Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart
1.
Application for bear hunting outfitter and master bear
hunting outfitter licenses.
An application for a bear hunting outfitter or master bear
hunting outfitter license can be obtained from the License Center.
Subp. 2.
Deadline for
license issuance.
A bear hunting outfitter or master bear hunting outfitter
license may not be issued after August 31 in any year.
Subp. 2a.
Adding persons to a master
bear hunting outfitter license.
A. A
person may be added to a master bear hunting license through the License
Center.
B. The licensee may add
additional persons to a master bear hunting outfitter license at any
time.
C. Any person listed under a
master bear hunting license remains on that license for the entire license
year. No person may be substituted for a person listed under a master bear
hunting outfitter license.
Subp.
3.
Required reporting by bear hunting outfitters and master
bear hunting outfitters.
A. All
licensed bear hunting outfitters and master bear hunting outfitters must
complete the report form provided with the license and return it to the
specified address no later than ten days after the close of the bear season.
Failure to submit this report or failure to provide all requested information
may result in ineligibility for a bear hunting outfitter or master bear hunting
outfitter license for the following bear season.
B. The report must show for each outfitter:
(1) the names and addresses of all hunters
guided;
(2) the Minnesota DNR
number of all hunters guided;
(3)
the bear zones hunted;
(4) whether
a bear was harvested;
(5) the date
the bear was harvested; and
(6) the
sex of the bear harvested.
C. Information required under item B,
subitems (1) to (3), must be recorded on the report form before any bear
hunting activity takes place.
D.
Information required under item B, subitems (4) to (6), must be recorded on the
report form within 24 hours of a bear being harvested by a guided hunter or
within 24 hours of the completion of a hunt when a bear is not
harvested.
E. The records required
under this subpart must be available for inspection by the commissioner. The
records must be preserved and available for three years after the expiration of
the license.
Subp. 4.
Eligibility requirements.
To be eligible for a bear hunting outfitters license or
master bear hunting outfitters license, an applicant must be at least 16 years
of age and submit proof that the applicant:
A. is certified for standard first aid and
CPR by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association or through an
equivalent course;
B. has completed
a department-approved advanced hunter education/bear hunting outfitter
clinic;
C. is eligible to possess a
Minnesota big game hunting license; and
D. has scored at least 70 percent on a
written bear hunting outfitter exam, administered by the commissioner.
This subpart is effective October 4, 2011.
Statutory Authority: MS s
97B.411;
97B.431
