING.
When commercial nets, seines, bags, or cribs are lawfully set and tended, incidentally taken fish not included in the license are not considered in possession if they are returned to the water or if they are tagged in accordance with section 97C.835 before they are placed on a motor vehicle or trailer for transport on land.
97A.471 NONRESIDENT COURTESY LICENSES.
The commissioner may issue a courtesy nonresident license to take game or fish without charge to a game and fish or conservation employee of another state or of the United States that is in the state to assist or cooperate with the commissioner.
The commissioner may issue a nonresident courtesy license to take game or fish without charge to an official of another state, the United States, or foreign country and to a representative of a conservation organization or publication that is in the state as a guest of the governor or commissioner.
This section does not apply to taking moose or elk.
97B.701 PROTECTED BIRDS.
Protected birds, their nests, and their eggs may be taken only as authorized under the game and fish laws.
A person may not take protected birds:
(1) with a trap, net, or snare;
(2) using bird lime;
(3) with a swivel or set gun;
(4) by dragging a rope, wire, or other device across a field; or
(5) by using fire.
Released bobwhite quail may be recaptured without a license. In Houston, Fillmore, and Winona Counties, this subdivision applies only to birds that are banded or otherwise marked.
A person who is authorized to take a great horned owl under a federal permit does not need a state permit to take a great horned owl.
97A.472 PLACE OF SALE OF NONRESIDENT LICENSES; RESTRICTION.
The commissioner shall not sell or issue in any place outside this state a nonresident license to take fish in this state.
97C.845 INTERFERENCE WITH COMMERCIAL FISHING.
A person may not:
(1) knowingly place or maintain an obstruction that will hinder, prevent, or interfere with a licensed commercial fishing operation;
(2) remove fish from nets licensed under the game and fish laws; or
(3) knowingly damage, disturb, or interfere with commercial fishing nets.
97B.705 RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS.
(a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold trap mounted on a pole, post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the ground.
(b) A person that has a permit to take great horned owls issued under United States Code, title 16, section 704, may trap great horned owls from April 1 to October 15 if the person has a game farm license or is the owner or operator of a poultry farm. The trap must be a padded jaw trap mounted at a height so that the trapped owl may rest on the ground. The trap must be tended at least twice daily. Uninjured birds shall be released alive and injured birds shall receive appropriate veterinary treatment.
97C.855 UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKE AND NETT LAKE; TRANSPORTATION, SALE, AND DISPOSAL.
The commissioner may, by rule, allow the transportation, sale, and disposal of fish taken within the Red Lake Indian Reservation on Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake and from waters within the Nett Lake Indian Reservation also known as Bois Forte Indian Reservation.
97C.851 COMMERCIAL FISHING IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS; RESORT OWNERS.
A license to buy or sell fish or to take fish commercially in international waters extending from Pigeon Point West to the North Dakota boundary line may not be issued to a person engaged in the business of conducting a summer resort, or to a member of the person's household or to an employee of the person.
97C.861 FISH VENDORS; REQUIREMENTS.
A person may not sell fish with the use of a motor vehicle without a fish vendor's license.
(a) A licensed fish vendor or the vendor's employee may not misrepresent a species of fish to be sold. If a licensed fish vendor or employee of the fish vendor is convicted of misrepresenting a species of fish that is sold, the license shall be revoked, and the licensee is not eligible to obtain a fish vendor's license for one year after revocation.
(b) Misrepresentation includes the designation of fish by a name other than its common name in:
(1) the state; and
(2) in the locality where it was taken if it is not generally known by any common name in the state.
97A.4742 LIFETIME FISH AND WILDLIFE TRUST FUND.
The lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund is established as a fund in the state treasury. All money received from the issuance of lifetime angling, spearing, angling and spearing, small-game hunting, deer hunting, sporting, and sporting with spearing option licenses and earnings on the fund shall be credited to the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund.
Money in the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund shall be invested by the State Investment Board to secure the maximum return consistent with the maintenance of the perpetuity of the fund. The income received and accruing from investments of the fund shall be deposited in the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund. Each year the commissioner of management and budget shall transfer from the lifetime fish and wildlife trust fund to the game and fish fund an amount equal to the amount that would otherwise have been collected from annual license fees for each lifetime license. Surcharge amounts shall be transferred based on sections 97A.071, subdivision 2, and 97A.075, subdivision 1.
