Subd. 1. License required.

A person may not take a prairie chicken without a prairie-chicken license.

Subd. 2. Registration.

The commissioner may by rule prescribe requirements for the registration of prairie chickens.

[See Note.]

Subd. 3. Limited number of prairie-chicken hunters.

The commissioner may establish a method, including a drawing, to impartially select persons eligible to take prairie chickens in an area. Preference must be given to persons who have previously applied in the general selection but have not been selected.