Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 158 - Natural Resources Department
Chapter 6234 - SMALL GAME
FURBEARERS
Part 6234.2100 - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TAKING BEAVER AND OTTER
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subpart 1. Setting of traps.
Traps of any kind may not be set inside a beaver house or above the water line on the outside of a beaver house.
Subp. 2. Damage to beaver house or dam.
A person may not damage a beaver house or dam, except as otherwise authorized by law or permit or by employees of the department in the performance of their official duties.
Subp. 3. Use of snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.
Snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles may be used statewide to transport or check beaver or otter traps and to transport beaver or otter carcasses.
Subp. 4. Taking in wildlife management areas.
Beaver and otter may be taken by licensed trappers in wildlife management areas by permit issued by the appropriate state wildlife manager.
Subp. 5. [Repealed, 35 SR 505]
Subp. 6. [Repealed, 35 SR 505]
Statutory Authority: MS s 97B.605; 97B.921; 97B.925; 97B.935