Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, YOUTH SPECIAL HUNTS AND SEASONS, pt. 6232.2560
Youths participating in youth special deer seasons must obtain a license for taking deer by firearms, valid for any season option, by the beginning date of the special season. A youth special season participant may take one deer according to the bag limits under part 6232.1750. One bonus permit may be used in any deer permit area where bonus permits are valid during the regular firearms deer season. A legal buck taken during the youth special deer season applies to the statewide limit for legal bucks prescribed in part 6232.0300, subpart 8. An adult mentor age 18 or older authorized by the youth's parent or guardian must accompany youth hunters ages ten to 13 at all times during the hunt. The accompanying adult may not hunt, except when hunting in an early antlerless deer permit area. Party hunting is not allowed. The blaze orange or pink requirements in Minnesota Statutes, section 97B.071, paragraph (a), apply to all hunters and trappers, and all adult mentors of youth hunters, in the areas open to firearms deer hunting during the youth special seasons established in this part.
The Whitewater Game Refuge and all deer permit areas open to firearms deer hunting during the statewide A and B seasons, except Itasca State Park deer permit area 287, are open for the youth special deer season to youth who are at least ten years of age and under 18 years of age on the opening day of the statewide firearms A season. Dates for the 2024 youth special deer season are October 17 to 20.
Minn. R. agency 158, ch. 6232, YOUTH SPECIAL HUNTS AND SEASONS, pt. 6232.2560