[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
[Repealed, 2012 c 272 s 98]
97B.715 PHEASANTS.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not hunt pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation.
(b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:
(1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age 65;
(2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves;
(3) resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and
(4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16).
[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
A person may not take pheasants between the evening time that the commissioner establishes by rule and 9:00 a.m.
97A.474 NONRESIDENT LIFETIME LICENSES.
(a) The commissioner may issue a lifetime angling license or a lifetime small-game-hunting license to a nonresident. The license fees paid for a lifetime license are nonrefundable.
(b) The commissioner may require the holder of a lifetime license issued under this section to notify the department each year that the license is used, by:
(1) telephone or Internet notification, as specified by the commissioner; or
(2) the purchase of stamps for the license.
(a) A nonresident lifetime angling license authorizes a person to take fish by angling in the state. The license authorizes those activities authorized by the annual nonresident angling license. The license does not include a trout-and-salmon stamp validation, a walleye stamp validation, or other stamps required by law.
(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime angling license are:
(1) age 3 and under, $821;
(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,046;
(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,191; and
(4) age 51 and over, $794.
(a) A nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license authorizes a person to hunt small game in the state. The license authorizes those hunting activities authorized by the annual nonresident small-game-hunting license. The license does not include any hunting stamps required by law.
(b) The fees for a nonresident lifetime small-game-hunting license are:
(1) age 3 and under, $947;
(2) age 4 to age 15, $1,280;
(3) age 16 to age 50, $1,633; and
(4) age 51 and over, $1,083.
[See Note.]
97C.871 CRAYFISH.
The commissioner may adopt rules, including record-keeping requirements, for taking, importing, buying, selling, possessing, and transporting crayfish.
97B.716 PRAIRIE CHICKENS.
A person may not take a prairie chicken without a prairie-chicken license.
The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the registration of prairie chickens.
[See Note.]
The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select persons eligible to take prairie chickens in an area. Preference must be given to persons who have previously applied in the general selection but have not been selected.
97A.481 LICENSE APPLICATIONS; PENALTY.
All information required on a license application form must be furnished. The applicant is subject to the penalty prescribed in section 97A.301, subdivision 1, clause (5).
97B.721 LICENSE REQUIRED TO TAKE TURKEY; REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license.
(b) An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed wild-turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or possess a firearm or bow while assisting a hunter under this paragraph and may not charge a fee for the assistance.
(c) The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the validation and registration of turkeys.
97C.865 FISH PACKERS.
(a) A person engaged in a business providing services to a person taking fish may not prepare dressed game fish or dressed native rough fish for shipment without a fish packer's license. The fish packer must maintain a permanent record of:
(1) the name, address, and license number of the shipper;
(2) the name and address of the consignee; and
(3) the number of each species and net weight of fish in the shipment.
(b) The records of the fish packer must be made available to an enforcement officer upon request.
The commissioner may adopt rules establishing requirements for labeling and packing fish under a fish packer's license. The commissioner shall require only the license number of the fish packer, the name and license number of the angler or person who lawfully possesses the fish, the name of the lake on which the fish were caught, the species of fish, and the number of fish to appear on a label. The commissioner must not allow sauger to be labeled as walleye.
97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.
(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:
(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or
(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted by the commissioner.
(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with section 624.714.
(c) For hunting turkeys, "legal firearm" means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10 gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.
97A.482 LICENSE APPLICATIONS; COLLECTING SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.
(a) All applicants for individual noncommercial game and fish licenses under this chapter and chapters 97B and 97C must include the applicant's Social Security number on the license application. If an applicant does not have a Social Security number, the applicant must certify that the applicant does not have a Social Security number.
(b) The Social Security numbers collected by the commissioner on game and fish license applications are private data under section 13.355, subdivision 1, and must be provided by the commissioner to the commissioner of children, youth, and families for child support enforcement purposes. Title IV-D of the Social Security Act, United States Code, title 42, section 666(a)(13), requires the collection of Social Security numbers on game and fish license applications for child support enforcement purposes.
97B.725 GUIDING HUNTERS.
A person may not guide turkey hunters for compensation.
