Minnesota Statutes Animals and Property (Ch. 343-348) § 348.12. Bounties, certain animals

Any county board or board of town supervisors may, by resolution, offer a bounty for the destruction of gophers or ground squirrels. The resolution may be made to cover the whole or any part of the county, and may be annually renewed, but it shall have force and effect only during the calendar year in which it was adopted or renewed. The bounty shall be in such amount or amounts and apply during such months, as may be designated by the county board or board of town supervisors by resolution.