Independent Study for Adults

Requirements

Certification is available to anyone age 16 and older.
NEW! Apprentice Hunter Validation
DNR Firearms Certification is required of anyone born after December 31, 1979
Must successfully complete one of the methods of certification. (see classes below.)

Firearms Safety Certification - Military Exemption

Classes

You can receive your certification by completing one of the following methods:

Independent Study on-line course.
- Step 1: Complete the activity "Using your Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations handbook" . Print out and show to the volunteer instructor at the field/exam session.
- Step 2: Complete the Hunting dilemmas worksheet. Print out the questions, write your answers on a separate sheet of paper, and show to the volunteer instructor at the field/exam session.
- Step 3: Log onto huntercourse.com/usa/minnesota/ and take the course, take the final exam and print a Field Day Voucher.
- Step 4: Assemble and bring to the field/exam session a basic survival kit as suggested in the Huntercourse.com curriculum.
- Step 5: Attend and successfully complete the field/exam session. Contact a DNR Certified Firearm Safety volunteer instructor to review your independent study coursework and to schedule an exam session and field day with the instructor, either in conjunction with a currently scheduled class or coordinated individually.

You will be provided with a temporary certificate upon successful completion of the above steps. A certificate will be sent to you from the Safety Training office. Certification endorsements will also appear on your Minnesota resident driver's license or identification card when you obtain or renew it.

Cost: The online cost for the HunterCourse.com course is a separate fee of $24.95, which is paid with a credit card directly to HunterCourse.com. The independent course fee is the same as the traditional Firearm Safety course of $7.50 - $15.00 collected by the instructor. Checks can be made payable to the Department of Natural Resources. The fee amount is subject to change at any time without prior notice.

Independent Study guide and workbook available from a volunteer instructor.
Complete a traditional classroom course. Check the list of currently scheduled classes.
Complete an 18-hour (6 session) Advanced Hunter Education seminar.

General Information

Independent Study for adults is offered to help the person who has a need for certification and has difficulty arranging participation in the traditional firearm safety course. This method is not a "short cut" to certification. Experience has shown that each of the options above will involve a similar amount of your time as if you were to attend the traditional firearms safety classroom course.

Find (and sort) more courses on the DNR Safety Training Calendar!

Courses

Click on the course name for details.

