97B.065 HUNTING WHILE UNDER INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. Subdivision 1. Acts prohibited. (a) A person may not take wild animals with a firearm or by archery: (1) when the person is under the influence of alcohol; (2) when the person is under the influence of a controlled substance, as defined in section 152.01, […]
97B.066 CHEMICAL TESTING. Subdivision 1. Mandatory chemical testing. (a) A person who takes wild animals with a bow or firearm in this state or on a boundary water of this state is required, subject to the provisions of this section, to take or submit to a test of the person’s blood, breath, or urine for […]
97B.071 CLOTHING REQUIREMENTS; BLAZE ORANGE OR BLAZE PINK. (a) Except as provided in rules adopted under paragraph (c), a person may not hunt or trap during the open season where deer may be taken by firearms under applicable laws and ordinances, unless the visible portion of the person’s cap and outer clothing above the waist, […]
97B.075 HUNTING RESTRICTED BETWEEN EVENING AND MORNING. (a) A person may not take protected wild animals, except raccoon and fox, with a firearm between the evening and morning times established by commissioner’s rule, except as provided in this section. (b) Big game and wolves may be taken from one-half hour before sunrise until one-half hour […]
97B.081 USING ARTIFICIAL LIGHTS TO LOCATE ANIMALS. Subdivision 1. With implements to take wild animals. Except as provided in subdivision 3, a person may not cast the rays of a spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest, to spot, locate, or take a wild animal while […]
97B.085 USING RADIOS TO TAKE ANIMALS. Subdivision 1. Taking big and small game. A person may not use radio equipment to take big game or small game. Subd. 2. Taking unprotected wild animals. A person may use radio equipment to take unprotected wild animals. Subd. 3. Communication excepted. This section does not prohibit the use […]
97B.086 POSSESSING NIGHT VISION OR THERMAL IMAGING EQUIPMENT. (a) A person may not possess night vision or thermal imaging equipment while taking wild animals or while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm, bow, or other implement that could be used to take wild animals. (b) This […]
97B.091 USING MOTOR VEHICLES TO CHASE WILD ANIMALS PROHIBITED. A person may not use a motor vehicle to intentionally drive, chase, run over, kill, or take a wild animal. History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 19
97B.095 DISTURBING AND TAKING FROM BURROWS AND DENS. Subdivision 1. Disturbing burrows or dens. A person may not disturb the burrow or den of a wild animal between November 1 and April 1 without a permit. Subd. 2. Fox dens. A person may not remove a fox from a den or trap fox within 300 […]
97B.099 PROHIBITED HUNTING METHODS. Subdivision 1. Open fire or smoke. A person may not take a protected wild animal with the aid of an open fire or smoke. Subd. 2. Cutting trees. A person may not take a protected wild animal by cutting down a tree occupied by a protected wild animal. History: 2014 c […]
97B.101 HUNTING WITH FERRETS PROHIBITED. A person may not take a protected wild animal with the aid of a ferret. History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 21
97B.105 HUNTING BY FALCONRY. A person may take a protected wild animal by falconry under rules prescribed by the commissioner. History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 22
97B.1055 HUNTING BY PERSONS WITH A PERMANENT PHYSICAL OR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITY. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section and section 97B.015, subdivision 6: (1) “developmental disability” means a diagnosis of having substantial limitations in present functioning, manifested as significantly subaverage intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with demonstrated deficits in adaptive behavior, when these conditions manifest […]
97B.106 CROSSBOW PERMITS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING. Subdivision 1. Eligibility. (a) The commissioner may issue a special permit, without a fee, to take big game, small game, or rough fish with a crossbow to a person that is unable to hunt or take rough fish by archery because of a permanent or temporary physical disability. […]
97B.111 SPECIAL FIREARM HUNTING SEASONS FOR PHYSICALLY DISABLED. Subdivision 1. Establishment; requirements. (a) The commissioner may establish criteria, special seasons, and limits for persons who have a physical disability to take big game and small game with firearms and by archery in designated areas. A person hunting under this section who has a physical disability […]
97B.1115 USING MECHANICAL OR ELECTRONIC ASSISTANCE TO HOLD AND DISCHARGE FIREARMS OR BOWS; PERSON WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITY. (a) Notwithstanding sections 97B.035, subdivision 1, 97B.321, and 97B.701, subdivision 2, the commissioner may issue a special permit to take big game and small game, without a fee, to a person with a physical disability who has a […]
97B.112 SPECIAL HUNTS. The commissioner may by rule establish criteria, special seasons, and limits for youth and adult hunters to take big game and small game by firearms or archery in designated areas or times as part of the agency’s overall effort in hunter recruitment and retention. The criteria may also include provisions for an […]
97B.115 COMPUTER-ASSISTED REMOTE HUNTING PROHIBITED. (a) No person shall operate, provide, sell, use or offer to operate, provide, sell or use any computer software or service that allows a person, not physically present at the site, to remotely control a weapon that could be used to take any wild animal by remote operation, including, but […]
