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DEER

Antler points

Defined, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Legal bucks, Minn. Rules 6232.0350

Antlerless deer

Defined, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Seasons, muzzleloaders, Minn. Rules 6232.2100

Zones, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Big game, defined as including deer, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.015

Bovine tuberculosis, Minn. Rules 6232.1980

Bucks, Minn. Rules 6232.0350

Carcasses, importing prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.505

Carcasses, registration, Minn. Rules 6232.0400

Chronic wasting disease

Confiscation and destruction, Minn. Statutes 2024 35.155

Definitions, Minn. Rules 1721.0370

Farmed cervidae, control, Minn. Rules 1721.0400, 1721.0420

Importation, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.505

Wild game processors, disposal, Minn. Statutes 2024 28A.153

Definitions, Minn. Statutes 2024 35.153, 97A.015

Definitions, animal health, Minn. Rules 1721.0010

Farming, see FARMED CERVIDAE

Farming, generally, see FARMED CERVIDAE

Hunting

300 series deer permit areas, Minn. Rules 6232.0300, 6232.0350

Aged persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

All-terrain vehicles, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Antler sheds, collection, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.22

Antlerless deer, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

Apprentice-hunter validation, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.022

Archery

Camp Ripley archery hunt, Minn. Rules 6232.0900 to 6232.1100

Early antlerless permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1970

Game refuges, Minn. Rules 6230.0400

Intensive harvest permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1250

Legal deer, Minn. Rules 6232.0700

Military personnel, Minn. Rules 6232.0500

Seasons, Minn. Rules 6232.0600

Special permits, Minn. Rules 6232.0800

Wildlife management areas, Minn. Rules 6230.0200

Archery hunting, possession of firearms, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.211

Bag limit, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Baiting prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.328

Big game, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.015

Bonus harvest permits

Defined, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Firearms hunting, Minn. Rules 6232.1950

Generally, Minn. Rules 6232.1250

Multizone buck license holders, Minn. Rules 6232.2000

Bonus permits, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.015

Bucks, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

Camp Ripley archery deer hunting, application fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.475

Camp Ripley archery hunt

Generally, Minn. Rules 6232.1100

Permit requirements, Minn. Rules 6232.0900

Preference drawings for permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1000

Season, Minn. Rules 6232.0900

Children, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

Clothing, color, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.071, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Crossbow hunting

Disabled hunters, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.106

During archery season, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.037

During firearm season, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.036

Deer other than white-tailed or mule, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.327

Deer stands, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.325

Disabled hunters, Minn. Rules 6230.0200, 6232.2500

Dogs used to locate wounded deer, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.207

Earn-a-buck hunts, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Either-sex permits, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Expedited permanent rules, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.027

Firearms deer hunting

Bonus permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1950

Permit areas, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Shotgun use area, Minn. Rules 6232.1500

Zones, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Firearms use areas and restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.318

Game refuges, Minn. Rules 6230.0400

Hunter choice deer permit areas, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Importing carcasses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.505

Killing of either sex permitted by disabled hunters, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.055

Legal bucks, Minn. Rules 6232.0350

License agents, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.485

Licenses

Additional deer, taking, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411

Age or residency change, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411

All-season licenses, Minn. Rules 6232.2050

Archery deer licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411, 97A.455, 97A.485

Crossbow hunting, license requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.036

Deer management permits, Minn. Rules 6232.0200, 6232.0500

Disabled veterans, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.441

Donations and surcharges, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.065

Fees, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.475, 97A.485

Firearms deer licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411, 97A.465

Generally, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Landowners and tenants of agricultural lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.441

Lifetime, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.473

Limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

Military personnel, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.465, Minn. Rules 6232.0500

Multizone buck licenses, Minn. Rules 6232.0300, 6232.0500, 6232.2000

Muzzleloader deer licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411, 97A.465

Nonresident students, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.455

Replacement licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.405, 97A.475

Reporting requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.055

Residents discharged from active service, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.465

