Gov. Walz signs bill exempting some home-based wild game processors from state oversight 5:00 pm, May 27, 2021 × Garage guy wild game processors can rest a little easier.
The Minnesota Legislature partially overturned a 2020 requirement that they get licensed, which would entail costly upgrades for many of the processers who operate out of their garages, sheds or other outbuildings. It was signed into law by Gov. Tim Walz on May 25.
Some processers would still have to get licensed by the state, mainly those making more than $20,000 a year from butchering wild game or who process more than 200 deer a year.
Minnesota had not yet started enforcing the requirement, but had been contacting processors to educate them about the new law and were planning to enforce it beginning this fall.