Subp. 1.
Areas requiring a permit to trap.
The following wildlife management areas are open to trapping
with a permit:
A. Carlos Avery in
Anoka and Chisago Counties;
B.
Hubbel Pond in Becker County;
C.
Red Lake in Beltrami and Lake of the Woods Counties;
D. Talcot Lake in Cottonwood and Murray
Counties;
E. Mille Lacs in Mille
Lacs and Kanabec Counties;
F. Lac
qui Parle in Big Stone, Lac qui Parle, Swift, and Chippewa Counties;
G. Roseau River in Roseau County;
H. Thief Lake in Marshall County;
and
I. Whitewater in Olmsted,
Wabasha, and Winona Counties.
Subp.
2.
Trapping permits.
On areas where trapping permits are required, the number of
trapping permits may be limited to avoid undue depletion of the furbearer
resources or to prevent excessive crowding of trappers. The wildlife manager
may establish a method, including a drawing, for impartially selecting the
persons who may trap. An application for a trapping permit may be rejected if
the trapper has failed to submit a trapping report for the previous season.
Permits may be revoked at any time if the permittee violates any law or
regulation or fails to comply with the requirements of the
permit.
Subp. 3.
Areas
closed to migratory waterfowl hunting.
The Gordon W. Yeager Wildlife Management Area and the
Eastside Wildlife Management Area in Olmsted County and the Carl Schmidt
Wildlife Management Area in Morrison County are closed to the taking of
migratory waterfowl. On the Gordon W. Yeager Wildlife Management Area, small
game taken by firearms may only be taken with shotguns using No. 4 or smaller
diameter shot.
Subp. 4.
Areas with hunting, trapping, and firearms restrictions.
A. Individuals may possess only nontoxic
ammunition on their person at Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area in
Washington County.
B. For purposes
of this subpart, "nontoxic ammunition" means:
(1) steel shot;
(2) copper-plated, nickel-plated, or
zinc-plated steel shot or projectile;
(3) shot made of other nontoxic material
approved by the director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service
according to Code of Federal Regulations, title 50, section
20.21(j);
or
(4) other projectile that does
not contain lead.
C.
Notwithstanding item A, a person who carries a pistol and possesses a valid
permit under Minnesota Statutes, section
624.714, may possess ammunition
that does not meet the requirements of item B, but the ammunition may not be
used for taking wild animals at Keystone Woods Wildlife Management
Area.
D. The Bayport Wildlife
Management Area in Washington County, the Hastings Wildlife Management Area in
Dakota County, and the Raguet Wildlife Management Area in Scott and Carver
Counties are:
(1) closed to the trapping of
unprotected mammals, except when there is an open trapping season for a
protected species;
(2) closed to
the possession of firearms unless unloaded and contained in a case, except that
shotguns with BBB-sized shot or smaller diameter shot may be used during the
small game season in posted areas; and
(3) open to the possession and use of lawful
archery equipment in designated hunting areas during established hunting
seasons.
In the Bayport Wildlife Management Area, all firearms will be
allowed on the specified rifle range when supervised by the Minnesota
Department of Corrections.
Subp. 5.
Areas closed to hunting and
trapping.
A. The following wildlife
management areas are closed to hunting and trapping all species:
(1) Boerner Wildlife Management Area in
Sibley County;
(2) Buelow Wildlife
Management Area in Steele County;
(3) Bryson Wildlife Management Area in
Freeborn County;
(4)
Chapa-Kak-Say-Za Wildlife Management Area in Steele County; and
(5) Hutchinson Wildlife Management Area in
McLeod County.
B. The
Sand Prairie Wildlife Management Area in Sherburne County is closed to hunting
and trapping all species, except for:
(1)
hunting by individuals with disabilities participating in a special
hunt;
(2) youth ages ten to 17 who
are participating in the regular archery season. Youth may take one deer under
this subitem but may not hunt during events for individuals with disabilities;
and
(3) youth up to age 17 during
the spring turkey season.
Subp. 6.
Areas closed to hunting
only.
The following wildlife management areas are closed to the
hunting of all species:
A. Hearding
Island and Interstate Island Wildlife Management Areas in St. Louis
County;
B. Pine City Wildlife
Management Area in Pine County;
C.
