Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, REGISTRATION BLOCKS, pt. 6232.4800

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 29, 2025

Part 6232.4800 - [Effective until 1/1/2026] FEEDING AND ATTRACTING DEER PROHIBITED IN CERTAIN COUNTIES

Subpart 1.Definitions.

For purposes of this part:

A. "attractants" means liquid food scents, salt, minerals, and other natural or manufactured products that are capable of attracting or enticing deer, including any product that contains or purports to contain cervid urine, blood, gland oil, feces, or other bodily fluid;

B. "feed" means grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, and other food that is capable of attracting or enticing deer; and

C. "place" includes to place, cause to place, distribute, or otherwise put on a person's property in an outdoor location accessible to deer or to allow another person to so place, cause to place, distribute, or put on a person's property.

Subp. 2.Applicability; prohibition; feed and attractants.

In Aitkin, Beltrami, Carver, Cass, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodge, Fillmore, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbard, Itasca, Le Sueur, Mower, Norman, Olmsted, Polk, Rice, Scott, Sibley, Wabasha, Washington, and Winona Counties, a person may not place feed or attractants, except as provided in subpart 3.

Subp. 3.Exceptions.

The prohibition in subpart 2 does not include feed that is:

A. intended to feed wildlife other than deer, if the feed is:

(1) arranged to exclude access to deer; or

(2) put at least six feet above the ground;

B. present solely as a result of normal agricultural, forest management, or wildlife food-planting practices; or

C. for livestock purposes if the feed is:

(1) for domestic livestock that are present and actively consuming the feed daily;

(2) covered to deter deer from accessing the feed; or

(3) stored consistent with normal agricultural practices.

Subp. 4.Cleanup.

A. In addition to any other penalties imposed, a person must immediately remove any feed and attractants that have been placed in violation of subpart 2.

B. Failure to comply with this subpart is a separate violation from and in addition to a violation of subpart 2.

Subp. 5.Bear bait stations in counties where placing feed or attractants is prohibited.

A person may establish a bear bait station, as described in part 6232.2600, subpart 3, in counties where placing feed or attractants is otherwise prohibited under subpart 2.

Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, REGISTRATION BLOCKS, pt. 6232.4800

46 SR 746 eff. 12/30/2021

47 SR 1205 (EMERGENCY)

49 SR 5, exp. 1/1/2026 (Emergency)