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Hunting in Minnesota

Official agency resources

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Authoritative source

For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Minnesota, go straight to the issuing agency.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Game species in Minnesota

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Click any species to see every state where it's on the books.

Wild Turkey

Predator & Furbearer

Unit boundaries

Game management unit boundaries for Minnesota are being verified against the state agency source. Outdoors won't publish them until the source has been hand-checked.

In the meantime, use the agency link above for the official unit maps and the parks below for huntable public land in Minnesota.

Huntable public lands in Minnesota

Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.

Outdoors does not publish bag limits, draw deadlines, or season dates inline. The agency CTA above is the authoritative source for the rules that apply to hunting in Minnesota.