State v. Hayes

OPINION

RONALD E. HACHEY, Judge.

Appellant Norman Dean Hayes challenges his misdemeanor conviction for using artificial lights to locate animals in violation of Minn.Stat. § 97B.081, subd. 1 and Minn.Stat. § 97A.331, subd. 2 (1986).

FACTS

Around midnight of the opening day of deer bow hunting season, Department of Natural Resources conservation officers stopped appellant and two other men for using artificial lights to locate animals (deershining). See Minn.Stat. § 97B.081 subd. 1.

While waiting in a field alert for deersh-ining, the officers noticed a van which was traveling much slower than…