is my spot legal?

[mille lacs muskie bum]

hey guys, i found a killer spot for geese but i cant figure out if its legal to hunt. i tried about six C.O. officers from the area and none answered their phones. the spot is public land near a small lake. the issue is a highway runs within fifty yards of the lake in that particular spot. i just would like to know if i can legally shoot my shotgun that close to the highway. the road itself is about forty feet straight up a bank and my shots would obviously be the other direction. thanks for any help!!

[mnguy152]

keep trying for thoose guy be the one writing the ticket for you. Just leave them a message.

[Jameson]

You can shoot small game (waterfowl included) from the road. If you are on land, worry about being 500 feet from a residence or livestock area.

But yea, check with the authorities to be sure.

[mille lacs muskie bum]

ok thanks. yea the only thing i worry about is it being a highway. i can easily get away from the residences around. i will try the officers at a different hour tomorrow.

[Powerstroke]

Feel free to leave a message.

You are completely legal to hunt that close to a roadway. It doesn't matter what kind of roadway. You cannot shoot across the roadway

Off the top of my head, you cannot shoot from the roadway, but I will check the regs on that.

[gurkster]

Yep, I agree with the others. If you are off the roadway and not shooting across it you are legal. Assuming you are the 500 feet away from buildings.

[Tom7227]

Actually Minn. Stat. §97B.055 only indicates that you can't shoot across a roadway at a big game animal or a decoy. Does anyone have a citation to a statute that controls for shooting birds across a roadway?

Not saying that it's a good idea, or suggesting that anyone do it, but I'm not so sure that it is illegal to shoot across a roadway at a bird.

[Froggy4371]

You can take small game from almost any road you want to. Found that out last years while at work.

Froggy

[Powerstroke]

As far as I can tell, Tom is correct. Shooting of any kind is illegal from or across a roadway if at a big game animal or decoy.

I would say that finding out from a CO is the best, but at this point, there is nothing in the hunting regs that prevent you from shooting small game or unprotected species from a roadway and that means you are acting in good faith of the law.