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MN Stat § 97B.401 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.401 — Bear License Required; Application.

97B.401 BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION. (a) A person may not take bear without a bear license except as provided in section 97B.415 to protect property. (b) A person may not place bait for bears on or after the Friday nearest August 14 unless the person has a bear license or is operating under the direction of a person with a valid bear license. (c) An application for a bear 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. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 32; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 52; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 59
MN Stat § 97B.405 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.405 — Commissioner May Limit Number Of Bear Hunters.

97B.405 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS. (a) The commissioner may limit the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters. The commissioner may establish, by rule, a method, including a drawing, to impartially select the hunters for an area. The commissioner shall give preference to hunters that have previously applied and have not been selected. (b) If the commissioner limits the number of persons that may hunt bear in an area under paragraph (a), the commissioner must reserve one permit and give first preference for that permit to a resident of a Minnesota veterans home. (c) A person selected through a drawing must purchase a license by August 1. Any remaining available licenses not purchased shall be issued to any eligible person as prescribed by the commissioner on a first-come, first-served basis beginning three business days after August 1. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 33; 1991 c 259 s 23; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 53; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 47; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 95
MN Stat § 97B.411 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.411 — Bear Season And Restrictions.

97B.411 BEAR SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open season and the areas and restrictions for the taking of bear. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 34; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97B.415 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.415 — Taking Bear To Protect Property.

97B.415 TAKING BEAR TO PROTECT PROPERTY. A person may take a bear at any time to protect the person's property. The person must report the bear taken to a conservation officer within 48 hours. The bear may be disposed of as prescribed by the commissioner. History:   1986 c 386 art 2 s 35
MN Stat § 97B.421 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.421 — Permit Required To Snare Bears.

97B.421 PERMIT REQUIRED TO SNARE BEARS. A person may not use a snare to take a bear except under a permit from the commissioner. History:   1986 c 386 art 2 s 36
MN Stat § 97B.425 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.425 — Baiting Bears.

97B.425 BAITING BEARS. Notwithstanding section 609.68, a person may place bait to take bear and must display a tag at each site where bait is placed and register the sites. The commissioner shall prescribe the method of tagging and registering the sites. The tag displayed at each site where bait is placed must contain: (i) the licensee's name and address; (ii) the licensee's driver's license number; or (iii) the "MDNR#" license identification number issued to the licensee for a licensed bear hunter or a licensed bear outfitter. A person must have the license identification number of the person with the bear license in their possession or be a licensed bear outfitter while attending a bear bait station. To attract bear a person may not use a bait with: (1) a carcass from a mammal, if the carcass contains more than 25 percent of the intact carcass; (2) meat from mammals, if the meat contains bones; (3) bones of mammals; (4) solid waste containing bottles, cans, plastic, paper, or metal; (5) materials that are not readily biodegradable; or (6) any part of a swine, except cured pork. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 37; 1988 c 531 s 1; 1988 c 677 s 1; 1993 c 231 s 38; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 54; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 48
MN Stat § 97B.426 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.426 — Baiting Bear; Use Of Drum.

97B.426 BAITING BEAR; USE OF DRUM. (a) Notwithstanding section 97B.425, clauses (4) and (5): (1) a private landowner or person authorized by the private landowner may use a drum to bait bear on the person's private land; and (2) a resident may use a drum to bait bear on public land after paying a $5 drum surcharge. (b) The drum must be securely chained or cabled to a tree so that it cannot be moved from the site by a bear and the drum may not include a mechanical device for dispensing feed. The drum must be part of a registered bait station and marked as provided in section 97B.425. For a drum placed on public land under paragraph (a), clause (2), the drum also must: (1) be permanently marked with the information required in this paragraph; (2) include the global positioning system information on the location of the drum as part of the registration of the bait station under section 97B.425; (3) not be placed on public land before the date allowed for placing bait under rules prescribed by the commissioner; and (4) be removed within seven days after the end of each bear hunting season. (c) For purposes of this section, "drum" means a 30 gallon or larger drum. (d) A person who violates paragraph (b) is guilty of a petty misdemeanor. History:  1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 49; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 63
MN Stat § 97B.431 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.431 — Bear-hunting Outfitters.

97B.431 BEAR-HUNTING OUTFITTERS. (a) A person may not place bait for bear, or guide hunters to take bear, for compensation without a bear-hunting-outfitter license. A bear-hunting outfitter is not required to have a license to take bear unless the outfitter is attempting to shoot a bear. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses. (b) The commissioner shall establish a resident master bear-hunting-outfitter license under which one person serves as the bear-hunting outfitter and one other person is eligible to guide and bait bear. Additional persons may be added to the license and are eligible to guide and bait bear under the license, provided the additional fee under section 97A.475, subdivision 16, is paid for each person added. The commissioner shall adopt rules for qualifications for issuance and administration of the licenses. The commissioner must not require a person to have certification or training in first aid or CPR to be eligible for a license under this section. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 38; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 55; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 96
MN Stat § 97B.501 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.501 — Moose License Required.