97B.723 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF TURKEY HUNTERS.
The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select persons eligible to take turkeys in an area. Preference must be given to persons that have previously applied in the general selection but have not been selected.
97A.502 DEER KILLED BY MOTOR VEHICLES.
(a) Deer killed by a motor vehicle on a public road must be removed by the road authority, as defined by section 160.02, subdivision 25, unless the driver of the motor vehicle is allowed to possess the deer under paragraph (b).
(b) The driver of a motor vehicle that has collided with and killed a deer on a public road has priority for a possession permit for the entire deer if the facts indicate that the deer was not taken illegally.
97A.501 WILD ANIMALS; GENERAL RESTRICTIONS.
A person may not take, buy, sell, transport, or possess a protected wild animal unless allowed by the game and fish laws. The ownership of all wild animals is in the state, unless the wild animal has been lawfully acquired under the game and fish laws. The ownership of a wild animal that is lawfully acquired reverts to the state if a law relating to sale, transportation, or possession of the wild animal is violated.
A person may not take, import, transport, or sell an endangered species of wild animal, or sell, or possess with intent to sell an article made from the parts of a wild animal, except as provided in section 84.0895.
(a) A person may not administer contraceptive chemicals to noncaptive wild animals without a permit issued by the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner shall adopt rules establishing standards and guidelines for the administration of contraceptive chemicals to noncaptive wild animals. The rules may specify chemical delivery methods and devices and monitoring requirements.
97B.731 MIGRATORY BIRDS.
(a) Migratory game birds may be taken and possessed. A person may not take, buy, sell, possess, transport, or ship migratory game birds in violation of federal law.
(b) The commissioner shall prescribe seasons, limits, and areas for migratory birds in accordance with federal law.
[Repealed, 2004 c 215 s 38]
The commissioner shall prescribe a 124-day open season and restrictions for taking crows. The open season may not be shorter than the maximum season allowed under federal law. The remainder of the year crows may be taken as allowed by federal law.
97A.505 POSSESSING WILD ANIMALS.
[Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54]
(a) A person may not possess a wild animal that has been unlawfully taken, bought, sold, or possessed outside the state, or unlawfully shipped into the state.
(b) When entering the state from Canada, a person who possesses fish that were unlawfully taken or possessed under paragraph (a) may be charged in the same manner as for possessing fish that were unlawfully taken or possessed in the state.
[Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54]
Wild animals lawfully taken, bought, sold, or possessed outside the state may be brought or shipped into the state unless otherwise provided by law.
Wild animals taken and tagged on the Red Lake Reservation lands in accordance with the Red Lake Band's Conservation Code and all applicable federal law are considered lawfully taken and possessed under state law. Possessing wild animals harvested under this subdivision is in addition to any state limits.
A person that stores protected wild animals for others must plainly mark the package, in ink, with the name and address of the owner, the license number of the person taking the animal, and the number and species in the package.
Lawfully taken protected wild animals may be transferred by gift. A person is not required to have a license to possess and transport protected wild animals acquired by gift.
[Repealed, 1987 c 149 art 1 s 54]
This section does not apply to mounted specimens of wild animals, antlers, tanned hides, and dressed furs lawfully taken.
(a) Importing Cervidae carcasses procured by any means into Minnesota is prohibited except for:
(1) cut and wrapped meat;
(2) quarters or other portions of meat with no part of the spinal column or head attached;
(3) antlers, hides, or teeth;
(4) if cleaned of all brain tissue, antlers attached to skull caps or whole skulls; and
(5) finished taxidermy mounts.
(b) Cervidae carcasses originating from outside Minnesota may be transported on a direct route through the state by nonresidents.
(c) Heads from cervids with or without the cape and neck attached that originate from outside Minnesota may be transported into Minnesota only if they are delivered to a licensed taxidermist within 48 hours of entering Minnesota.
A person may not possess live Cervidae, except as authorized in sections 17.452, 35.153, and 35.155 or 97A.401.
97B.735 SWANS.
A person who takes, harasses, destroys, buys, sells, possesses, transports, or ships a native swan in violation of the game and fish laws is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.
97A.510 GAME FOR CONSUMPTION AT FUNDRAISING EVENTS.
