1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; allowing taking of turkey as a party;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2016, section 97B.603.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 97B.603, is amended to read:
1.6 	97B.603 TAKING SMALL GAME AS A PARTY.
1.7 	(a) While two or more persons are taking small game as a party and maintaining unaided 
1.8 	visual and vocal contact, a member of the party may take and possess more than one limit 
1.9 	of small game, but the total number of small game taken and possessed by the party may 
1.10 	not exceed the limit of the number of persons in the party that may take and possess small 
1.11 	game.
1.12 	(b) This section does not apply to hunting wolves, or migratory game birds, or turkeys, 
1.13 	except that a licensed turkey hunter may assist another licensed turkey hunter and a licensed 
1.14 	wolf hunter may assist another licensed wolf hunter for the same zone and time period as 
1.15 	long as the hunter does not shoot or tag a turkey or wolf for the other hunter.