2006 Minnesota Statutes

97A.121 HUNTING IN PRIVATE SHOOTING PRESERVES.
    Subdivision 1. Hunter's license. (a) A person hunting released birds in a private shooting
preserve must have the licenses required by law for hunting pheasants.
(b) A license is not required to hunt authorized game birds on a commercial shooting
preserve.
    Subd. 2. Season. (a) The open season for hunting in commercial shooting preserves is
continuous. Sanctioned registered field trials in commercial shooting preserves may be held from
April 16 to July 14 after notification to the commissioner.
(b) The open season for hunting in a private shooting preserve is September 15 until
December 31.
(c) The commissioner may restrict the open season after receiving a complaint, holding a
public hearing, and finding that the population of wild game birds is in danger by hunting in the
preserve.
    Subd. 3. Operator may establish restrictions. A shooting preserve licensee may determine
who is allowed to hunt in the preserve. In each preserve the licensee may establish the charge
for taking game, the shooting hours, the season, limitations, and restrictions on the age, sex, and
number of each species that may be taken by a hunter. These provisions may not conflict with this
section or section 97A.115 and may not be less restrictive than any rule.
    Subd. 4. Limits and marking of game birds. Except as provided in subdivision 4a, the
commissioner shall prescribe the minimum number of each authorized species that may be
released and the percentage of each species that may be taken. The commissioner shall prescribe
methods for identifying birds to be released.
    Subd. 4a. Pheasants. (a) A private shooting preserve licensed to release pheasants may
release no more than 300 adult pheasants on the licensed shooting preserve area during the private
shooting preserve hunting season. The number of pheasants harvested may not exceed 95 percent
of the number of pheasants released.
(b) A commercial shooting preserve must release at least 1,000 adult pheasants.
    Subd. 5. Marking harvested game. Harvested game, except ducks that are marked in
accordance with regulations of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, must be marked
or identified by the shooting preserve in a manner prescribed by the commissioner. The
commissioner may issue the tags or other markings at a cost of 15 cents each. The marking must
remain attached on the bird while the bird is transported.
    Subd. 6. Record keeping. A shooting preserve licensee must maintain a registration book
listing the names, addresses, and hunting license numbers, if applicable, of all hunters, the date
when they hunted, the amount and species of game taken, and the tag numbers or other markings
affixed to each bird. A shooting preserve must keep records of the number of each species raised
and purchased and the date and number of each species released. The records must be open to
inspection by the commissioner at all reasonable times.
History: 1986 c 386 art 1 s 23; 1987 c 149 art 1 s 14; 1988 c 588 s 2,3; 1990 c 605 s 2;
1991 c 259 s 23