Deer hunting
The white-tailed deer is arguably Minnesota's most popular wildlife species. Each year, approximately 500,000 hunters harvest roughly 200,000 deer. Read more...
Deer Hunt
Lotteries:
- Antlerless Deer and Special Hunt Application available with deer license purchase in early August. Deadline first Thursday after Labor Day.
Check 2009 lottery results - Camp Ripley Archery Hunt Lottery, 1st Season
Applications available early July. Deadline Friday nearest August 17. Lottery results available early September. - Camp Ripley Archery Hunt Lottery, 2nd Season
Applications available early July. Deadline Friday nearest August 17. Lottery results available early September.
Seasons:
- Archery - 09/19/09 - 12/31/09
- Firearm opener - 11/07/09
- Muzzleloader - 11/28/09 - 12/13/09
Youth hunt information:
- Special youth hunts: List, dates and details.
(2 pages | 26kb) Watch for additional information.
Regular Hunt information:
- 2009 Deer registration station list
- 2009 landowners lists: These are lists of landowners who obtained a free landowner deer license. Persons who obtain these licenses must allow public deer hunting on their land during the deer-hunting season for that license, except for the first Saturday and Sunday of the season selected. Hunters still must obtain permission from the landowner, and it is up to the landowner to determine how much public hunting is appropriate on the property.
- 2009 Firearms Deer Zone Map (3 MB)
- 2009 Deer Season Information
- 2009 Deer Season FAQ
- 2009 Deer Season Permit Area Map with Key
- Legal big game cartridges
- Venison donation program
- Lead information for hunters
Special Hunt information:
- Camp Ripley archery hunt
- Vermillion Highlands Research Recreation & WMA
Regulations: Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations Handbook (6.63 MB)
Hunting licenses - find license agents, get applications or purchase licenses by phone or the Internet.
Safety:
Deer information
- Chronic wasting disease information
- Bovine Tuberculosis in Minnesota - Information about bovine TB-infected deer
- Bounce Back (Minnesota Conservation Volunteer)
- Minnesota's Growing Game (Minnesota Conservation Volunteer)
- How to age your deer (USGS Web site)
- The Sweet Taste of Success - Cooking perfect venison (Minnesota Conservation Volunteer)
Reports and surveys
- 2005 Survey of Deer Hunter Satisfaction and Preferences for Regulation Changes
- Archive of hunter surveys
Maps and statistics
All files are in PDF format.
- Minnesota winter severity index
- 2009 - spreadsheet / map
- 2008 - spreadsheet / map
- 2007 - spreadsheet / map
- Deer density maps
- Deer harvest maps and statistics
- 2009 Camp Ripley archery hunt harvest summary - 1st hunt
- 2009 Camp Ripley archery hunt harvest summary - 2nd hunt
- 2008 deer harvest report
- 2008 Camp Ripley archery hunt harvest summary - 1st hunt
- 2008 Camp Ripley archery hunt harvest summary - 2nd hunt
- 2007 antlerless deer harvest map
- 2007 bucks deer harvest map
- 2007 total deer harvest map
- 2007 deer harvest
- Archive of deer harvest maps and statistics
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