Minnesota Administrative Rules

6232.3500 BEAR HUNTING OUTFITTERS.

Subpart 1.

Application for bear hunting outfitter and master bear hunting outfitter licenses.

An application for a bear hunting outfitter or master bear hunting outfitter license can be obtained from the License Center.

Subp. 2.

Deadline for license issuance.

A bear hunting outfitter or master bear hunting outfitter license may not be issued after August 31 in any year.

Subp. 2a.

Adding persons to a master bear hunting outfitter license.

A.

A person may be added to a master bear hunting license through the License Center.

B.

The licensee may add additional persons to a master bear hunting outfitter license at any time.

C.

Any person listed under a master bear hunting license remains on that license for the entire license year. No person may be substituted for a person listed under a master bear hunting outfitter license.

Subp. 3.

Required reporting by bear hunting outfitters and master bear hunting outfitters.

A.

All licensed bear hunting outfitters and master bear hunting outfitters must complete the report form provided with the license and return it to the specified address no later than ten days after the close of the bear season. Failure to submit this report or failure to provide all requested information may result in ineligibility for a bear hunting outfitter or master bear hunting outfitter license for the following bear season.

B.

The report must show for each outfitter:

(1)

the names and addresses of all hunters guided;

(2)

the Minnesota DNR number of all hunters guided;

(3)

the bear zones hunted;

(4)

whether a bear was harvested;

(5)

the date the bear was harvested; and

(6)

the sex of the bear harvested.

C.

Information required under item B, subitems (1) to (3), must be recorded on the report form before any bear hunting activity takes place.

D.

Information required under item B, subitems (4) to (6), must be recorded on the report form within 24 hours of a bear being harvested by a guided hunter or within 24 hours of the completion of a hunt when a bear is not harvested.

E.

The records required under this subpart must be available for inspection by the commissioner. The records must be preserved and available for three years after the expiration of the license.

Subp. 4.

Eligibility requirements.

To be eligible for a bear hunting outfitters license or master bear hunting outfitters license, an applicant must be at least 16 years of age and submit proof that the applicant:

A.

is certified for standard first aid and CPR by the American Red Cross or American Heart Association or through an equivalent course;

B.

has completed a department-approved advanced hunter education/bear hunting outfitter clinic;

C.

is eligible to possess a Minnesota big game hunting license; and

D.

has scored at least 70 percent on a written bear hunting outfitter exam, administered by the commissioner.

This subpart is effective October 4, 2011.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 97B.411; 97B.431

History:

18 SR 83; 35 SR 505

Published Electronically:

October 3, 2013