2024 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 97B. HUNTING

Table of Sections

Section	Headnote
97B.0001	MS 2006 [Renumbered 15.001]
HUNTING RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
97B.001	TRESPASS.
97B.002	CIVIL TRESPASS.
97B.005	TRAINING DOGS.
97B.011	DOGS PURSUING BIG GAME.
97B.015	FIREARMS SAFETY AND WILDLIFE IDENTIFICATION COURSE.
97B.020	FIREARMS SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.
97B.021	POSSESSION OF FIREARMS BY PERSONS UNDER AGE 16.
97B.0215	PARENT OR GUARDIAN RESPONSIBILITY; VIOLATION.
97B.022	APPRENTICE-HUNTER/TRAPPER VALIDATION.
97B.025	HUNTER AND TRAPPER EDUCATION.
97B.026	TRAPPER EDUCATION CERTIFICATE; REQUIREMENT.
97B.031	USE AND POSSESSION OF FIREARMS.
97B.035	RESTRICTIONS ON ARCHERY EQUIPMENT.
97B.036	CROSSBOW HUNTING DURING FIREARMS SEASON.
97B.037	CROSSBOW HUNTING AND FISHING.
97B.041	POSSESSION OF FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION RESTRICTED IN DEER ZONES.
97B.045	TRANSPORTING FIREARMS.
97B.051	TRANSPORTING ARCHERY BOWS.
97B.055	DISCHARGING FIREARMS AND BOWS AND ARROWS.
97B.061	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.063	HUNTER SATISFACTION SURVEY.
97B.065	HUNTING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.
97B.066	CHEMICAL TESTING.
97B.071	CLOTHING AND GROUND BLIND REQUIREMENTS; BLAZE ORANGE OR BLAZE PINK.
97B.075	HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING.
97B.081	USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO LOCATE ANIMALS.
97B.085	USING RADIOS TO TAKE ANIMALS.
97B.086	POSSESSING NIGHT VISION OR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT.
97B.091	USING MOTOR VEHICLES TO CHASE WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED.
97B.095	DISTURBING AND TAKING FROM BURROWS AND DENS.
97B.099	PROHIBITED HUNTING METHODS.
97B.101	HUNTING WITH FERRETS PROHIBITED.
97B.105	HUNTING BY FALCONRY.
97B.1055	HUNTING BY PERSONS WITH A PERMANENT PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY.
97B.106	CROSSBOW PERMITS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING.
97B.111	SPECIAL FIREARM HUNTING SEASONS FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED.
97B.1115	USING MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE TO HOLD AND DISCHARGE FIREARMS OR BOWS; PERSON WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY.
97B.112	SPECIAL HUNTS.
97B.115	COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING PROHIBITED.
BIG GAME
97B.201	NO OPEN SEASON FOR CARIBOU OR ANTELOPE.
97B.205	USING DOGS AND HORSES TO TAKE BIG GAME PROHIBITED.
97B.207	USING DOGS TO LOCATE WOUNDED DEER OR BEAR.
97B.211	HUNTING BIG GAME BY ARCHERY.
97B.22	COLLECTING ANTLER SHEDS.
DEER
97B.301	DEER LICENSES AND LIMITS.
97B.303	VENISON DONATIONS.
97B.305	COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF DEER HUNTERS.
97B.311	DEER SEASONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
97B.312	[Repealed, 2000 c 495 s 53]
97B.315	[Repealed, 1988 c 588 s 17]
97B.318	ARMS USE AREAS AND RESTRICTIONS; REGULAR FIREARMS SEASON.
97B.321	SNARES, TRAPS, SET GUNS, AND SWIVEL GUNS PROHIBITED.
97B.325	DEER STAND RESTRICTIONS.
97B.326	STANDS AND BLINDS ON PUBLIC LANDS.
97B.327	REPORT; DEER OTHER THAN WHITE-TAILED OR MULE.
97B.328	BAITING PROHIBITED.
BEAR
97B.401	BEAR LICENSE REQUIRED; APPLICATION.
97B.405	COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF BEAR HUNTERS.
97B.411	BEAR SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS.
97B.415	TAKING BEAR TO PROTECT PROPERTY.
97B.421	PERMIT REQUIRED TO SNARE BEARS.
97B.425	BAITING BEARS.
97B.426	BAITING BEAR; USE OF DRUM.
97B.431	BEAR-HUNTING OUTFITTERS.
MOOSE
97B.501	MOOSE LICENSE REQUIRED.
97B.505	MOOSE SEASON AND RESTRICTIONS.
97B.511	[Repealed, 1Sp2011 c 2 art 5 s 70]
ELK
97B.515	TAKING ELK.
97B.516	PLAN FOR ELK MANAGEMENT.
SMALL GAME
97B.601	SMALL-GAME LICENSES.
97B.603	TAKING SMALL GAME BY PARTY.
97B.605	COMMISSIONER MAY RESTRICT TAKING SMALL GAME ANIMALS.
97B.611	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.615	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.621	RACCOONS.
97B.625	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.631	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.635	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.641	COUGAR, LYNX, AND WOLVERINE.
WOLVES
97B.645	WOLVES.
97B.646	WOLF MANAGEMENT.
97B.647	TAKING WOLVES.
97B.648	WOLVES; UNLAWFUL TAKING; PENALTY.
UNPROTECTED MAMMALS AND BIRDS
97B.651	UNPROTECTED MAMMALS AND BIRDS.
ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE; THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY
97B.655	TAKING ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE.
97B.657	TAKING WILD ANIMALS TO PROTECT PUBLIC SAFETY.
97B.661	REMOVING BEAVER FROM STATE LANDS.
97B.665	BEAVER DAMS; THREATS TO SAFETY OR PROPERTY.
97B.667	REMOVING BEAVERS, BEAVER DAMS, AND LODGES; ROAD AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNITS.
97B.668	ANIMALS CAUSING DAMAGE.
97B.671	PREDATOR-CONTROL PROGRAM.
BIRDS
97B.701	PROTECTED BIRDS.
97B.705	RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS.
97B.711	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.715	PHEASANTS.
97B.716	PRAIRIE CHICKENS.
97B.721	LICENSE REQUIRED TO TAKE TURKEY; REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS.
97B.722	POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.
97B.723	COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF TURKEY HUNTERS.
97B.725	GUIDING HUNTERS.
97B.731	MIGRATORY BIRDS.
97B.735	SWANS.
MIGRATORY WATERFOWL
97B.801	MINNESOTA MIGRATORY-WATERFOWL STAMP REQUIRED.
97B.802	MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 116 art 3 s 58]
97B.803	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.805	RESTRICTIONS ON METHOD OF TAKING WATERFOWL ON WATER.
97B.811	DECOYS AND BLINDS ON PUBLIC LANDS AND WATERS.
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS; TRAPPING
97B.901	REGISTRATION AND TAGGING FUR-BEARING ANIMALS.
97B.903	USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS.
97B.905	FUR DEALER'S LICENSES.
97B.911	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.915	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.921	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.925	[Repealed, 2014 c 290 s 70]
97B.9251	BEAVER SEASON.
97B.926	PINE MARTEN AND FISHER ZONE.
97B.928	IDENTIFYING TRAPS AND SNARES.
97B.931	TENDING TRAPS.
97B.935	[Repealed, 2005 c 146 s 52]
97B.941	TAMPERING WITH TRAPS.
97B.945	SETTING TRAPS NEAR WATER RESTRICTED.
97B.951	USE OF SNARES TO TAKE UNPROTECTED MAMMALS.