(a) Nonprofit organizations may charge a fee for admission to fundraising events when lawfully taken and possessed game, excluding migratory game birds, as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 50, section 20.11, that cannot be sold under federal law, is donated to the organization and is served for consumption on the premises where the fundraising event is held.
(b) Game donated to the nonprofit organization must be marked as provided in section 97A.505, subdivision 4. The game donated to a nonprofit organization and stored by the organization is considered to be in the possession of the person making the donation, and is subject to inspection as provided in section 97A.215, subdivision 1. As provided in section 97A.505, subdivision 5, a license is not required for the nonprofit organization to possess or transport the donated game.
(c) The nonprofit organization must keep records of the game donated to the organization, and the records must be available for inspection for two years from the date of the fundraising event. The records must show:
(1) the names and addresses of persons donating the game;
(2) the license number or possession permit number under which the game was lawfully taken or possessed; and
(3) the date, location, and purpose of the fundraising event that utilized the donation.
97A.511 FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
The skins of fur-bearing animals and the flesh of beaver, muskrat, raccoon, rabbits and hares, legally taken and bearing the required seals or tags required by the game and fish laws, may be bought, sold, and transported at any time.
97A.512 SALE OF INEDIBLE PORTIONS OF BIG GAME ANIMALS, FUR-BEARING ANIMALS, FISH, AND GAME BIRDS OTHER THAN MIGRATORY WATERFOWL.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by the game and fish laws and as restricted in this section, a person may possess, transport, buy, or sell the following inedible portions of lawfully taken or acquired big game animals, fur-bearing animals, fish, and game birds other than migratory waterfowl: bones, including skulls; sinews; adipose tissue, hides, and skins; hooves; teeth; claws; and antlers.
(b) A person may not buy or sell bear paws, unless attached to the hide, or bear gallbladders.
97B.805 RESTRICTIONS ON METHOD OF TAKING WATERFOWL ON WATER.
(a) A person may not take migratory waterfowl, coots, or rails in open water unless the person is:
(1) within a natural growth of vegetation sufficient to partially conceal the person or boat;
(2) on a river or stream that is not more than 100 yards in width;
(3) pursuing or shooting wounded birds; or
(4) in areas specifically designated for such taking by the commissioner by rule.
(b) A person may not take migratory waterfowl, coots, or rails in public waters from a permanent artificial blind or sink box.
(a) A person using watercraft to take migratory waterfowl must comply with subdivision 1.
(b) Migratory waterfowl may be taken from a watercraft propelled by motor or sails only if the watercraft has stopped and the motor is shut off and the sails are furled.
(c) Migratory waterfowl may be taken from a floating watercraft if the craft is drifting, beached, moored, resting at anchor, or is being propelled by paddle, oars, or pole.
During the open season for waterfowl, a person may not leave an unattended boat used for hunting waterfowl in public waters between sunset and one hour before sunrise, unless the boat is adjacent to private land under the control of the person and the water does not contain a natural growth of vegetation sufficient to partially conceal a hunter or a boat.
97A.515 PELTS, SKINS, AND HIDES TAKEN ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS.
The pelts, skins, and hides of protected wild animals taken on an Indian reservation in this state, except the Fond du Lac Reservation, may be transported, sold, and disposed of as prescribed by the commissioner.
97A.521 TRANSPORTING WILD ANIMALS; GENERALLY.
A resident may transport wild animals to any place in the state if the resident and the animals are in the same vehicle.
A nonresident may transport wild animals taken in the state if the nonresident and the animals are in the same vehicle.
A person that transports wild animals in a container must mark or identify the container as prescribed under the game and fish laws or by commissioner's rule.
During the open season a person may transport a protected wild animal within the state, and to a destination outside the state, if the animal may be lawfully sold and the transportation is not otherwise prohibited.
A person may not transport wild animals taken, bought, sold, or possessed in violation of the game and fish laws.
97B.801 MINNESOTA MIGRATORY-WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.
(a) Except as provided in this section or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not take migratory waterfowl without a migratory-waterfowl stamp validation.
(b) Residents under age 18 or over age 65; resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and persons hunting on their own property are not required to possess a stamp validation under this section.
(c) Residents and nonresidents with licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (20); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (16), are not required to possess a stamp validation under this section.
