Bill Text: MN SF1503 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Senior citizens deer hunting with bait or feed in firearms season permission
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-24 - Referred to Environment and Natural Resources [SF1503 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-SF1503-Introduced.html
1.2relating to game and fish; modifying bait restrictions for firearms deer hunting;
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, by adding a
1.4subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. Except as provided in
1.8subdivision 5, a person may not hunt deer:
1.9 (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
1.10 (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that bait
1.11or feed is present.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.13to read:
1.14 Subd. 5. Persons age 65 or older; firearms season. Notwithstanding subdivision
1.151, clause (1), a person age 65 years or older may hunt deer during the firearms season with
1.16the aid or use of bait or feed. Bait or feed placed by a person under this subdivision must
1.17be removed no less than three days before the opening of the firearms deer season.
1.3amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, by adding a
1.4subdivision.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 Subdivision 1. Hunting with aid of bait or feed prohibited. Except as provided in
1.8subdivision 5, a person may not hunt deer:
1.9 (1) with the aid or use of bait or feed; or
1.10 (2) in the vicinity of bait or feed if the person knows or has reason to know that bait
1.11or feed is present.
1.12 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 97B.328, is amended by adding a subdivision
1.13to read:
1.14 Subd. 5. Persons age 65 or older; firearms season. Notwithstanding subdivision
1.151, clause (1), a person age 65 years or older may hunt deer during the firearms season with
1.16the aid or use of bait or feed. Bait or feed placed by a person under this subdivision must
1.17be removed no less than three days before the opening of the firearms deer season.
