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Minnesota Statutes Game and Fish (Ch. 97-102) § 97B.621. Raccoons

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Subdivision 1. Repealed byLaws 2014, c. 290, § 70, eff. July 1, 2014.

Subd. 2. Treeing raccoons. Notwithstandingsection 97B.005, subdivision 1, a person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons without killing or capturing the raccoons during the closed season and a license is not required.

Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between one-half hour after sunset and one-half hour before sunrise, a person:

(1) must be on foot;

(2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;

(3) may use a handgun or rifle capable of firing only rimfire cartridges of .17 or .22 caliber, including .22 magnum; and

(4) may not use shotgun shells with larger diameter of shot than No. 4 shot.

Subd. 4. Repealed byLaws 2014, c. 290, § 70, eff. July 1, 2014.

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