Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
Bait station restriction.
A. A
person may not establish, service, maintain, or sign any bear bait station
prior to the Friday nearest August 14.
B. In order to establish, service, maintain,
or sign any bear bait station, a person must have a valid bear hunting license
or be operating under the direction of a person with a valid bear hunting
license.
C. No more than three bait
stations may be placed at one time for each licensed bear hunter. If a hunter
wishes to establish a different bait station, one of the hunter's three
existing bait stations must be removed. Each licensed bear hunting outfitter
may establish up to three bait stations in addition to bait stations placed for
licensed hunters.
Subp.
2.
Registration of bait station.
A person may not establish a bear bait station without
registering the site as provided in this subpart.
A. The following information must be provided
on a form provided by the commissioner or on an 8-1/2 inch by 11 inch sheet of
paper:
(1) name, address, Minnesota DNR
number, and telephone number of person who established the bear bait station;
(2) if the bait station is placed
for someone else, name and Minnesota DNR number of the person for whom the bear
bait station is established; and
(3) the global positioning system coordinates
or county, township, range, and section in which the bear bait station is
established.
B. The form
must be mailed to the Division of Enforcement no later than the next postal
service day or completed on a Web site approved by the commissioner within 24
hours following establishment of the bear bait station.
Subp. 3.
Display of sign.
A person establishing a bear bait station must display a sign
at the site meeting the following requirements.
A. The sign must be made of plastic, wood, or
metal and must be at least six inches by ten inches in size and, on public
land, no more than 18 inches by 24 inches in size.
B. The sign must contain:
(1) for unguided hunters, the full name and
address, the Minnesota DNR number, or the Minnesota driver's license number of
both the person on whose behalf the bait is placed and the person who is
placing the bait; or
(2) if placed
by a bear hunting outfitter for a client, the outfitter's Minnesota driver's
license number or bear hunting outfitter license number.
C. Letters and numbers must be legibly
printed and either painted or impressed on the sign material.
D. The sign must be prominently displayed
between six and ten feet above the natural ground level and within 20 feet of
the bait.
E. The person who placed
the signs is responsible for their removal within 48 hours of the close of the
bear season.
F. Only signs
prescribed in items A to D may be used. Warning or other signs used to mark
generic locations of bait stations or advise people of bait stations on public
land are prohibited.
Subp.
4.
Restriction on hunting near bear bait station.
A person may not hunt bear within 100 yards of a bear bait
station unless it is registered and marked with a sign as required by this
part.
Subp. 5.
Bear
bait stations near garbage dumps.
A person may not take bear or establish a bear bait station
within one-half mile of a garbage dump.
Subp. 6.
Bear bait stations near
previously baited areas.
A person may not establish a bear bait station within 100
yards of a site where bait has been placed prior to the Friday nearest August
14.
Subp. 7.
Bear bait
stations near campsites and in bear quota area 22.
A person may not establish a bear bait station within 150
yards of a campsite or in bear quota area 22.
