2007 Minnesota Code
Chapters 97 - 102 Game and Fish
Chapter 97B Hunting
Section 97B.621 RACCOONS.

97B.621 RACCOONS.
Subdivision 1. Season. The statewide open season for raccoon may be set by the
commissioner.
Subd. 2. Period for treeing raccoons. Notwithstanding subdivision 1 and section 97B.005,
subdivision 1 , a person may use dogs to pursue and tree raccoons without killing or capturing the
raccoons during the closed season and a license is not required.
Subd. 3. Nighttime hunting restrictions. To take raccoons between sunset and sunrise,
a person:
(1) must be on foot;
(2) may use an artificial light only if hunting with dogs;
(3) may not use a rifle other than one of a .22 inch caliber with .22 short, long, or long
rifle, rimfire ammunition; and
(4) may not use shotgun shells with larger than No. 4 shot.
Subd. 4. Prohibited methods of taking. A person may not take a raccoon:
(1) in a den or hollow tree;
(2) by cutting down a tree occupied by raccoon; or
(3) by setting fire to a tree or using smoke.
History: 1986 c 386 art 2 s 46; 1987 c 81 s 1; 1993 c 51 s 1; 1993 c 269 s 19; 2005 c 146 s 33