MN SF5108

Amends Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 97B.318, subdivision 1, relating to game and fish regulations.

Modifies the boundary description of the shotgun use area in Minnesota by changing the starting point from "the northern boundary of Clay in Big Stone County" to "in Big Stone County."

Clarifies that during the regular firearms season in the shotgun use area, only legal shotguns loaded with single-slug shotgun shells, legal muzzle-loading long guns, and legal handguns may be used for taking deer.

Specifies that legal shotguns include those with rifled barrels.

Defines the complete boundary of the shotgun use area through a detailed description following highways and county roads throughout western and central Minnesota.