2012 Minnesota Statutes

97B.715 PHEASANTS.

Subdivision 1.Stamp required.

(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small game license may not hunt pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation.

(b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision:

(1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age 65;

(2) persons hunting on licensed commercial shooting preserves;

(3) resident disabled veterans with a license issued under section 97A.441, subdivision 6a; and

(4) residents and nonresidents hunting on licenses issued under section 97A.475, subdivision 2, clause (16); or 3, paragraph (a), clause (13).

[See Note.]

Subd. 2.Daily and possession hen pheasant limits.

A person may not take more than one hen pheasant in one day or possess more than two hen pheasants.

Subd. 3.Hunting hours.

A person may not take pheasants between the evening time that the commissioner establishes by rule and 9:00 a.m.

History:

1986 c 386 art 2 s 60; 1988 c 588 s 7; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1997 c 216 s 85; 2002 c 323 s 13; 2007 c 57 art 1 s 99; 2012 c 277 art 2 s 30,38

NOTE: The amendment to subdivision 1 by Laws 2012, chapter 277, article 2, section 30, is effective March 1, 2013. Laws 2012, chapter 277, article 2, section 38.