Lights for predator hunting.

Thanks for the welcome guys. I’ve received several emails from folks from here wanting to help. That’s great!

We’ll get this law changed and will be stacking up the fur next winter!

hey, is there really goona be a coon season??? darn… any one got the whole rules for this? i sure hope that law is passed!! i’ll talk to my uncle/ he’s a senator and i’ll git him to vote for it!!

hey, is there really goona be a coon season??? darn… any one got the whole rules for this? i sure hope that law is passed!! i’ll talk to my uncle/ he’s a senator and i’ll git him to vote for it!!

Received an email this morning with an update.

Thanks

And keep us in the loop on when to write to our congressmen.

Received an email this morning with an update.

Thanks

And keep us in the loop on when to write to our congressmen.

Coonhounder,

Check the new regs. Yup, there’s a coon season now.

Farmboy1,

I’ll keep you posted. I’ve got a plan.

Coonhounder,

Check the new regs. Yup, there’s a coon season now.

Farmboy1,

I’ll keep you posted. I’ve got a plan.

For some reason this won’t let me copy a post I made on another board….

Bottom line is that bills have been introduced into the senate (SF3056) and house (HF3395). Now is the time for Minnesotans to get off their butts and get in gear if they ever want to use lights to hunt predators with.

Please write your legislators and ask them to support the above bills.

Don’t leave it for someone else to do. We need this last push if we are going to pass it.

Please ask everyone you can think of to write to their legislators as well.

You can read my other post here: web page

For some reason this won’t let me copy a post I made on another board….

Bottom line is that bills have been introduced into the senate (SF3056) and house (HF3395). Now is the time for Minnesotans to get off their butts and get in gear if they ever want to use lights to hunt predators with.

Please write your legislators and ask them to support the above bills.

Don’t leave it for someone else to do. We need this last push if we are going to pass it.

Please ask everyone you can think of to write to their legislators as well.

You can read my other post here: web page

Minnesotans,

(For those of you on my email list, I’ll be sending out a note tonight as well)

The time to act on our light bill is NOW!!!! We have the bills introduced and numbered. The house bill is HF3395 and the Senate bill is SF3056.

I’ll copy the bill below so you can read it but we need to act now and we need to act STRONG!!!

For those working with us on this, here’s what I need you to do THIS WEEK.

Write letters (typed on the computer and several different forms in your own words) and then go and have EVERYONE you know sign them with their name and address. Then, YOU take the letters, find out who their representative or senator is and mail the letters to those legislators.

If there’s time for action folks, it’s NOW! We need this. Get on it right away!!! Don’t just ask them to write in support of these bills. Do it for them and just had them the paper and have them sign it. (don’t do one form letter or those folks who get them will be far from impressed)

Anyway, please, please get moving on this right away. We can’t afford to have the work we’ve done go down the drain because of apathy. DO IT!

Here’s the wording of the bill. (the senate wording identical just with a different number.)

Thanks all.

Randy

H.F. No. 3395, as introduced – 84th Legislative Session (2005-2006) Posted on Mar 13, 2006

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on using lights to locate animals;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.081, subdivision 1.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. With firearms and bows. (a) A person may not cast the rays of a
1.7 spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest,
1.8 to spot, locate, or take a wild animal, except while taking raccoons in accordance with
1.9 section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tending traps in accordance with section 97B.931,
1.10 while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm,
1.11 bow, or other implement that could be used to kill big game.
1.12 (b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:
1.13 (1) unloaded;
1.14 (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm
1.15 by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of
1.16 the firearm exposed; and
1.17 (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
1.18 (c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:
1.19 (1) completely encased or unstrung; and
1.20 (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
1.21 (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm
1.22 or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
1.23 (e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section
1.24 97B.621, subdivision 3.
2.1 (f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting raccoon, fox, or coyote from
2.2 January 1 to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial light, provided that the person:
2.3 (1) is on foot;
2.4 (2) is not within a public road right-of-way;
2.5 (3) is using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
2.6 (4) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.

Minnesotans,

(For those of you on my email list, I’ll be sending out a note tonight as well)

The time to act on our light bill is NOW!!!! We have the bills introduced and numbered. The house bill is HF3395 and the Senate bill is SF3056.

