(a) While afield hunting turkeys, licensees may not have in possession or control:

Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 97B.722

  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(1) any firearm that is not a legal firearm as defined in paragraph (c); or

(2) any bow and arrow except those defined as legal for taking turkeys in rules adopted by the commissioner.

(b) Paragraph (a) does not apply to a person carrying a handgun in compliance with section 624.714.

(c) For hunting turkeys, “legal firearm” means a shotgun or muzzleloading shotgun 10 gauge or smaller using fine shot size No. 4 or smaller diameter shot.