Hunting from snowmobile prohibited--Coyote hunting excepted--Penalty

An individual may not chase, drive, harass, kill, or attempt to kill any game animal or game bird, with or from a snowmobile. Notwithstanding the prohibition of this section, an individual may use a snowmobile in the taking of a coyote if: (1) The individual is on property that the individual owns or leases or the individual is on the property as an invitee of the owner or lessee; (2) The individual is at least eighteen years of age; (3) The individual is not engaged in harassing the coyote; (4) The individual is using a firearm to take the coyote; (5) The snowmobile is stationary at the time the individual shoots or attempts to shoot the coyote; and (6) No other individual is aboard the snowmobile. A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. Source: SL 1971, ch 182, § 10; SL 1989, ch 255, § 115; SL 2011, ch 145, § 2; SL 2024, ch 119, § 1.