SF 1156

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 02/11/2025 10:56 a.m.

A bill for an act
relating to natural resources; allowing straight-wall cartridge ammunition to be
used to take deer statewide; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.318,
subdivision 1.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.318, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Shotgun use area.

During the regular firearms season in the shotgun use
area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading long
guns, deleted text begin and deleted text end legal handguns new text begin , and other legal firearms loaded with straight-wall cartridge
ammunition new text end may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include those with rifled barrels.
The shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within the following described
boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at the northern boundary of Clay
County; thence along the northern boundary of Clay County to State Trunk Highway (STH)
32; thence along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to Interstate Highway 94 (I-94);
thence along I-94 to County State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along
CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas
County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 6 to
CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; thence along STH 29 to
CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, to CSAH 22, Todd
County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway 71 to STH
27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of the
Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to
U.S. Highway 8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence
along the east, south, and west boundaries of the state to the point of beginning.