97B.501 MOOSE LICENSE REQUIRED. A person may not take moose without a moose license. History:   1986 c 386 art 2 s 39
MN Stat § 97B.505 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.505 — Moose Season And Restrictions.

97B.505 MOOSE SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open season and the areas and conditions for the taking of moose. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 40; 1991 c 259 s 23
MN Stat § 97B.515 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.515 — Taking Elk.

97B.515 TAKING ELK. Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not take an elk without an elk license. Subd. 2. Season and restrictions. The commissioner may, by rule, prescribe the open season and the areas and conditions for the taking of elk when the precalving population exceeds 20 animals. Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 70] Subd. 4. Taking elk causing damage or nuisance. The commissioner may authorize licensed hunters to take elk that are causing damage or nuisance from August 15 to March 1 under rules prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner may issue licenses to hunters impartially selected from a list of elk hunt applicants who indicated on their application that they would be interested and available to respond to an elk damage or nuisance situation. Notwithstanding section 97A.433, subdivision 2, clause (2), a person receiving a license to hunt elk under this subdivision does not lose eligibility for future elk hunts. History:  1987 c 373 s 13; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 50
MN Stat § 97B.516 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.516 — Plan For Elk Management.

97B.516 PLAN FOR ELK MANAGEMENT. (a) The commissioner of natural resources must adopt an elk management plan that: (1) recognizes the value and uniqueness of elk; (2) provides for integrated management of an elk population in harmony with the environment; and (3) affords optimum recreational opportunities. (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the commissioner must not manage an elk herd in Kittson, Roseau, Marshall, or Beltrami Counties in a manner that would increase the size of the herd, including adoption or implementation of an elk management plan designed to increase an elk herd, unless the commissioner of agriculture verifies that crop and fence damages paid under section 3.7371 and attributed to the herd have not increased for at least two years. (c) At least 60 days prior to implementing a plan to increase an elk herd, the commissioners of natural resources and agriculture must hold a joint public meeting in the county where the elk herd to be increased is located. At the meeting, the commissioners must present evidence that crop and fence damages have not increased in the prior two years and must detail the practices that will be used to reduce elk conflicts with area landowners. History:  1987 c 373 s 14; 2014 c 290 s 46; 2016 c 184 s 8; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 97
MN Stat § 97B.601 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.601 — Small-game Licenses.

97B.601 SMALL-GAME LICENSES. Subdivision 1. Requirement. A person may not take small game without a small-game license except as provided in subdivision 4. Subd. 2. Trapping small game. A person may not take small game with traps without a trapping license and a small-game license except as provided in subdivision 4. Subd. 3. Nonresidents; raccoon or bobcat. A nonresident may not take raccoon or bobcat by firearms without a separate license to take that animal in addition to a small-game license. Subd. 3a. Nonresidents; trapping small game. A nonresident may take small game, except wolves, by trapping only on land owned by the nonresident, if the nonresident possesses a trapping license for fur-bearing animals other than wolves and a small-game license. Subd. 4. Exception to license requirements. (a) A resident under age 16 may take small game, other than wolves, without a small-game license, and a resident under age 13 may trap small game and fur-bearing animals, other than wolves, without a trapping license, as provided in section 97A.451, subdivision 3. (b) A person may take small game, other than wolves, without a small-game license on land occupied by the person as a principal residence. (c) An owner or occupant may take certain small game causing damage without a small-game or trapping license as provided in section 97B.655. (d) A person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons under section 97B.621, subdivision 2, during the closed season without a license. (e) A person may take a wolf, turkey, or prairie chicken without a small-game license. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 42; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 47; 1991 c 254 art 2 s 34; 2002 c 351 s 18; 2004 c 215 s 24,25; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 109; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 98; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 60,61
MN Stat § 97B.603 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.603 — Taking Small Game By Party.

97B.603 TAKING SMALL GAME BY PARTY. (a) While two or more persons are taking small game as a party and maintaining unaided visual and vocal contact, a member of the party may take and possess more than one limit of small game, but the total number of small game taken and possessed by the party may not exceed the limit of the number of persons in the party that may take and possess small game. (b) This section does not apply to hunting wolves, migratory game birds, or turkeys, except that a licensed turkey hunter may assist another licensed turkey hunter and a licensed wolf hunter may assist another licensed wolf hunter for the same zone and time period as long as the hunter does not shoot or tag a turkey or wolf for the other hunter. History:  1989 c 153 s 2; 1990 c 605 s 6; 1996 c 364 s 5; 2001 c 206 s 2; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 62
MN Stat § 97B.605 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.605 — Commissioner May Restrict Taking Small Game Animals.

97B.605 COMMISSIONER MAY RESTRICT TAKING SMALL GAME ANIMALS. The commissioner may by rule set open seasons for, prescribe limits and restrictions on, and designate areas where small game as defined in section 97A.015 may be taken and possessed. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 43; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 48; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 110; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 63; 2014 c 290 s 47
MN Stat § 97B.621 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.621 — Raccoons.

