Bear hunting

Hunting information:

• Bear hunt information
• Tooth samples
• Hunting in the BWCAW
• Handling meat and trophy
• State forest OHV use & bear hunting
• Don't shoot tagged or collared bears
• Legal big game cartridges 
• Before you hunt, sign up for a (non-mandatory) bear hunting clinic.

Bear Outfitter / Guides:

The MNDNR provides names and contact information for current year licensed bear outfitters. This is not an endorsement of any individual on the list. We do not provide referrals or other types of information, and licensure by the state does not mean that the outfitter has been certified as to competence, quality of hunt, success, etc.

• Bear guide list

Bait Registration:

• Bait registration station forms | Bear bait registration online

Bear registration stations:

• Register your bear online. Tooth sample still required; hunters must pick up a tooth envelope at a bear registration station.
• Listed by town | Listed by county

Hunting licenses - find license agents, get applications or purchase licenses by phone or the Internet.

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