{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.601","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 97B.601","heading":"SMALL-GAME LICENSES.","body":"Subdivision 1. Requirement.\nA person may not take small game without a small-game license except as provided in subdivision 4.\nSubd. 2. Trapping small game.\nA person may not take small game with traps without a trapping license and a small-game license except as provided in subdivision 4.\nSubd. 3. Nonresidents; raccoon or bobcat.\nA nonresident may not take raccoon or bobcat by firearms without a separate license to take that animal in addition to a small-game license.\nSubd. 3a. Nonresidents; trapping small game.\nA nonresident may take small game, except wolves, by trapping only on land owned by the nonresident, if the nonresident possesses a trapping license for fur-bearing animals other than wolves and a small-game license.\nSubd. 4. Exception to license requirements.\n(a) A resident under age 16 may take small game, other than wolves, without a small-game license, and a resident under age 13 may trap small game and fur-bearing animals, other than wolves, without a trapping license, as provided in section 97A.451, subdivision 3.\n(b) A person may take small game, other than wolves, without a small-game license on land occupied by the person as a principal residence.\n(c) An owner or occupant may take certain small game causing damage without a small-game or trapping license as provided in section 97B.655.\n(d) A person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons under section 97B.621, subdivision 2, during the closed season without a license.\n(e) A person may take a wolf, turkey, or prairie chicken without a small-game license.","path":["GAME AND FISH","CHAPTER 97B. HUNTING","SMALL GAME"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/97B.601","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:30Z","sha256":"a41775f85cfbdbfbf2560ccf1eb48a0f07e6cc59cebc7e00317083099601df12","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.516","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-97b.603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}