Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, REGISTRATION BLOCKS, pt. 6232.4800 - [Effective until 12/23/2026] FEEDING AND ATTRACTING DEER PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

Subpart 1. Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

A. "attractants" means food scents, salt, minerals, prescented items with natural or synthetic attractants, and any product, either natural or synthetic, that contains or purports to contain cervid urine, cervid blood, cervid gland oil, cervid feces, or other cervid bodily fluid;
B. "feed" means grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, and other food, either natural or synthetic, that is capable of attracting or enticing deer; and
C. "place" includes to place, cause to place, distribute, or otherwise put on a person's property in an outdoor location accessible to deer or to allow another person to so place, cause to place, distribute, or put on a person's property.
Subp. 2. Applicability; prohibition; feed and attractants.

In Aitkin, Anoka, Beltrami, Carver, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbard, Itasca, Le Sueur, Mower, Norman, Olmsted, Polk, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Sherburne, Sibley, Steele, Traverse, Wabasha, Washington, Wilkin, Winona, and Wright Counties, a person may not place feed or attractants, except as provided in subpart 3.

Subp. 3. Exceptions.

The prohibition in subpart 2 does not include:

A. feed that is intended to feed wildlife other than deer, if the feed is:
(1) arranged to exclude access to deer; or
(2) put at least six feet above the ground;
B. feed that is present solely as a result of normal agricultural, forest management, or wildlife food-planting practices;
C. feed or minerals that are for livestock purposes if the feed or minerals are:
(1) for domestic livestock that are present and actively consuming the feed or minerals daily;
(2) covered to deter deer from accessing the feed or minerals; or
(3) stored consistent with normal agricultural practices; or
D. natural or manufactured products that do not have attractants or feed.
Subp. 4. Cleanup.
A. In addition to any other penalties imposed, a person must immediately remove any feed and attractants that have been placed in violation of subpart 2.
B. Failure to comply with this subpart is a separate violation from and in addition to a violation of subpart 2.
Subp. 5. Bear bait stations in counties where placing feed or attractants is prohibited.

A person may establish a bear bait station, as described in part 6232.2600, subpart 3, in counties where placing feed or attractants is otherwise prohibited under subpart 2.

Notes

Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, REGISTRATION BLOCKS, pt. 6232.4800
46 SR 746 eff. 12/30/2021 47 SR 1205 (EMERGENCY) 49 SR 5, exp. 1/1/2026 (Emergency) 49 SR 1383, exp. 12/23/2026 (Emergency)

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