Originally Posted By: Black iceOriginally Posted By: KillerHillerI have never heard of a law against shooting across water. Anyone alse ever heard of that?
KH
At least in Iowa(i would bet MN is the same), you cannot shoot a rifle over(or from) any publicly owned waters.
Any lake/wetland complex with a public access is prolly off limits, but if you have access to a lake/marsh that is completely privately owned, you would be OK to shoot from any part of the lake, provided u can access the shoreline without trespassing.
A guy would be OK shooting over streams and small rivers, but it gets touchy when u start talking medium-sized rivers........I would give your local warden a holler about that.
I'm guessing in MN your medium-large size rivers would be off limits......for example the St. Croix, Minnesota, Des Moines, and obviously the big Miss.
I wouldn't doubt there is some vague law that exists but have can't believe that shooting a yote on a frozen lake would be against the law. If ice is considered water than I have to apply the same to snow. Since it is frozen water and covers everything right now, I can't hunt at all if that is the aplicable law. If the snow all melted it would be standing water.
Now I hunt around the mississippi backwaters and call over some of the sloughs and lakes in there, and can't see how it could be illegal or enforced since the longest shot I have available is maybe 500-600 yds. Shooting over the mississsippi would be across state borders and a helluva poke.
I get where you are coming from but I am sick of some of the stupid laws we have to deal with. It can be hard to get a difinitive answer from anyone at the DNR. The info line and the wardens, I think, read different law books!!!
I would think lakes are probably ok but border waters would be a no no. (and I didn't stay at a Holiday Inn last night
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KH