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2000 Hunting and Trapping License Fees

Prices do not include the $1 issuing fee. There is no issuing fee for stamps, special goose permits or Turkey Licenses
Resident Licenses Prices
Deer (Firearms) $22.00
Deer (Bow and Arrow) $22.00
Deer (Multi-Zone Buck) $44.00
Deer (All-Season Buck) $66.00
Deer (Management Permit for Second Deer) $11.00
Deer (Intensive Harvest Permit for Additional Deer) $11.00
Deer (Youth Firearms, no tag) $5.00
Moose (per party of two, three, or four $275.00
Elk (per party of two) $220.00
Bear $33.00*
Small Game $14.00**
Wild Turkey $16.00*
Senior Citizen Small Game $9.00*
State Migratory Waterfowl Stamp $5.00
State Pheasant Stamp $5.00
Special Canada goose seasons permit $3.00
Trapping (residents age 18 and older) $18.00
Junior Trapping (residents age 13 to 18) $18.00
Individual Sports (small game hunting and individual angling) $24.00**
Individual Sports (small game hunting and husband-wife angling) $31.50**
Wild Rice Harvest $12.50
NONRESIDENT LICENSES
Deer (Firearms) $110.00
Deer (Bow and Arrow) $110.00
Deer (Management Permit or Intensive Harvest Permit) $55.00
Deer (Multi-zone Buck) $220.00*
Bear $165.00*
Small Game $60.00**
Wild Turkey $55.00
Furbearer Hunting $137.50
*Available through lottery drawings or the DNR License Center in St. Paul only.
**Includes a $4 surcharge used for wildlife land acquisition and management.

2000 Small Game Hunting Seasons

Small Game Open Season
Mammals*
Cottontail Rabbit, Jack Rabbit, and Snowshoe Hare Sept. 16-Feb. 28
Gray and Fox Squirrel Sept. 16-Feb. 28
Non-Migratory Birds
Ruffled and Spruce Grouse Sept. 16-Dec.31
Sharp-tailed Grouse (in open zone) Sept. 16-Nov. 30
Hungarian Partridge Sept. 16-Dec.31
Pheasant Oct. 14-Dec. 17
Non-Migratory Small Game by Falconry Sept. 1-Feb. 28
Migratory Birds (except waterfowl; waterfowl season regulations are distributed in September)
Crow** March 1-31 and
July 15-Oct. 15
Woodcock*** Sept. 23-Nov. 6
Sora and Virginia Rail*** Sept. 1-Nov. 4
Common Snipe*** Sept. 1-Nov. 4
*Rabbits, hares, and squirrels may also be taken by trapping.
**Crows may also be taken at any time whenever committing or about to commit damage.
***HIP certifiction required to hunt.
Furbearers Open Season
SFurbearers (trapping)
raccoon and Red Fox Continuous
Gary Fox, Badger, Opossum Sept. 16-Mar. 15
Bobcat (open north of I-94 and US 10 only)* Dec. 2-Jan. 7
Pine marten (open north of I-94 and US 10 only)* Dec. 2-Dec. 17
Fisher (open north of I-94 and US 10 only)* Dec. 2-Dec. 17
Mink and Muskrat Oct. 28-Feb. 28
Beaver Oct. 28-May 15
Otter (open north of I-94 and us 10 only*) Oct. 28-Jan. 7
Furbears (hunting)
Raccoon** and Red Fox Continuous
Badger, Opossum Sept. 16-Mar. 15
Gray Fox*** Sept. 16-Mar. 15
Bobcat (open north of I-94 and US 10 only)* Dec. 2-Jan. 7
**Between sunset and sunrise raccoon hunters must be on foot and may use an artificial light to locate, attempt to locate, or shoot a raccoon only if the raccoon hass been treed or put at bay by dogs.
***Gray foxes may be run by use of dogs during the closed season without being taken, except from March 16 to July 14.
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