Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Adopted Exempt Permanent Game and Fish Rules: Wolf Restitution Value and Use of Snares; Game Farms

6133.0075 GRAY WOLVES.

The restitution value for gray wolves is $2,000 $500.

6234.0900 SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS.

[For text of subps 1 to 5, see M.R.]

Subp. 6. Wolf snare. "Wolf snare" means any snare set that:

A. has a maximum loop diameter greater than ten inches, but less than or equal to 18 inches;

B. has a cable diameter of at least 7/64 inches;

C. includes stops affixed to the cable to ensure that the portion of the snare that makes up the noose loop may not be less than three inches in diameter when fully closed;

D. includes a breakaway device that would cause the snare loop to break when pulled by a moose; and

E. includes a diverter wire that extends 27 inches in both directions, measured perpendicular to and from the top of the snare loop. The diverter wires must be positioned at an angle no more than 20 degrees from the horizontal plane of the top of the snare, and the snare must be set within 20 yards of bait.

6234.2300 GENERAL RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SNARES.

[For text of subps 1 to 3, see M.R.]

Subp. 4. Wolf snares. Wolves may be taken with snares or wolf snares as defined in part 6234.0900.

6234.2400 SPECIAL RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF SNARES.

[For text of subps 1 to 4, see M.R.]

Subp. 5. Prohibition on snares placed in deer trails. Snares, including wolf snares, may not be set in deer, elk, or moose trails.

[For text of subp 6, see M.R.]

Subp. 7. Snare height. A snare may not be set so that the top of the loop is more than 16 20 inches above the ground or, when the ground is snow-covered, more than 16 inches above the bottom of a person's footprint made in the snow beneath the snare with full body weight on the foot first surface beneath the bottom of the set snare loop. During the wolf season, licensed wolf trappers may use wolf snares but a wolf snare may not be set so that the bottom of the loop is more than 18 inches above the first surface beneath the bottom of the set snare loop.

[For text of subps 8 to 10, see M.R.]

Subp. 11. Snare separation. Licensed wolf trappers shall set wolf snares for wolves no closer than 500 feet to another wolf snare set by the same licensed wolf trapper.

6242.0900 RESTRICTIONS ON SALE OR DISPOSAL OF GAME FARM ANIMALS.

Subpart 1. Sales receipt requirement. For every sale or disposal of an animal, animal parts, or products, the game farm licensee must complete a sales receipt, provided or approved by the commissioner, containing the following information:

A. name, address, and game farm license number of licensee;

B. name and address of purchaser or person to whom sale or disposal is made;

C. species, number, and kinds of animals, parts, or products sold or disposed of; and

D. identification numbers, if the animals sold or disposed of are marked with numbered tags, bands, or tattoos.

[For text of subps 2 and 3, see M.R.]

6242.1000 REQUIRED GAME FARM RECORDS.

Subpart 1. Record keeping. Game farm licensees must keep complete and current business records for all species, except upland game birds, in a record book provided or approved by the commissioner. These records must include the following:

A. for each animal acquired other than by birth on the licensee's game farm, the sex (if known), species, name and address of the source from which acquired, date of acquisition, and number of any band, tag, or tattoo attached to the animal before or after acquisition;

B. for each animal born on the licensee's game farm, the sex (if known), species, date of birth, and number of any band, tag, or tattoo subsequently attached to the animal;

C. for each animal sold or disposed of other than by death, the same information required by part 6242.0900; and

D. for each animal which dies or is destroyed on the licensee's game farm, the sex (if known), species, date of death, and number of any band, tag, or tattoo attached to the animal.

[For text of subps 2 and 3, see M.R.]