Department of Natural Resources Chapters:

Adopted Expedited Emergency Game and Fish Rules: 6232

2018 YOUTH AND ADULT SPECIAL DEER HUNTS AND SEASONS

PUBLISHED 08-13-2018 EFFECTIVE 08-13-2018 EXPIRES 12-31-2018

Please see the attachment for language of this expedited emergency game and fish rules package relating to the 2018 youth and adult special deer hunts and seasons.

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1.1 Department of Natural Resources​

1.2 Adopted Expedited Emergency Game and Fish Rules: 2018 Youth and Adult Special​ 1.3 Deer Hunts and Seasons​

1.4 6232.2550 YOUTH AND ADULT SPECIAL DEER HUNTS.​

1.5 [For text of subps 1 and 2, see M.R.]​

1.6 Subp. 3. Open areas. The following youth and adult special hunt areas are open by​

1.7 permit in 2018:​

1.8 A. Camp Ripley Military Refuge in Morrison County is open for youth taking​

1.9 antlerless deer and legal bucks by archery October 13 and 14. No more than 175 permits​

1.10 shall be issued. The Minnesota Deer Hunters Association and Minnesota State Archery​

1.11 Association are the sponsoring nonprofit organizations. The bag limit is one;​

1.12 B. Lake Alexander Preserve in Morrison County is open October 13 and 14 for​

1.13 youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by archery. No more than 20 permits shall be​

1.14 issued. The Nature Conservancy, Minnesota State Archery Association, and the Minnesota​

1.15 Deer Hunters Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is one;​

1.16 C. portions of Afton State Park in Washington County are open November 3 and​

1.17 4 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 25 permits​

1.18 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

1.19 sponsor. The bag limit is two;​

1.20 D. portions of Banning State Park in Pine County are open October 27 and 28 for​

1.21 youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than six permits shall be​

1.22 issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor.​

1.23 The bag limit is two;​

1.24 E. portions of Blue Mounds State Park in Rock County are open November 17​

1.25 and 18 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits​

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2.1 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

2.2 sponsor. The bag limit is two and this is an earn-a-buck hunt;​

2.3 F. portions of Buffalo River State Park in Clay County are open November 3 and​

2.4 4 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 14 permits​

2.5 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

2.6 sponsor. The bag limit is two and this is an earn-a-buck hunt;​

2.7 G. portions of Camden State Park in Lyon County are open October 27 and 28​

2.8 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 12 permits shall​

2.9 be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor.​

2.10 The bag limit is two and this is an earn-a-buck hunt;​

2.11 H. Itasca State Park in Clearwater, Hubbard, and Becker Counties is open October​

2.12 13 and 14 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 75​

2.13 permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails,​

2.14 and the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is two;​

2.15 I. Kilen Woods State Park in Jackson County is open October 27 and 28 for youth​

2.16 taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than six permits shall be issued.​

2.17 The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, and the Minnesota​

2.18 Deer Hunters Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is one;​

2.19 J. portions of Lake Bemidji State Park in Beltrami County are open October 19​

2.20 through 21 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 20​

2.21 permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails,​

2.22 and the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association, Bemidji Chapter, are the sponsors. The bag​

2.23 limit is two;​

2.24 K. portions of Lake Shetek State Park in Murray County are open November 17​

2.25 and 18 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 12 permits​

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3.1 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

3.2 sponsor. The bag limit is two and this is an earn-a-buck hunt;​

3.3 L. Rydell National Wildlife Refuge in Polk County is open October 27 and 28​

3.4 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 15 permits shall​

3.5 be issued. The Friends of the Rydell National Wildlife Refuge and Minnesota Deer Hunters​

3.6 Association are the sponsors. The bag limit is two;​

3.7 M. portions of St. Croix State Park in Pine County are open October 27 and 28​

3.8 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 90 permits shall​

3.9 be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor.​

3.10 The bag limit is two;​

3.11 N. portions of Savanna Portage State Park in Aitkin County are open October 27​

3.12 and 28 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 25 permits​

3.13 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

3.14 sponsor. The bag limit is two;​

3.15 O. Sibley State Park in Kandiyohi County is open October 27 and 28 for youth​

3.16 taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits shall be issued.​

3.17 The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the sponsor. The bag​

3.18 limit is one;​

3.19 P. portions of Tettegouche State Park in Lake County are open October 27 and​

3.20 28 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits​

3.21 shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks and Trails, is the​

3.22 sponsor. The bag limit is one;​

3.23 Q. portions of Zippel Bay State Park in Lake of the Woods County are open​

3.24 October 20 and 21 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more​

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4.1 than 20 permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of Parks​

4.2 and Trails, is the sponsor. The bag limit is two;​

4.3 R. the Gamehaven Scout Reservation in Olmsted County is open October 27 and​

4.4 28 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more than 15 permits​

4.5 shall be issued. The Boy Scouts of America, Gamehaven Council, is the sponsor. The bag​

4.6 limit is one;​

4.7 S. the Big Woods Heritage Forest, Sauber Woods Unit, in Rice County is open​

4.8 October 20 and 21 for youth taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No more​

4.9 than four permits shall be issued. The Tri-Lakes Sportsmen's Club is the sponsor. The bag​

4.10 limit is one;​

4.11 T. portions of St. Croix State Park in Pine County are open October 27 and 28 for​

4.12 adult learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking antlerless deer and legal bucks by firearms. No​

4.13 more than 14 permits shall be issued. The Department of Natural Resources, Division of​

4.14 Parks and Trails, is the sponsor. The bag limit is one; and​

4.15 U. portions of Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Carver County are​

4.16 open October 27 and 28 for adult learn-to-deer-hunt participants taking antlerless deer and​

4.17 legal bucks by firearms. No more than ten permits shall be issued. The Minnesota Valley​

4.18 National Wildlife Refuge is the sponsor. The bag limit is one.​

4.19 6232.2560 YOUTH SPECIAL DEER SEASONS.​

4.20 Subpart 1. Requirements. Youths participating in youth special deer seasons must​

4.21 obtain a license for taking deer by firearms, valid for any season option, by the beginning​

4.22 date of the special season. A youth special season participant may take one deer, which​

4.23 must be antlerless of either sex. One bonus permit may be used. Only one legal buck may​

4.24 be taken during youth special deer seasons and in the state per year. An adult mentor age​

4.25 18 or older authorized by the youth's parent or guardian must accompany the youth hunter​

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5.1 at all times during the hunt. The accompanying adult may not hunt. Party hunting is not​

5.2 allowed. The blaze orange or pink requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.071,​

5.3 paragraph (a), apply to all hunters and trappers, and all adult mentors of youth hunters, in​

5.4 the areas open to firearms deer hunting during the youth special seasons established in this​

5.5 part.​

5.6 Subp. 2. Open areas; date.​

5.7 A. Open areas and dates for youth deer seasons are established annually by the​

5.8 commissioner.​

5.9 B. For 2018, Whitewater Game Refuge and deer permit areas 101, 105, 111, 114,​

5.10 201, 203, 208, 209, 256, 257, 260, 263, 264, 267, 268, 338, 339, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345,​

5.11 346, 347, 348, 349, 601, and 603 are open for taking either-sex deer by firearms October​

5.12 18 through 21 to youth who are at least ten years of age and under 16 years of age at the​

5.13 time of the hunt.​

5.14 EFFECTIVE PERIOD. The expedited emergency amendments to Minnesota Rules, parts​

5.15 6232.2550 and 6232.2560, expire December 31, 2018. After the emergency amendments​

5.16 expire, the permanent rules as they read before those amendments again take effect, except​

5.17 as they may be amended by permanent rule.​

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