1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to game and fish;
eliminating shotgun zone for taking deer;amending
1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 97B.031, by adding a subdivision; repealing
1.4 Minnesota Statutes 2024,
section 97B.318.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes
2024, section 97B.031, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.7 to read:
1.8 Subd. 7.Regular
firearms deer season. During the regular firearms deer season, all
1.9 legal firearms may be
used statewide.
1.10 Sec. 2. REPEALER.
1.11 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 97B.318, is repealed.
APPENDIX
Repealed Minnesota Statutes:
25-02789
97B.318 ARMS USE AREAS AND RESTRICTIONS; REGULAR FIREARMS SEASON.Subdivision
1.Shotgun use area.
During the regular firearms season
in the shotgun use area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun
shells, legal muzzle-loading long guns, and legal handguns may be used for
taking deer. Legal shotguns include those with rifled barrels. The shotgun use
area is that portion of the state lying within the following described
boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at the northern boundary
of Clay County; thence along the northern boundary of Clay County to State
Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to
Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence along I-94 to County State-Aid Highway
(CSAH) 40, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County;
thence along CSAH 82 to CSAH 22, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH
6, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 6 to CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along
CSAH 14 to STH 29; thence along STH 29 to CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence
along CSAH 46, Otter Tail County, to CSAH 22, Todd County; thence along CSAH 22
to U.S. Highway 71; thence along U.S. Highway 71 to STH 27; thence along STH 27
to the Mississippi River; thence along the east bank of the Mississippi River
to STH 23; thence along STH 23 to STH 95; thence along STH 95 to U.S. Highway
8; thence along U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence
along the east, south, and west boundaries of the state to the point of
beginning.
Subd. 2.All legal firearms use area.
The all legal firearms use area is
that part of the state lying outside of the shotgun use area.