Revenue, use, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.075

Super sports licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.475

Surcharges and donations, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.475

Veterans, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.411, 97A.465

Limits, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.305

Lottery deer permit areas, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Managed deer permit area, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Military personnel, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.465

Muzzleloader hunting

Bonus permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1950

Early antlerless permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1970

Legal deer, Minn. Rules 6232.2100

Legal firearms, Minn. Rules 6232.2200

Licenses, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Military personnel, Minn. Rules 6232.0500

Seasons, Minn. Rules 6232.2100

Special permits, Minn. Rules 6232.2400

Muzzleloaders, see Muzzleloading firearms under FIREARMS

National wildlife refuges, Minn. Rules 6230.1300

Number of hunters limited, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.305

Parties, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Permits

Bonus permits, firearms, Minn. Rules 6232.1950

Bonus permits, multizone buck licenses, Minn. Rules 6232.2000

Bonus permits, purchase and validation, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Camp Ripley archery hunt, Minn. Rules 6232.0900 to 6232.1100

Disease management permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1980

Early antlerless permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1970

Either-sex permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1800

Intensive harvest permits, archery, Minn. Rules 6232.1250

Permit areas, designation, Minn. Rules 6232.1750

Preference drawings, either-sex and special area permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1800

Special hunt permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1600

Platforms, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.325

Registration of deer, procedures, Minn. Rules 6232.0400

Regular firearms season, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.015

Regulations booklet, designation of areas, Minn. Rules 6232.0800, 6232.2500

Residents under 18, deer of either sex, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.301

Restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.311

Rothsay Wildlife Management Area Sanctuary, Minn. Rules 6230.0280

Seasons, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.311

Early antlerless permits, Minn. Rules 6232.1970

Generally, Minn. Rules 6232.0200, 6232.1300

Metropolitan Deer Management Zone, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Muzzleloader seasons, Minn. Rules 6232.1950

Options, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Youth special deer seasons, Minn. Rules 6232.2560

Set guns, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Shotgun use areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.318

Snares, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Snowmobiles, use in hunting, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Special bovine tuberculosis areas, Minn. Rules 6232.0400

Special hunts and seasons, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.311

Stands, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.137, 97B.325, Minn. Rules 6230.0250, 6232.1100

Super sports licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.475

Swivel guns, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Tags, Minn. Rules 6232.0300

Trapping, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Venison donations, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.065, 97B.303

Wildlife management areas, Minn. Rules 6230.0200

Youth special deer hunts, Minn. Rules 6232.2550, 6232.2560

Zones, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.041

Firearms, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Registration blocks, Minn. Rules 6232.0200, 6232.4700

Importation, chronic wasting disease infection or exposure, Minn. Statutes 2024 35.155

Killed by motor vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.502

Legal bucks

Defined, Minn. Rules 6232.0200

Zones, Minn. Rules 6232.1300

Management, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.065

Pets, special permit to take, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.401

Possession, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.535

Possession, live cervidae, requirements, Minn. Rules 1721.0380

Processors, exemption from food licensing law, sales limitation, registration, Minn. Statutes 2024 28A.153

Quartering allowed, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.535

Red deer, farming, see FARMED CERVIDAE

Sales, unlawful buying or selling, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.325

Testing, chronic wasting disease, Minn. Statutes 2024 35.156

Trails, snares, prohibition, Minn. Rules 6234.2400

Transportation, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.535

Validation required, Minn. Statutes 2024 97A.535

Venison donation program, Minn. Statutes 2024 17.035, 97A.065, 97B.303

Violations and penalties

Deer other than white-tailed or mule, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.327

Running at large, prohibition against, Minn. Statutes 2024 35.155

Set guns, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Snares, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Swivel guns, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Traps, Minn. Statutes 2024 97B.321

Wild deer, removal from deer farms, Minn. Rules 1721.0380

Wild game processors, exemption from food licensing law, sales limitation, registration, Minn. Statutes 2024 28A.153

Wildlife management areas, hunting, Minn. Rules 6230.0200