Waterfowl Hunting
2013 RegulationsThe 2013 Minnesota Waterfowl Hunting handbook is available online, at license agents and many area DNR offices. August Canada Goose Management ActionNote: The following refuges are open for harvesting Canada geese during the August conservation action: Clay County, Evansville (Douglas County) and Harstad Slough (Stevens County). Migration and hunting reports
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What you'll need
- Buy your license - find license agents, get applications or purchase licenses by phone or the Internet.
- HIP (Harvest Information Program) - certification necessary for hunting migratory birds.
- Hunting & Trapping Regulations

- 2013 Waterfowl Hunting Regulations
(1.8 MB) - Sunrise and sunset data
Seasons:
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Moist Soils & Shallow Lakes
The DNR intensively manages restored wetlands by keeping them dry during a portion of the summer growing season and flooding them during spring and fall. This creates shallow waters that ducks favor.
Learn about DNR's focus on wetland and waterfowl habitat »
Waterfowl information
Ducks
- How to identify ducks
(article from US Fish & Wildlife Service) - How to properly clean ducks

- Water Safety for Duck Hunters

Geese
General information