I’ll copy the bill below so you can read it but we need to act now and we need to act STRONG!!!

For those working with us on this, here’s what I need you to do THIS WEEK.

Write letters (typed on the computer and several different forms in your own words) and then go and have EVERYONE you know sign them with their name and address. Then, YOU take the letters, find out who their representative or senator is and mail the letters to those legislators.

If there’s time for action folks, it’s NOW! We need this. Get on it right away!!! Don’t just ask them to write in support of these bills. Do it for them and just had them the paper and have them sign it. (don’t do one form letter or those folks who get them will be far from impressed)

Anyway, please, please get moving on this right away. We can’t afford to have the work we’ve done go down the drain because of apathy. DO IT!

Here’s the wording of the bill. (the senate wording identical just with a different number.)

Thanks all.

Randy

H.F. No. 3395, as introduced – 84th Legislative Session (2005-2006) Posted on Mar 13, 2006

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to game and fish; modifying restrictions on using lights to locate animals;
1.3 amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.081, subdivision 1.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 97B.081, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.6 Subdivision 1. With firearms and bows. (a) A person may not cast the rays of a
1.7 spotlight, headlight, or other artificial light on a highway, or in a field, woodland, or forest,
1.8 to spot, locate, or take a wild animal, except while taking raccoons in accordance with
1.9 section 97B.621, subdivision 3, or tending traps in accordance with section 97B.931,
1.10 while having in possession, either individually or as one of a group of persons, a firearm,
1.11 bow, or other implement that could be used to kill big game.
1.12 (b) This subdivision does not apply to a firearm that is:
1.13 (1) unloaded;
1.14 (2) in a gun case expressly made to contain a firearm that fully encloses the firearm
1.15 by being zipped, snapped, buckled, tied, or otherwise fastened without any portion of
1.16 the firearm exposed; and
1.17 (3) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
1.18 (c) This subdivision does not apply to a bow that is:
1.19 (1) completely encased or unstrung; and
1.20 (2) in the closed trunk of a motor vehicle.
1.21 (d) If the motor vehicle under paragraph (b) or (c) does not have a trunk, the firearm
1.22 or bow must be placed in the rearmost location of the vehicle.
1.23 (e) This subdivision does not apply to persons taking raccoons under section
1.24 97B.621, subdivision 3.
2.1 (f) This subdivision does not apply to a person hunting raccoon, fox, or coyote from
2.2 January 1 to March 15 while using a hand-held artificial light, provided that the person:
2.3 (1) is on foot;
2.4 (2) is not within a public road right-of-way;
2.5 (3) is using a hand-held or electronic calling device; and
2.6 (4) is not within 200 feet of a motor vehicle.

Thanks Adam.

Thanks Adam.

Well, yesterday I was at the capital to testify on our bill. One rep has stated he is against it completely and vowed to fight it. When I got there I was blind sided by a “compromise.” To make a long story short… there was some discussion between me and several involved in the process and we decided to take the compromise.

The compromise is that we only use shotguns while using lights and that we not use lights for raccoons.

In the next week or so I’ll be heading back down to the capital to testify at the senate.

Well, yesterday I was at the capital to testify on our bill. One rep has stated he is against it completely and vowed to fight it. When I got there I was blind sided by a “compromise.” To make a long story short… there was some discussion between me and several involved in the process and we decided to take the compromise.

The compromise is that we only use shotguns while using lights and that we not use lights for raccoons.

In the next week or so I’ll be heading back down to the capital to testify at the senate.

that’s strange… how do you go about shootin a coon out of the tree if you can’t see it… i use lights now… is that illegal? obviously there congressmen dont coon hunt… so we cant shine’em while there in the tree?? fill me in…

that’s strange… how do you go about shootin a coon out of the tree if you can’t see it… i use lights now… is that illegal? obviously there congressmen dont coon hunt… so we cant shine’em while there in the tree?? fill me in…

You can shine ’em if they are treed by dogs. That won’t change. This law will only effect those who are calling them with a predator call.

You can shine ’em if they are treed by dogs. That won’t change. This law will only effect those who are calling them with a predator call.

ok that’s good then, cause i was thinking they coudn’t do that to us… they already gave us a season..!! lol

ok that’s good then, cause i was thinking they coudn’t do that to us… they already gave us a season..!! lol