When Brad Schultz went ruffed grouse hunting near his home at Lake Vermilion the other day, he climbed into his pickup truck with his uncased shotgun in the front seat and drove off down the road. A year ago Schultz, a Department of Natural Resources conservation officer, would have had to write himself a ticket for illegally transporting a firearm. But this fall, for the first time in 90 years, it's legal for Minnesota hunters to transport uncased shotguns and rifles in vehicles.
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