Wesley E. Olson Wildlife Management Area in Big Stone County;
D. Tom Cliff Wildlife Management Area in
Waseca County;
E. Somsen Wildlife
Management Area in Brown County;
F.
that portion of the Perched Valley Wildlife Management Area located in Section
6, Township 112 North, Range 13 West, and Section 31, Township 113 North, Range
13 West, lying north and east of Highway 61; and
G. Carl and Verna Schmidt and Bur Oak
Wildlife Management Areas in LeSueur County.
Subp. 7.
Areas open to waterfowl
hunting only.
The Gold Portage Wildlife Management Area in Koochiching and
St. Louis Counties is open to waterfowl hunting during the established season.
It is closed to all other hunting and to trapping.
Subp. 8.
Areas open to hunting
beginning with the opening of waterfowl season.
The Uppgaard Wildlife Management Area in Crow Wing County is
open to hunting and trapping beginning on the opening date of the regular
migratory waterfowl season. Unprotected species may not be taken, except during
the same time and by the same methods legal to take protected
species.
Subp. 9.
Areas closed to firearms deer hunting.
The Lake Blanche Wildlife Management Area in Otter Tail
County, the Gordon W. Yeager Wildlife Management Area in Olmsted County, the
Bruce J. Schwartz Wildlife Management Area in Becker County, a portion of the
Timber Lake Wildlife Management Area (as posted) in Jackson County, and a
portion of the Gores Pool Wildlife Management Area (as posted) in Dakota County
are closed to firearms deer hunting. Small game taken by firearms on a portion
of Gores Pool Wildlife Management Area in Dakota County that is posted with
firearms restrictions may only be taken with shotguns using BBB or smaller
diameter shot.
Subp. 10.
Areas closed to trapping only.
The Pike Bay Wildlife Management Area in St. Louis County is
closed to the trapping of all species.
Subp. 11.
Areas with other
restrictions.
A. The Schrafel Wildlife
Management Area in Mower County is closed to trapping and firearms
hunting.
B. The Hvoslef Wildlife
Management Area in Fillmore County is open to archery hunting only from
September 1 to October 31 and during the spring wild turkey seasons. Firearms
hunting, except the use of centerfire rifles, is allowed from November 1 to
December 15.
C. The Bass Brook
Wildlife Management Area in Itasca County is closed to trapping and firearms
hunting. It is open to archery deer hunting.
D. The Mentel Wildlife Management Area in
Mower County is closed to all firearms hunting, but open for trapping and
archery hunting.
E. The St. Michael
Meadows Wildlife Management Area in Wright County is closed to all hunting and
trapping except archery deer hunting.
F. The Sandstone Wildlife Management Area in
Pine County is open for:
(1) hunting deer
during the archery deer season;
(2)
hunting bear by special permit only; and
(3) hunting and trapping all other species by
legal means during designated seasons.
G. The Hampton Woods Wildlife Management Area
in Dakota County is open as posted for:
(1)
hunting deer during the archery deer season;
(2) hunting turkey during the spring and fall
turkey seasons;
(3) trapping by
special permit only;
(4) hunting
predators by special permit only; and
(5) hunting small game through November
30.
H. Swamp Lake
Wildlife Management Area in Aitkin County and the adjoining Swamp Lake are
closed to wild rice harvest.
Subp.
12.
Sanctuary areas open to hunting.
The following sanctuary areas of wildlife management areas
posted with "Wildlife Sanctuary Do Not Trespass" signs are open as
specified:
A. The Talcot Lake Wildlife
Management Area Sanctuary is open for deer hunting by persons with disabilities
at designated stands, by permit, during the established state
seasons.
B. The Carlos Avery
Wildlife Management Area sanctuaries are open for hunting at designated
stations for special hunts conducted by a permitted nonprofit
organization.
C. The posted
sanctuary within the Ricehaven Wildlife Management Area in St. Louis County is
open:
(1) May 1 through September 14 to wild
rice harvesting during the wild rice season, canoeing, and birdwatching;
and
(2) November 25 through May 15
for hunting and trapping any species for which there is an open
season.
Subp.
13.
Lead shot prohibited on posted managed dove
fields.
A person may not use or possess lead shot while hunting
doves on posted managed dove fields in state wildlife management
areas.
