2002 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.601 Small game licenses. 

    Subdivision 1.    Requirement.  A person may not take 
 small game without a small game license except as provided in 
 subdivision 4.  

    Subd. 2.    Trapping small game.  A person may not take 
 small game with traps without a trapping license and a small 
 game license except as provided in subdivision 4.  

    Subd. 3.    Nonresidents:  raccoon, bobcat, fox, coyote, 
 Canada lynx.  A nonresident may not take raccoon, bobcat, fox, 
 coyote, or Canada lynx without a separate license to take that 
 animal in addition to a small game license.  

    Subd. 4.    Exception to license requirements.  (a) A 
 resident under age 16 may take small game without a small game 
 license, and a resident under age 13 may trap without a trapping 
 license, as provided in section 97A.451, subdivision 3. 

    (b) A person may take small game without a small game 
 license on land occupied by the person as a principal residence. 

    (c) An owner or occupant may take certain small game 
 causing damage without a small game or trapping license as 
 provided in section 97B.655.  

    (d) A person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons under 
 section 97B.621, subdivision 2, during the closed season without 
 a license.  

    (e) A person may take a turkey or a prairie chicken without 
 a small game license.  

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 42; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 47; 1991 c 254 
 art 2 s 34; 2002 c 351 s 18 

*   NOTE:  The amendment to subdivision 4 by Laws 2002, chapter 
*351, section 18, is effective March 1, 2003.  Laws 2002, chapter 
*351, section 35.