Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1.
General requirements.
Youth special deer hunt permittees may hunt in open areas and
times designated by the commissioner. All participating youths and a parent or
guardian authorized by the parent who is at least 18 years of age must attend
the mandatory orientation and prehunt orientation and clinic. During the hunt,
youth participants must be accompanied by a parent or guardian authorized by
the parent who is at least 18 years of age. The accompanying adult may not
hunt. Party hunting is not allowed. Persons participating in youth archery
special deer hunts must obtain a valid license for taking deer by archery by
the beginning date of the respective hunt. Persons participating in youth
firearms special deer hunts must obtain a license for taking deer by firearms,
valid for any season option, by the beginning date of the respective hunt. The
blaze orange requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section
97B.071,
paragraph (a), apply to all hunters and trappers, and all adult mentors of
youth hunters, in areas open to youth firearms deer hunting during the open
hunting dates established in this part.
Subp. 3.
Open areas.
In addition to complying with the requirements of this part,
hunters who are hunting under a special deer hunt permit must meet all
requirements of the municipality, park, or area in which the special hunt
occurs and those of any sponsoring organization. Hunt participants must stay
within any boundaries prescribed by the hunt administrator, by maps provided
during a prehunt orientation session, or by posting. The youth and adult
special hunt areas described in items A to W are open by permit in 2020.
A. Camp Ripley Military Refuge in Morrison
County is open for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by archery
October 9 to 11. No more than 175 permits shall be issued. The Minnesota Deer
Hunters Association and Minnesota State Archery Association are the sponsoring
nonprofit organizations. The bag limit is two.
B. Lake Alexander Preserve in Morrison County
is open October 9 to 11 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by
archery. No more than 20 permits shall be issued. The Nature Conservancy,
Minnesota State Archery Association, and the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association
are the sponsors. The bag limit is two.
C. Portions of Afton State Park in Washington
County are open November 7 and 8 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal
bucks by firearms. No more than 30 permits shall be issued. The Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit
is two.
D. Portions of Banning
State Park in Pine County are open October 31 and November 1 for youth taking
antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than six permits shall be
issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is
the sponsor The bag limit is two.
E. Portions of Blue Mounds State Park in Rock
County are open November 21 and 22 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal
bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits shall be issued. The Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit
is two, and this is an earn-a-buck hunt.
F. Portions of Buffalo River State Park in
Clay County are open November 7 and 8 for youth taking antlerless deer and
legal bucks by firearms. No more than 12 permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor
The bag limit is two, and this is an earn-a-buck hunt.
G. Portions of Camden State Park in Lyon
County are open October 24 and 25 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal
bucks by firearms. No more than 12 permits shall be issued. The Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit
is two, and this is an earn-a-buck hunt.
H. Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Hubbard,
and Becker Counties is open October 10 and 11 for youth taking antlerless deer
and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 75 permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, and the
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is
two.
I. Itasca State Park in
Clearwater, Hubbard, and Becker Counties is open October 10 and 11 for adult
learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by
firearms. No more than ten permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, and the Minnesota Deer Hunters
Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is two.
J. Kilen Woods State Park in Jackson County
is open October 24 and 25 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by
firearms. No more than six permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, and the Minnesota Deer Hunters
Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is one.
K. Portions of Lake Bemidji State Park in
Beltrami County are open October 16 to 18 for youth taking antlerless deer and
legal bucks by firearms. No more than 20 permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, and the
Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, Bemidji Chapter, are the sponsors. The bag
limit is two.
L. Portions of Lake
Bronson State Park in Kittson County are open October 24 and 25 for youth
taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits
shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and
Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit is one.
M. Portions of Lake Shetek State Park in
Murray County are open November 21 and 22 for youth taking antlerless deer by
firearms. No more than 12 permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural
Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit is
two.
N. Portions of Minneopa State
Park in Blue Earth and Nicollet Counties are open November 21 and 22 for youth
taking either-sex deer by firearms. No more than 12 permits shall be issued.
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the
sponsor The bag limit is two.
O.
Rydell National Wildlife Refuge in Polk County is open October 24 and 25 for
youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks with firearms. No more than 15
permits shall be issued. The Friends of the Rydell and Glacial Ridge Refuges
Association is the sponsor. The bag limit is three.
P. Portions of St. Croix State Park in Pine
County are open October 31 and November 1 for youth taking antler-less deer and
legal bucks by firearms. No more than 90 permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor
The bag limit is two.
Q. Portions
of Savanna Portage State Park in Aitkin County are open October 24 and 25 for
youth taking antler-less deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 25
permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks
and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit is two.
R. Sibley State Park in Kandiyohi County is
open October 31 and November 1 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks
by firearms. No more than ten permits shall be issued. The Department of
Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit
is one.
S. Portions of Zippel Bay
State Park in Lake of the Woods County are open October 17 and 18 for youth
taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 20 permits
shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and
Trails, is the sponsor The bag limit is two.
T. Portions of Upper Sioux Agency State Park
in Yellow Medicine County are open October 24 and 25 for youth taking
antlerless deer by firearms. No more than six permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor
The bag limit is two.
U. Portions
of Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Fillmore County are open
October 10 and 11 for adult learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking antlerless
deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than five permits shall be issued.
The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, is the
sponsor The bag limit is two.
V.
Portions of St. Croix State Park in Pine County are open October 31 and
November 1 for adult learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking antlerless deer and
legal bucks by firearms. No more than 14 permits shall be issued. The
Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor
The bag limit is one.
W. Portions
of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Carver and Scott Counties are
open October 24 and 25 for adult learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking
antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits shall be
issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, and
the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge are the sponsors. The bag limit
is two.
