Minnesota Session Laws - 1987, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1987 

                        CHAPTER 170-H.F.No. 102 
           An act relating to game and fish; use of mechanical 
          release bows during archery seasons; amending 
          Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 97B.035, subdivision 
          1.  
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1986, section 97B.035, 
subdivision 1, is amended to read:  
    Subdivision 1.  [HUNTING WITH BOWS RELEASED BY MECHANICAL 
DEVICES.] (a) A person may not hunt with a bow drawn, held, or 
released by a mechanical device, except with a disabled hunter 
permit issued under section 97B.315 or as provided in paragraph 
(b).  
    (b) A person may use a mechanical device attached to the 
bowstring if the person's own strength draws, holds, and 
releases the bowstring. 
    Approved May 20, 1987