Firearms Safety Certification for Adults (16 and older)

Requirements

DNR Firearms Safety Certification is required of anyone born after December 31, 1979 to purchase a hunting license in Minnesota. Check requirements in other states.
Must successfully complete one of the Options of certification. (see below)

Options

Receive your Firearms Safety Certification or Apprentice Validation by completing one of the following options:

Online course- complete the online course and virtual field day
Firearms Safety Classroom Course - currently scheduled classes below.
Apprentice Hunter Validation (twice in a lifetime)

General Information

The MN DNR Firearms Safety Hunter Education endorsement can be listed on the back of a Minnesota driver's license or identification card upon request.
A MN Hunting License that includes a Firearms Safety Number is sufficient proof of course completion.
Purchase a duplicate firearms safety certificate online or wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
For more information or assistance with purchasing a duplicate safety certificate:
- Contact the DNR Information Center

Courses

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Date	Title	Location	County
09/08/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rosemount	Dakota
09/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
09/08/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Brooklyn Park	Hennepin
09/09/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Brainerd	Crow Wing
09/10/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Hibbing	St. Louis
09/10/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Virginia	St. Louis
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Nowthen	Anoka
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Deer Creek	Otter Tail
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Crookston	Polk
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Babbitt	St. Louis
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perley	Norman
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Kenyon	Goodhue
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Sauk Centre	Stearns
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	New Prague	Le Sueur
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Bemidji	Beltrami
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Morristown	Rice
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Hill City	Aitkin
09/13/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perley	Norman
09/14/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cambridge
09/14/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Princeton	Mille Lacs
09/14/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cambridge	Isanti
09/14/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Faribault	Rice
09/14/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Hopkins	Hennepin
09/15/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	South Haven	Wright
09/15/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Fairmont	Martin
09/17/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cambridge	Isanti
09/18/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Rochester	Olmsted
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grygla	Beltrami
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Osage	Becker
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pine City	Pine
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Mentor	Polk
09/20/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Sleepy Eye	Brown
09/24/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Rockville	Stearns
09/26/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Nowthen	Anoka
09/28/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Zimmerman	Sherburne
09/28/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Kenneth	Rock
09/29/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Sauk Rapids	Benton
10/03/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Cambridge	Isanti
10/03/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perham	Otter Tail
10/04/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Kenneth	Rock
10/06/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Glenco	McLeod
10/10/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Zimmerman	Sherburne
10/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Hugo	Washington
10/24/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Glenco	McLeod
10/31/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cambridge	Isanti

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