Minnesota § 97B.903 USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS

Minnesota Statutes

§ 97B.903 — USE OF BODY-GRIPPING TRAPS

Minnesota § 97B.903

PartGAME AND FISH

Ch. 97BHUNTING

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Minn. Stat. § 97B.903 (2026).

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A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a water set, a body-gripping or conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless:

(1)the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure;

(2)no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or

(3)the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.

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A person may not set, place, or operate, except as a water set, a body-gripping or conibear-type trap on public lands and waters that has a maximum jaw opening when set greater than 6-1/2 inches and less than 7-1/2 inches measured from the inside edges of the body-gripping portions of the jaws, unless:
(1) the trap is in a baited or unbaited enclosure and the trap trigger is recessed seven inches or more from the top and frontmost portion of the open end of the enclosure;
(2) no bait, lure, or other attractant is placed within 20 feet of the trap; or
(3) the trap is elevated at least three feet above the surface of the ground or snowpack.