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Motorized Decoy banned by MN legislature!


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Same here Gissert.

Ebay, here comes a spinner!

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it is not just the spinners that would be banned. It would be all motorized decoys. That would irke me a little as I ahve developed a decoy specifically for a shaker motor. Also I haeing feeding decoys with a shaker in it. No longer, I am ok with it just a little irked

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The remote control was the key. On and off just like when you are calling ducks. Also seems more like real ducks landing.

(FYI - this was not in MN).

I always thought MN had a double standard anyway. Those hunting public land - no spinners first 9 days or so. Those on less pressured private property could use spinners confused.gif Hardly fair in prior years anyway.

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Hey brittman i don't know if you know this but any water that can float a canoe in MN is public land does matter if you have parachute in to getto the water once on the water it is public even though the water is land locked it is still considered public water. Unless that water is a flooded field that is temporary that is not considered public water

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The DNR has maps that list which bodies of water are deemed "public" or private. The lakes deemed public must have an access from a right-of-way, public access, connecting water source or similar means (excluding "parachuting"). In other words, if you had a land-locked water source, you could always use spin-wings in the past during duck opener. Does anybody know if the ban will go into effect for the 2005 season, or will it be going into effect next year?

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I am just going by what the DNR told me when they first banned the use of the spinner for the first two weeks. He Stated that all water is considered public and evene said if you parachute in it would be legal to hunt it i know he was jokeing around but he was just makingthat point that we couldn't use a spinner for the first two weeks even on a land locked slough

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They wont, we will be able to use them again this year. They just will have it that you can not use it the fist week or so. If you have your own ponds that would be great because you can use them on your own land.

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I am just going by what the DNR told me when they first banned the use of the spinner for the first two weeks. He Stated that all water is considered public and evene said if you parachute in it would be legal to hunt it i know he was jokeing around but he was just makingthat point that we couldn't use a spinner for the first two weeks even on a land locked slough


"he" was wrong. There are only certain bodies of water where they were prohibited that had to be designated as public. If his interpretation were correct, it would render the language in the law meaningless, and one of the rules of interpreting statutes is that the legislature is presumed to want everything in there to be there on purpose and have meaning. Whatever DNR person gave you this interpretation, was trying to make law, not enforce what was there!

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