Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Subp. 1.
Spring license application drawings.
A. Applications for spring hunts must be made
according to this part and according to application instructions provided by
the commissioner. Each person must apply at an electronic license system agent
or the Department of Natural Resources License Center. Drawings will be
conducted by the department to determine persons who will be eligible to
purchase licenses for each season. The drawings will be subject to the quotas
established by the commissioner. Preference in the respective drawings is given
to applicants based upon the number of times they have correctly applied for a
license for that hunt but have been unsuccessful. A person selected by the
drawings is eligible to purchase a license to hunt turkey. Upon issuance of a
turkey license for the spring season, all accumulated preference for that
season is lost, except as provided in subpart 6.
B. No application is needed to purchase a
fall turkey license.
Subp.
2.
Participation in application drawings.
Applicants may complete an application for either the spring or
fall turkey hunt or both. A person may not apply more than once for a hunt,
whether as an individual or as a member of a group. Qualifying individuals may
apply for the resident landowner-tenant turkey drawing. All of the information
in items A to H must be supplied on the application forms.
A. A resident applicant 18 years or older
must provide the applicant's individual Minnesota driver's license number of 13
characters, a 13-character firearms safety number, or an official state of
Minnesota identification number of 13 characters issued by the Department of
Public Safety.
B. A nonresident 18
years or older must provide a driver's license number or other identification
number.
C. A resident or
nonresident applicant age 12 to 15 by the opening day of the season may provide
one of the above numbers or may participate in the drawing without a number by
providing the applicant's full first, middle, and last name and date of birth.
Youthful applicants who do not provide a number will be placed into the drawing
using a number generated by the department.
D. Up to four persons desiring to hunt
together as a group may apply as a group. Group applications shall either all
be selected or none selected. All group members must apply for the same wild
turkey permit areas and time periods. The preference rating of applicants who
apply as a group shall be determined by the individual in the group with the
lowest preference. Group applications may be made up of all general or all
landowner-tenant applications, but not both.
E. The application deadline for the spring
season is the fourth Friday in January.
F. Youth age 17 and younger may purchase a
wild turkey hunting license to hunt all six spring turkey periods. A wild
turkey hunting license under this item is separate from the normal lottery
process and is valid for hunting in any wild turkey permit area.
G. A person who has not applied for a wild
turkey license through the lottery or who applied for a license and was
unsuccessful in the lottery may purchase a wild turkey hunting license to hunt
the spring turkey season during the third, fourth, fifth, or sixth period.
Firearms hunters who purchase a license under this item must choose and hunt in
one of the third, fourth, or fifth periods. Any licenesed hunter may also hunt
during the sixth period.
(1) Turkey lottery
preference points shall not be reduced for a person purchasing a license under
this item.
(2) A person may take
only one bearded turkey in a spring turkey season regardless of whether the
hunter purchased a license through the lottery system or as provided in this
item.
(3) Licensed archery hunters
may hunt throughout all periods.
H. Persons who are being mentored in an
official state-sanctioned adult-mentored turkey hunt or who hunt in a
sanctioned disabled hunt do not need to apply in the normal lottery process to
receive a license. Hunt sponsors must submit the names of the participating
hunters to the commissioner by the Friday nearest February 15.
Subp. 3.
Landowner-tenant
drawing.
A landowner-tenant license application drawing will be held
subject to the restrictions in items A to F.
A. An applicant must meet all eligibility
requirements and must provide a complete and accurate description of the
qualifying land.
B. An applicant
must be a landowner, tenant, or a member of the landowner's or tenant's
immediate family. Family members include those related by blood, marriage, or
adoption.
C. For each wild turkey
permit area and time period, no more than 20 percent of the successful
participants will be drawn from the special landowner-tenant
applications.
D. An individual
participant in the landowner-tenant drawing may submit only one application and
only for the turkey wild turkey permit area in which the participant
resides.
E. Applicants unsuccessful
in the landowner-tenant drawing will be included in the general
drawing.
F. Landowner-tenant
licensees must allow turkey hunting as provided by Minnesota Statutes, section
97A.435,
and the commissioner will make descriptions of these lands available to
licensed turkey hunters.
Subp.
4.
Modification of quota numbers for group
applications.
The quota of licenses or permits for a drawing may be increased
to accommodate group members if the last applicant to be selected is a member
of a group.
Subp. 5.
Drawing application fee.
An applicant must pay a fee as provided by statute at the time
of application at the electronic license system-point of sale (ELS-POS) agent.
Any check that is returned to the department for nonpayment will invalidate the
application and the check will be destroyed. Refunds of application fees will
not be made for any reason.
Subp.
6.
Undersubscribed wild turkey permit areas.
In permit areas and time periods with fewer applicants than
available licenses, the remaining available licenses may be first offered to
unsuccessful applicants for other permit areas or time periods on a first-come,
first-served basis. An eligible person must apply individually and in person at
an ELS-POS (point-of-sale) agent location or individually through the
ELS-Internet or ELS-Telephone system to obtain a remaining available license.
Any remaining available licenses not purchased by unsuccessful applicants may
then be issued to any eligible person on a first-come, first-served basis.
Individuals who purchase these remaining available licenses retain their
accumulated preference.
Statutory Authority: MS s
97A.435;
97B.711;
97B.723
