Just came upon this this morning.
I Do Not favor this, as by the time a Peace Officer or Conservation Officer arrives the Big Game animal would be severely injured or Dead.
I have witnessed Dog’s in packs chasing and Killing Deer in Southern Minnesota, these were Farm Dog’s just out roaming in Packs. Watched 2-dogs chase a Deer thru a Ditch with a pair of Pheasant Hunters nearby,
The Deer came up the other side, but the Hunters dropped the Dogs in the Ditch.
Why should this be illegal?
There goes the Deer Herd further than it already has, in decline!
Mining & Outdoor Recreation Policy
Tuesday, March 03, 2015 2:45 PM
Room: 10 State Office Building
Chair: Rep. Tom Hackbarth
Agenda:
If you would like to testify on HF 1031, HF 238, HF 280 or HF 656, please email Claire Leiter at [email protected].
Bills:
HF1031 – (Anderson): Catch and release angling without license authorized.
HF238 – (Dill): Residents age 84 or over allowed to take deer of either sex.
HF280 – (Newton): Killing of dog pursuing big game limited.
HF656 – (Newton): Big game registration requirements modified.
HF #280 Author is:
Representative Jerry Newton (DFL) District: 37A
387 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
651-296-5369
E-mail: [email protected]
A bill for an act
relating to game and fish; limiting those allowed to kill a dog pursuing big game;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.011.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 97B.011, is amended to read:
97B.011 DOGS PURSUING BIG GAME.
A person peace officer or conservation officer who observes a dog wounding, killing,
or pursuing in a manner that endangers big game may kill the dog:.
(1) at any time, if the person is a
-
peace officer or conservation officer
; or
(2) between January 1 and July 14, if the person is not a peace officer or conservation
officer and the discharge of firearms is allowed.
The
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peace officer
or person
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conservation officer
is not liable for damages for killing
the dog.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/text.php?number=HF280&version=0&session_year=2015&session_number=0