97B.621 RACCOONS. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70] Subd. 2. Treeing raccoons. Notwithstanding section 97B.005, subdivision 1, a person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons without killing or capturing the raccoons during the closed season and a license is not required. Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person: (1) must be on foot; (2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs; (3) may use a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber, including .22 magnum; and (4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot. Subd. 4.  [Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70] History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 46; 1987 c 81 s 1; 1993 c 51 s 1; 1993 c 269 s 19; 2005 c 146 s 33; 2008 c 368 art 2 s 56; 2019 c 50 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 97B.641 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.641 — Cougar, Lynx, And Wolverine.

97B.641 COUGAR, LYNX, AND WOLVERINE. There is no open season for cougar, lynx, or wolverine. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 50; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 112
MN Stat § 97B.646 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.646 — Wolf Management.

97B.646 WOLF MANAGEMENT. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of agriculture, shall adopt a wolf management plan that includes goals to ensure the long-term survival of the wolf in Minnesota, to reduce conflicts between wolves and humans, to minimize depredation of livestock and domestic pets, and to manage the ecological impact of wolves on prey species and other predators. (b) The commissioner shall compile a list that is updated quarterly on known wolf deaths, based on reporting by conservation officers. The list must specify the date and location of each wolf death and must be available on the department website. History:  2000 c 463 s 16; 2012 c 277 art 1 s 90; 2014 c 290 s 48
MN Stat § 97B.647 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.647 — Taking Wolves.

97B.647 TAKING WOLVES. Subdivision 1. License required. Except as provided under section 97B.645 or 97B.671, a person may not take a wolf without a wolf-hunting or wolf-trapping license. Subd. 2. Open seasons. Wolves may be taken with legal firearms, with bow and arrow, and by trapping. The open season to take wolves with firearms begins each year on the same day as the opening of the firearms deer-hunting season. The commissioner may by rule prescribe the open seasons for wolves according to this subdivision. Subd. 3. Open areas. The commissioner may by rule designate areas where wolves may be taken. Subd. 4. Daily and possession limits. The commissioner may establish by rule the daily and possession limits for wolves. Subd. 5. Limit on number of hunters and trappers. The commissioner may by rule limit the number of persons that may hunt or trap wolves in an area, if it is necessary to prevent an overharvest or improve the distribution of hunters and trappers. The commissioner shall establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select the hunters and trappers for an area. Subd. 6. Application for license. An application for a wolf-hunting or wolf-trapping license must be made in a manner provided by the commissioner and accompanied by a $4 application fee and proof that the applicant holds a current or previous year hunting license. The $4 application fee shall be credited to the wolf management and monitoring account and appropriated to the commissioner to pay for costs associated with conducting the wolf license drawing and wolf management. A person may not make more than one application for each season as prescribed by the commissioner. 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. Subd. 7. Quotas. The commissioner may by rule set an annual quota for the number of wolves that can be taken by hunting and trapping. The commissioner may establish a method to monitor harvest and close the season when the quota is reached. The commissioner shall reserve a portion of the annual quota for the trapping season. History:   2012 c 277 art 1 s 65
MN Stat § 97B.648 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.648 — Wolves; Unlawful Taking; Penalty.

97B.648 WOLVES; UNLAWFUL TAKING; PENALTY. A person who unlawfully takes, transports, or possesses a wolf in violation of the game and fish laws, and has one or more prior convictions involving the taking of wolves, is liable for a civil penalty equal to the restitution value for the wolf. History:   2014 c 290 s 45
MN Stat § 97B.651 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.651 — Unprotected Mammals And Birds.

97B.651 UNPROTECTED MAMMALS AND BIRDS. Subdivision 1. Taking unprotected mammals and birds. Mammals that are unprotected wild animals and unprotected birds may be taken at any time and in any manner, except with artificial lights, or by using a motor vehicle in violation of section 97B.091. Poison may not be used to take unprotected mammals or unprotected birds unless the safety of humans and domestic livestock is ensured. Unprotected mammals and unprotected birds may be possessed, bought, sold, or transported in any quantity, except importation or exportation is restricted as provided in subdivision 2. Subd. 2. Importing and exporting live coyotes. A person may not export a live coyote out of the state or import a live coyote into the state unless authorized under a permit from the commissioner. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 52; 2002 c 323 s 11; 2009 c 176 art 2 s 47
MN Stat § 97B.655 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.655 — Taking Animals Causing Damage.

97B.655 TAKING ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE. Subdivision 1. Owners and occupants may take certain animals. (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. Subd. 2. Special permit for taking protected wild animals. (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. History:  1986 c 386 art 2 s 53; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 50; 1989 c 287 s 5; 1997 c 226 s 33; 2002 c 323 s 12; 2005 c 146 s 36; 1Sp2005 c 1 art 2 s 113; 2014 c 290 s 49; 2017 c 93 art 2 s 98; 1Sp2019 c 4 art 3 s 64
MN Stat § 97B.657 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.657 — Taking Wild Animals To Protect Public Safety.

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. History:   2009 c 176 art 1 s 22
MN Stat § 97B.661 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 97 - 102 — Game And Fish|Chapter 97B — Hunting|Section 97B.661 — Removing Beaver From State Lands.

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. History:   1986 c 386 art 2 s 54