97B.811 DECOYS AND BLINDS ON PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.
A person may not erect a blind or place decoys in public waters or on public land more than one hour before the open season for waterfowl.
Except as provided in subdivisions 3 and 4, a person may not place decoys in public waters or on public lands more than two hours before lawful shooting hours for waterfowl.
During the open season for waterfowl, a person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and two hours before lawful shooting hours or leave decoys unattended during other times for more than three consecutive hours unless:
(1) the decoys are in waters adjacent to private land under the control of the hunter; and
(2) there is not natural vegetation growing in water sufficient to partially conceal a hunter.
A person may not leave decoys in public waters between sunset and one hour before lawful shooting hours if the decoys constitute a navigational hazard.
During the duck season, the commissioner may, by rule, designate all or any portion of a wetland or lake closed to the use of motorized decoys or motorized devices designed to attract migratory waterfowl.
The commissioner may adopt rules for the use of blinds on public lands and public waters.
97A.525 TRANSPORTING WILD ANIMALS BY COMMON CARRIER.
A person may transport wild animals by common carrier without being in the vehicle if the person has the license required to take the animals and they are shipped to the person or to a licensed taxidermist, tanner, or fur buyer.
[Repealed, 2009 c 176 art 2 s 71]
An employee of a carrier may not transport wild animals as baggage while performing duties for the carrier.
A person that transports protected wild animals by common carrier, including animals carried in baggage, must attach a statement to each shipment. The statement must include the name, address, and license number of the person shipping the animals, the number and species of the animals in the shipment, and the signature of the licensee.
A common carrier may not accept a shipment of big or small game unless the carrier is shown the license of the shipper to take the game.
The waybill or receipt issued by a common carrier to a shipper must specify the number and species of wild animals being shipped.
Wild animals that are transported by common carrier are considered to be in the possession of the shipper.
97B.901 REGISTRATION AND TAGGING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
(a) The commissioner may, by rule, require persons taking, possessing, and transporting fur-bearing animals to tag the animals. The commissioner shall prescribe the manner of issuance and the type of tag, which must show the year of issuance. The commissioner shall issue the tag, without a fee, upon request.
(b) The pelt of each bobcat, fisher, pine marten, otter, and wolf must be presented, by the person taking it, to a state wildlife manager designee for registration before the pelt is sold and before the pelt is transported out of the state, but in no event more than 48 hours after the season closes for the species.
(c) The whole carcass of each wolf, with the pelt removed, must be presented by the person taking it to a state wildlife manager designee for registration before the pelt is sold and before the pelt is transported out of the state, but in no event more than 48 hours after the season closes. The commissioner may require that the entire carcass or samples from the carcass be surrendered to the state wildlife manager designee.
97A.531 SHIPPING WILD ANIMALS TAKEN IN CANADA.
A person may ship, within or out of the state, wild animals lawfully taken and possessed in Canada and that have lawfully entered the state. The shipment must have the shipping coupons required for a shipment originating in the province where the animals were taken.
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1995 c 224 s 126; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48]
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1995 c 224 s 126; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48]
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1995 c 224 s 126; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48]
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1995 c 224 s 126; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48]
[Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1995 c 224 s 126; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48]
[Repealed, 1995 c 224 s 127; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 49]
97B.905 FUR DEALER'S LICENSES.
(a) A person may not buy or sell raw furs without a fur-buying-and-selling license, except:
(1) a taxidermist licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 19, and a fur manufacturer are not required to have a license to buy raw furs from a person with fur-buying-and-selling licenses; and
(2) a person lawfully entitled to take fur-bearing animals is not required to have a license to sell raw furs to a person with a fur-buying-and-selling license.
(b) An employee, partner, or officer buying or selling only for a raw fur dealer licensee at an established place of business licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 21, paragraph (a), may obtain a supplemental license under section 97A.475, subdivision 21, paragraph (b).
A nonresident must obtain a license under section 97A.475, subdivision 22, to buy or sell raw furs within the state, except a license is not required to buy from a person licensed under section 97A.475, subdivision 21.
Applicants for a raw-fur-dealer's license must, at the time of application for the license, furnish a corporate surety bond in favor of the state for $1,000 payable upon violation of the game and fish laws.