02/13/12	Pequot Lakes	Crow Wing County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/13/12	Prior Lake - CLASS IS FULL	Scott County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/13/12	Vermillion	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/13/12	New Brighton CLASS IS FULL	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class CLASS IS FULL NO WAITING LIST
02/13/12	Miltona	Douglas County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/13/12	Norway/Young America	Carver County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/14/12	Waverly	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/14/12	East Bethel CLASS IS FULL	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class - CLASS IS FULL
02/14/12	Buffalo	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/16/12	Minneota	Lyon County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/16/12	Fergus Falls	Otter Tail County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/16/12	Mayer	Carver County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/17/12	Blaine (Classroom Course & HunterCourse) - Classroom Course is Full, Still Accepting HunterCourse On-line Students for Range Day	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class & On-line Field Day
02/18/12	Fulda	Murray County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/18/12	Burnsville (HunterCourse) ADULTS ONLY	Dakota County	Adult Firearm Safety Training (16 years and older) Class
02/20/12	Duluth	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/21/12	Cottonwood	Lyon County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/21/12	Roseville - Class is FULL	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class - CLASS IS FULL
02/21/12	LaCrescent	Houston County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/21/12	New London	Kandiyohi County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/22/12	Owatonna	Steele County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/23/12	Farmington CLASS IS FULL	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class CLASS IS FULL NO WAITING LIST
02/25/12	Clara City	Chippewa County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/26/12	Hanover	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Buckman	Morrison County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Nicollet	Nicollet County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Pierz	Morrison County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Prior Lake	Scott County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Henning	Otter Tail County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Benson	Swift County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/27/12	Waseca	Waseca County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/28/12	Waconia	Carver County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/28/12	Battle Lake	Otter Tail County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/28/12	Plainview	Wabasha County	Firearm Safety Training Class
02/29/12	North Oaks	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/01/12	St. Francis	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/01/12	Rosemount	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/01/12	White Bear Lake	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/01/12	Garfield	Douglas County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/01/12	Cambridge	Isanti County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/03/12	Wanamingo	Goodhue County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/03/12	Chanhassen	Carver County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/05/12	Green Isle	Sibley County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/05/12	Wolverton	Wilkin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/05/12	Rush City	Chisago County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/05/12	Rochester	Olmsted County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Jackson	Jackson County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Houston	Winona County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Spring Valley	Fillmore County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Westbrook	Cottonwood County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Mountain Iron	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Blaine	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Rosemount	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Lake Elmo	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Rochester	Olmsted County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/06/12	Kerkhoven	Swift County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/07/12	Roseville	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/08/12	Marine on St. Croix	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/08/12	Windom	Cottonwood County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/08/12	Royalton (HunterCourse) CLASS IS FULL	Morrison County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Field Day - Class is FULL
03/12/12	Stewartville	Olmsted County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/12/12	Slayton	Murray County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/13/12	Caledonia	Houston County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/13/12	Watertown	Carver County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/13/12	Darwin	Meeker County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/15/12	Blue Earth	Faribault County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/15/12	Montgomery	Le Sueur County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/15/12	Orono	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/16/12	Long Prairie	Todd County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/18/12	Corcoran	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/19/12	Roseau	Roseau County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/19/12	Foley	Benton County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/19/12	Spring Lake Park	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/20/12	LaCrescent Ladies Only 12yrs and older	Houston County	Firearm Safety Training Class - Ladies only (12 years and older)
03/20/12	Warren	Marshall County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/20/12	Le Center	Le Sueur County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/22/12	Marine on St. Croix	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/22/12	Hawley	Clay County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/23/12	Blaine (Classroom Course & HunterCourse) Classroom Course is Full, Still Accepting HunterCourse On-line Students for Range Day	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class & On-line Field Day
03/26/12	Fairmont	Martin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/26/12	Audubon	Becker County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/27/12	Onamia	Mille Lacs County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/27/12	Andover	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/27/12	Arden Hills	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/29/12	Mankato	Blue Earth County	Firearm Safety Training Class
03/31/12	Rochester (HunterCourse)	Olmsted County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
04/03/12	Bloomington	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/03/12	Grand Meadow	Mower County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/03/12	Hugo	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/07/12	Rockford	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/09/12	Thief River Falls	Pennington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/09/12	Red Wing	Goodhue County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/10/12	Lakeville	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/10/12	Culver	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/10/12	Hastings	Dakota County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/10/12	Andover	Anoka County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/10/12	Stillwater	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/11/12	Albert Lea	Freeborn County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/12/12	Morgan	Redwood County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/12/12	Forest Lake	Washington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/12/12	Rockford	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/13/12	New Ulm - CLASS IS FULL	Brown County	Firearm Safety Training Class - CLASS IS FULL
04/13/12	Madison Lake	Blue Earth County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/14/12	St. Michael	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/17/12	East Grand Forks	Polk County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/19/12	Maple Lake	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/21/12	Staples (HunterCourse)	Wadena County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
04/21/12	Waverly (Adult Only 16yrs & Older)	Wright County	Adult Firearm Safety Training Field Day (16 years and older)
04/21/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Crow Wing County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
04/21/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Cass County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
04/23/12	Barnesville	Clay County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/24/12	Warroad	Roseau County	Firearm Safety Training Class
04/28/12	Lester Prairie (HunterCourse)	McLeod County	Firearm Safety- All Day Range & Field Day
04/28/12	Perley (HunterCourse)	Norman County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
04/28/12	Waverly (HunterCourse)	Wright County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
04/30/12	Richfield	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
05/01/12	Hutchinson	McLeod County	Firearm Safety Training Class
05/01/12	Arden Hills	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
05/05/12	Spicer (HunterCourse)	Kandiyohi County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
05/05/12	Worthington (HunterCourse)	Nobles County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
05/07/12	Annandale	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
05/19/12	Annandale (HunterCourse)	Wright County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
05/19/12	Thief River Falls (HunterCourse)	Pennington County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
05/20/12	Courtland (HunterCourse)	Brown County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
05/31/12	Nisswa	Cass County	Firearm Safety Training Class
06/02/12	Nevis (HunterCourse)	Hubbard County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
06/02/12	Park Rapids (HunterCourse)	Hubbard County	Firearm Safety-On-Line All Day Range & Field Day
06/05/12	Crookston	Polk County	Firearm Safety Training Class
06/08/12	New Ulm	Brown County	Firearm Safety Training Class
06/09/12	Spicer (HunterCourse)	Kandiyohi County	Youth Firearm Safety All Day Field Day
06/10/12	Medina FORKHORN I CAMP	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class Five Night Camp
06/17/12	Britt FORKHORN I CAMP	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
06/18/12	Medina Pheasant Hunting Camp	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class DAY CAMP
07/05/12	Nisswa	Cass County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/08/12	Spicer FORKHORN I CAMP	Kandiyohi County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/09/12	Medina Turkey Hunting Camp	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class DAY CAMP
07/12/12	Fergus Falls	Otter Tail County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/13/12	Madison Lake	Blue Earth County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/15/12	Medina FORKHORN I CAMP	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class Five Night Camp
07/16/12	Lewiston	Winona County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/23/12	Medina Waterfowl Hunting Camp	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class DAY CAMP
07/23/12	Lewiston	Winona County	Firearm Safety Training Class
07/30/12	Richfield	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/02/12	Nisswa	Cass County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/03/12	New Ulm	Brown County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/05/12	BrittFORKHORN I CAMP	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/06/12	Annandale	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/09/12	Rockford	Wright County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/12/12	Britt FORKHORN I CAMP	St. Louis County	Firearm Safety Training Class
08/13/12	Medina Pheasant Hunting Camp	Hennepin County	Firearm Safety Training Class DAY CAMP
08/18/12	Annandale (HunterCourse)	Wright County	Youth Firearm Safety All Day Field Day
08/25/12	Waverly (HunterCourse)	Wright County	Youth Firearm Safety All Day Field Day
08/30/12	Nisswa	Cass County	Firearm Safety Training Class
09/04/12	Arden Hills	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
09/08/12	Waverly (Adult Only 16 yrs & Older) Field Day	Wright County	Adult Firearm Safety Training (16 years and older) Field Day
09/08/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Cass County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
09/08/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Crow Wing County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
09/24/12	Thief River Falls	Pennington County	Firearm Safety Training Class
10/02/12	Arden Hills	Ramsey County	Firearm Safety Training Class
10/04/12	Nisswa	Cass County	Firearm Safety Training Class
10/13/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Cass County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
10/13/12	Lakeshore/Brainerd (HunterCourse)	Crow Wing County	Youth Firearm All Day Field Day
10/20/12	Thief River Falls (HunterCourse)	Pennington County	Youth Firearm Safety All Day Field Day

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