97B.701 PROTECTED BIRDS. Subdivision 1. Authorized taking. Protected birds, their nests, and their eggs may be taken only as authorized under the game and fish laws. Subd. 2. Prohibited methods of taking. A person may not take protected birds: (1) with a trap, net, or snare; (2) using bird lime; (3) with a swivel or […]
97B.705 RESTRICTIONS ON TRAPPING BIRDS. (a) Except as provided in this section, a person may not take a bird with a steel jaw leg-hold trap mounted on a pole, post, tree stump, or other perch more than three feet above the ground. (b) A person that has a permit to take great horned owls issued […]
97B.715 PHEASANTS. Subdivision 1. Stamp required. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person required to possess a small-game license may not hunt pheasants without a pheasant stamp validation. (b) The following persons are exempt from this subdivision: (1) residents and nonresidents under age 18 and residents over age […]
97B.716 PRAIRIE CHICKENS. Subdivision 1. License required. A person may not take a prairie chicken without a prairie-chicken license. Subd. 2. Tagging and registration. The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the tagging and registration of prairie chickens. Subd. 3. Limited number of prairie-chicken hunters. The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, […]
97B.721 LICENSE REQUIRED TO TAKE TURKEY; TAGGING AND REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) or section 97A.405, subdivision 2, a person may not take a turkey without possessing a turkey license. (b) An unlicensed adult age 18 or older may assist a licensed wild-turkey hunter. The unlicensed adult may not shoot or […]
97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY. (a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control: (1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or (2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted by the commissioner. (b) Paragraph (a) […]
97B.723 COMMISSIONER MAY LIMIT NUMBER OF TURKEY HUNTERS. The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select persons eligible to take turkeys in an area. Preference must be given to persons that have previously applied in the general selection but have not been selected. History: 1989 c 29 s 1
97B.725 GUIDING HUNTERS. A person may not guide turkey hunters for compensation. History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 62; 2005 c 146 s 38
97B.731 MIGRATORY BIRDS. Subdivision 1. Migratory game birds. (a) Migratory game birds may be taken and possessed. A person may not take, buy, sell, possess, transport, or ship migratory game birds in violation of federal law. (b) The commissioner shall prescribe seasons, limits, and areas for migratory birds in accordance with federal law. Subd. 2. […]
