2003 Minnesota Statutes

     97B.301 Deer licenses and limits. 

    Subdivision 1.    Licenses required.  A person may not 
 take deer without a license.  A person must have a firearms deer 
 license to take deer with firearms and an archery deer license 
 to take deer by archery except as provided in this section.  

    Subd. 2.    Limit of one deer.  Except as provided in 
 subdivisions 3 and 4, a person may obtain one firearms deer 
 license and one archery deer license in the same license year, 
 but may take only one deer.  

    Subd. 3.    Party hunting.  If two or more persons with 
 licenses to take deer by firearms, or two or more persons with 
 licenses to take deer by archery, are hunting as a party, a 
 member of the party may take more than one deer, but the total 
 number of deer taken by the party may not exceed the number of 
 persons licensed to take deer in the party.  

    Subd. 4.    Taking more than one deer.  (a) The 
 commissioner may, by rule, allow a person to take more than one 
 deer.  The commissioner shall prescribe the conditions for 
 taking the additional deer including:  

    (1) taking by firearm or archery; 

    (2) obtaining additional licenses; and 

    (3) payment of a fee not more than the fee for a firearms 
 deer license; and 

    (4) the total number of deer that an individual may take. 

    (b) In Kittson, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, 
 and Roseau counties, a person may obtain one firearms deer 
 license and one archery deer license in the same license year, 
 and may take one deer under each license.  The commissioner may 
 limit the use of this provision in certain years to protect the 
 deer population in the area. 

    Subd. 5. Repealed, 1995 c 220 s 141; 1Sp1995 c 1 s 48 

    Subd. 6.    Residents under age 16 may take deer of either 
 sex.  A resident under the age of 16 may take a deer of either 
 sex except in those antlerless permit areas and seasons where no 
 antlerless permits are offered.  In antlerless permit areas 
 where no antlerless permits are offered, the commissioner may 
 provide a limited number of youth either sex permits to 
 residents under age 16, under the procedures provided in section 
 97B.305, and may give preference to residents under the age of 
 16 that have not previously been selected.  This subdivision 
 does not authorize the taking of an antlerless deer by another 
 member of a party under subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 7.    All season deer license.  (a) A resident may 
 obtain an all season deer license.  This license authorizes the 
 resident to take one buck by firearm or archery during any 
 season statewide.  In addition, a resident obtaining this 
 license may take one antlerless deer: 

    (1) by firearms in the regular firearms season if the 
 resident first obtains an antlerless deer permit; 

    (2) by archery in the archery season; or 

    (3) by muzzleloader in the muzzleloader season. 

    (b) A person obtaining an all season deer license does not 
 qualify for hunting under subdivision 3.  The commissioner shall 
 issue one tag for a buck and one tag for an antlerless deer when 
 issuing a license under this subdivision. 

    HIST: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 26; 1987 c 35 s 1; 1989 c 335 art 1 s 
 125; 1991 c 259 s 23; 1993 c 269 s 16,17; 1993 c 310 s 6; 1994 c 
 465 art 3 s 67; 1995 c 32 s 1; 1997 c 226 s 32; 2000 c 341 s 10; 
 2000 c 473 s 11; 2000 c 495 s 39; 2002 c 351 s 17