Only allowed one firearm?

[plblark]

Independant Study option and then a field day if you can find an instructor.

[westberg]

Yep first license I've bought in MN was this one.

So are we saying I have to sit through a hunter's cert. class with a bunch of 12 year olds?

Don't worry I'm sure you can keep up with them.....

[EJSG19]

Yep first license I've bought in MN was this one.

So are we saying I have to sit through a hunter's cert. class with a bunch of 12 year olds?

Don't worry I'm sure you can keep up with them.....

Dammit, I remember making fun of the 40 year old guys who sat in on my hunter's safety class when I was 12.

Karma sucks.

[westberg]

Yep first license I've bought in MN was this one.

So are we saying I have to sit through a hunter's cert. class with a bunch of 12 year olds?

Don't worry I'm sure you can keep up with them.....

Dammit, I remember making fun of the 40 year old guys who sat in on my hunter's safety class when I was 12.

Karma sucks.

In the early Nineties when my sons took their Hunter's Safety Classes there where a lot of older guy's sitting in. It was because one of the Western States, I think Montana, started requiring out of state hunters to have a home state Hunter's Safety Cert.

[ex-LT]

Independant Study option and then a field day if you can find an instructor.

To expand on what mall cop said, here's the link to the DNR website. Adult Firearm Safety - Independent Study

After you complete the course, check this link for a course being offered near you, contact the instructor, and see if they will let you participate in their field day. Typically, the instructors don't have a problem with that.

[EJSG19]

Don't worry I'm sure you can keep up with them.....

Dammit, I remember making fun of the 40 year old guys who sat in on my hunter's safety class when I was 12.

Karma sucks.

In the early Nineties when my sons took their Hunter's Safety Classes there where a lot of older guy's sitting in. It was because one of the Western States, I think Montana, started requiring out of state hunters to have a home state Hunter's Safety Cert.

Thats about when I took mine. In Iowa if you were born before something like 1950 (not sure on the year) you didn't have to have a Hunter's Safety cert. Everyone else did though. MN was different sounds like.

Would be nice if all states were the same (but not overboard), and one Hunters Safety Cert would work in every state. But we all know how reciprocity goes state to state...

Thanks MNNavy for the link, that will help out. (also, completely unrelated, thanks for the Caps BBQ recommendation. You are correct, the Stacker is good stuff.)

[DeanC]

Would be nice if all states were the same (but not overboard), and one Hunters Safety Cert would work in every state. But we all know how reciprocity goes state to state...

I am pretty sure you are good to go. Did they have you provide you IA certificate number?

Most states and I think all Canadian provinces are members of IHEA which pretty much causes them to accept each others coursework.

[EJSG19]

Would be nice if all states were the same (but not overboard), and one Hunters Safety Cert would work in every state. But we all know how reciprocity goes state to state...

I am pretty sure you are good to go. Did they have you provide you IA certificate number?

Most states and I think all Canadian provinces are members of IHEA which pretty much causes them to accept each others coursework.

Yeah they took the number off my Iowa Hunter's Safety certificate card. Figure if all goes well this year, then I'll try and buy one next year. If I can't, I can still go hunt in Iowa while I take another safety class.

[DeanC]

Figure if all goes well this year, then I'll try and buy one next year. If I can't, I can still go hunt in Iowa while I take another safety class.

No, worst case, you do the on-line course in one afternoon and then one of us takes you to range and certifies you there and gives you temporary safety card.

[EJSG19]

Figure if all goes well this year, then I'll try and buy one next year. If I can't, I can still go hunt in Iowa while I take another safety class.

No, worst case, you do the on-line course in one afternoon and then one of us takes you to range and certifies you there and gives you temporary safety card.

I see, doesn't take too long then. Well, thats good to have in the back of my mind at least.

Hopefully it won't be an issue.

[sochr000]

So I've been grouse hunting for a few years, but this year one person in our group is concerned with me carrying a pistol while we go out. I do have my permit to carry.

I've covered most of the issues with him, but now he says that there is a rule that you are only allowed to carry one firearm while hunting. So if I'm carrying a pistol, that is all I can carry.

I of course have him looking to find this rule to show me. But if it did exist, I'm sure someone here would know it. Anyone know of such a rule or law?

Okay, so this is what I got today from the DNR regs. http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/2009/full_regs.pdf

The “Concealed carry or permit to carry” provisions apply to certain
hunting activities. Persons with a permit under this law generally
may carry their handguns uncased and loaded while hunting, and
while traveling to or from hunting locations by motor vehicle under
the hunting firearms transportation laws. However, possession of the
handgun while 'shining' or while hunting deer by archery would still
subject the possessor to the provisions of these laws

Which basically says what I had posted earlier, you can carry while doing pretty much anything other than Archery hunting deer.

[cobb]

but now he says that there is a rule that you are only allowed to carry one firearm while hunting. So if I'm carrying a pistol, that is all I can carry.

I would love to see that rule. Don't sell him short, he may find some rule somewhere and try to spin it to fit his needs.

Bottom line, you are perfectly legal and can carry a couple guns if you want. The only problem that relates to carrying and hunting is archery hunting deer. You can legally carry when archery hunting deer, the DNR cannot stop you from carrying. But if you are in possession of a firearm when archery hunting deer, your archery tag is invalid, therefore hunting illegally and that is how the DNR will get you.

Which basically says what I had posted earlier, you can carry while doing pretty much anything other than Archery hunting deer.

Yep.

[Rem700]

Yep first license I've bought in MN was this one.

So are we saying I have to sit through a hunter's cert. class with a bunch of 12 year olds?

Don't worry I'm sure you can keep up with them.....

Dammit, I remember making fun of the 40 year old guys who sat in on my hunter's safety class when I was 12.

Karma sucks.

I sat in on each one of my kids hunters safety class( Had to drive them 30 miles into town anyway) Saw nothing wrong with it thought of it as a refresher refresher refresher refresher course.

[shadeslanding]

Figure if all goes well this year, then I'll try and buy one next year. If I can't, I can still go hunt in Iowa while I take another safety class.

No, worst case, you do the on-line course in one afternoon and then one of us takes you to range and certifies you there and gives you temporary safety card.

I see, doesn't take too long then. Well, thats good to have in the back of my mind at least.

Hopefully it won't be an issue.

As long as you have a hunter safety class (whether from Iowa or elsewhere) you should be fine. I believe you stated elsewhere in this thread that you gave them your IA credentials and they were accepted and you got your license.

I've hunted in Michigan, and other states and never had a problem with any of them accepting the MN Firearm Safety credentials (DNR training). Most states now require non-residents to have a certificate or you can't get a license and you need to have the certifications no matter what your age is in order to hunt in most other states.

I would doubt that you would have any problems next year since you are in the DNR computers now with a known safety credential. Even if it is from another state.

And not a problem with more than one firearm. I routinely hunt with one or two handguns and at least one rifle (one handgun on me, the other in the backpack). Even got stopped and checked over by a DNR enforcement officer a couple of years ago - not a problem.

Regards,
GS