Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 158 - Natural Resources Department
Chapter 6234 - SMALL GAME
FURBEARERS
Part 6234.1600 - TAKING BOBCAT

Universal Citation: MN Rules 6234.1600

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024

Subp. 1. Open season.

Bobcats may be taken with legal firearms, bow and arrow, and by trapping from the first Saturday following Thanksgiving to the Sunday nearest January 6.

Subp. 2. Open area.

Bobcats may be taken only in that area of the state lying north of Interstate Highway 94 (I-94) beginning at the west boundary of the state; thence along I-94 to U.S. Highway 10; and thence along U.S. Highway 10 to the east boundary of the state.

Subp. 3. Bag limits.

A person may not take more than five bobcats per season by either hunting or trapping or both. A person may not possess more than five bobcats at a time, except that a person may possess additional pelts that the person lawfully took, tagged, and registered during previous seasons.

Subp. 4. Tagging bobcats.

Pelts and skinned carcasses are subject to the provisions of part 6234.2600.

Statutory Authority: MS s 97A.541; 97B.605; 97B.625; and others at 19 SR 6

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