Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        CHAPTER 281--S.F.No. 932
           An act relating to game and fish; removing the 
          limitation on use of muzzle loading firearms to public 
          lands only; amending Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 
          100.27, subdivision 2. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 100.27, 
subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
    Subd. 2.  Deer, moose and bear may be taken in such areas 
of the state, under such restrictions and on such dates within 
the periods hereafter prescribed as the commissioner may, by 
order, provide: 
    (1) Deer and bear by bow and arrow; legal muzzle loading 
firearms as defined in section 100.29, subdivision 3, clause 
(2), or both, between September 1 and December 31 and in any 
areas of the state designated by the commissioner.  Legal muzzle 
loading firearms shall be permitted by the commissioner on 
public lands only; 
    (2) Deer, by legal firearms and with bow and arrow, between 
November 1 and December 15, with the length of the season to be 
determined by the commissioner; and 
    (3) Moose, between January 1 and December 31 as determined 
by the commissioner, by legal firearms and with bow and arrow, 
in areas of the state, and under such restrictions and on such 
dates as the commissioner may by order provide; for purposes of 
this section a split season in any one calendar year shall be 
considered as one season. 
    Approved June 6, 1983