1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying the shotgun use area;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2022, section 97B.318, subdivision 1.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.318, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subdivision 1.Shotgun use area. During the regular firearms season in the shotgun use 
1.7 	area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading long 
1.8 	guns, and legal handguns may be used for taking deer. Legal shotguns include those with 
1.9 	rifled barrels. The shotgun use area is that portion of the state lying within the following 
1.10 	described boundary: Beginning on the west boundary of the state at the northern boundary 
1.11 	of Clay in Big Stone County; thence along the northern boundary of Clay County to State 
1.12 	Trunk Highway (STH) 32; thence along STH 32 to STH 34; thence along STH 34 to 
1.13 	Interstate Highway 94 (I-94); thence along I-94 to County State-Aid Highway (CSAH) 40, 
1.14 	Douglas County; thence along CSAH 40 to CSAH 82, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 
1.15 	82 to CSAH 22, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 22 to CSAH 6, Douglas County; 
1.16 	thence along CSAH 6 to CSAH 14, Douglas County; thence along CSAH 14 to STH 29; 
1.17 	thence along STH 29 to CSAH 46, Otter Tail County; thence along CSAH 46, Otter Tail 
1.18 	County, to CSAH 22, Todd County; thence along CSAH 22 to U.S. Highway 71; thence 
1.19 	along U.S. Highway 71 to STH 27; thence along STH 27 to the Mississippi River; thence 
1.20 	along the east bank of the Mississippi River to STH 23; thence along STH 23 marked U.S. 
1.21 	Highway 12 to marked Trunk Highway 25; thence north on marked Trunk Highway 25 to 
1.22 	marked U.S. Highway 10; thence east on marked U.S. Highway 10 to marked U.S. Highway 
1.23 	169; thence north on marked U.S. Highway 169 to STH marked Trunk Highway 95; thence 
2.1 	along STH marked Trunk Highway 95 to marked U.S. Highway 8; thence along marked
2.2 	U.S. Highway 8 to the eastern boundary of the state; thence along the east, south, and west 
2.3 	boundaries of the state to the point of beginning.