Mn 2007 Hunting and Trapping regs. are out

Maybe its been alittle while but I just found the booklet today at Walmart in Roch. There are some new Regs of interest out there. such as hunters 27 and younger may hunt without firearms safety certificate,as long as they are with an adult hunter from MN. page 19 gives more detail

I guess that’s good and bad. I have to say when I went though that class a long time ago I really did enjoy it. However this will make introducing younger people to into hunting that much easier.

I guess that’s good and bad. I have to say when I went though that class a long time ago I really did enjoy it. However this will make introducing younger people to into hunting that much easier.

I haven’t had a chance to read it fully but if that is how it is going to be interpreted, I would have to say that is sad to see.

People need to learn to respect guns and more importantly the people they are around while handling a gun also repect for the sport of hunting.

I would never take a friend, relative or otherwise out in the woods with a gun without him going through firearms safety.

If you want to hunt bad enough then take the class. its a weekend I think?

Can’t say that I like that law at all. It makes me feel less and less safe to be in the woods, and I am on private land! I would hate to have to hunt public land now with that law in effect.

I haven’t had a chance to read it fully but if that is how it is going to be interpreted, I would have to say that is sad to see.

People need to learn to respect guns and more importantly the people they are around while handling a gun also repect for the sport of hunting.

I would never take a friend, relative or otherwise out in the woods with a gun without him going through firearms safety.

If you want to hunt bad enough then take the class. its a weekend I think?

Can’t say that I like that law at all. It makes me feel less and less safe to be in the woods, and I am on private land! I would hate to have to hunt public land now with that law in effect.

Here is that page in the regs

Apprentice Hunter Validation
Residents who would normally be required to possess a firearms
safety certificate to hunt small game or deer (see chart on page 36) may
be issued an apprentice hunter validation. The validation lasts for only
one license year and an individual may get the validation once in a
lifetime. An individual in possession of an apprentice hunter validation
may hunt small game and deer only when accompanied by an adult
licensed to hunt in Minnesota who either has a firearms safety certificate
or is exempt from the firearms safety requirement (see firearms safety
certificate, page 20) and is not hunting under an apprentice validation.
Individuals hunting under an apprentice hunter validation must stay
within a distance that allows uninterrupted visual contact and unaided
verbal communication with the fully licensed hunter. An apprentice
hunter validation holder must obtain all required licenses and stamps.
After the apprentice hunter validation expires, an individual needs to
complete a firearms safety hunter education course to continue hunting.
Home study and online courses are available for adults and traditional
classes are required for youth. The Validation costs $3.50.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/hunting/index.html

Here is that page in the regs

Apprentice Hunter Validation
Residents who would normally be required to possess a firearms
safety certificate to hunt small game or deer (see chart on page 36) may
be issued an apprentice hunter validation. The validation lasts for only
one license year and an individual may get the validation once in a
lifetime. An individual in possession of an apprentice hunter validation
may hunt small game and deer only when accompanied by an adult
licensed to hunt in Minnesota who either has a firearms safety certificate
or is exempt from the firearms safety requirement (see firearms safety
certificate, page 20) and is not hunting under an apprentice validation.
Individuals hunting under an apprentice hunter validation must stay
within a distance that allows uninterrupted visual contact and unaided
verbal communication with the fully licensed hunter. An apprentice
hunter validation holder must obtain all required licenses and stamps.
After the apprentice hunter validation expires, an individual needs to
complete a firearms safety hunter education course to continue hunting.
Home study and online courses are available for adults and traditional
classes are required for youth. The Validation costs $3.50.

http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/regulations/hunting/index.html

thanks!

Thats not so bad…

thanks!

Thats not so bad…

My wife is born just after the deadline for having to have taken the class. She hunted with me for years and then just last year walmart wouldn’t sell her an archery liscense without it so she had to go without. Seemed kind of odd but nothing wrong with the safety class. Guess we will have to set time aside to attend.

My wife is born just after the deadline for having to have taken the class. She hunted with me for years and then just last year walmart wouldn’t sell her an archery liscense without it so she had to go without. Seemed kind of odd but nothing wrong with the safety class. Guess we will have to set time aside to attend.