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DATE: October 1, 1986 <br />TO: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator <br />FROM: Mel Kilbo, Chief of Police <br />SUBJECT: Guidelines, Permit For Bow & Arrow <br />Hunting permit for Bow & Arrow must meet the guidelines below: <br />*the hunting must be entirely on private property that the <br />hunter has signed permission to be on; the range of accurate <br />bow and arrow fire is 50 - 60 and less in bushv areas. <br />*hunting is not allowed within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling. <br />*Permission to enter non -posted property to retrieve a wounded <br />animal is not required. <br />*Posted property must be properly posted and signed. <br />*the Council has no power to regulate hunting, they do have however, <br />the right to regulate discharge of firearms including bows and <br />arrows and leg hold traps. <br />*Hunting is defined as taking of game with a weapon (such as <br />fire arms, bows and arrows, etc.) <br />In checking with surrounding municipalities, the following guidelines <br />were found to be in effect. <br />1. Maple Plain - special permit by the city and police department, <br />with written permission by landowner. Note: hunting can not <br />be closer than 500 feet from buildings, nor within 1000 feet <br />of livestock. <br />2. Medina - Must have written permission by landowner with the <br />hunter. No hunting within 500 feet of residents, follow DNR <br />regulations. <br />3. Minnetrista - Permission of landowner, permit from city, DNR <br />regulations. <br />4. Independance - DNR Regulations <br />