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Panel considers repeal of southern shotgun-only deer zone with limited county carve-outs
Summary
Representative Swazinski's bill to eliminate the shotgun-only zone in southern Minnesota prompted testimony from the Minnesota Deer Hunters Association and the DNR; the committee adopted the author's amendment and laid the bill over as amended.
Representative Swazinski presented House File 623, which would repeal the statute creating a shotgun-only zone in the southern portion of Minnesota and allow rifle use for deer across the state where firearm hunting is otherwise permitted, subject to limited county carve-outs.
Swazinski said technological changes in firearms and hunter preferences have reduced the original rationale for the shotgun zone and that the change could encourage youth and women hunters who prefer lower-recoil rifle-caliber pistols. "A lot of folks are already…
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