1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to game and fish; modifying legal firearms to take turkey; amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 97B.722, is amended to read:
1.6 	97B.722 POSSESSING FIREARMS; HUNTING TURKEY.
1.7 	(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:
1.8 	(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or
1.9 	(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted 
1.10 	by the commissioner.
1.11 	(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with 
1.12 	section 624.714.
1.13 	(c) For hunting turkeys, "legal firearm" means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10 
1.14 	gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.