2019 deer season information
Deer hunting season is just on the other side of summer and we’ve updated our regulations for the 2019 season. Complete regulations are now online and should be available at license agents at the beginning of August. Licenses are now on sale.
Harvest
View the preliminary harvest totals for the firearm deer season. Totals are updated each week during the three weeks of the firearm season.
Mandatory CWD testing
CWD sample submission is mandatory in select deer permit areas where CWD has been found, including the southeast management zone, the north central management zone, the southeast control zone and the central surveillance area.
Test for CWD yourself
If you hunt in a deer permit area where there is no mandatory CWD testing but still would like to have your deer checked, you can collect a lymph node sample and pay for a private test.
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Deer management
Visit the deer management page to learn about what the DNR does so Minnesotans can enjoy the benefits of a thriving and disease-free deer population.
2018 deer harvest report.
For more harvest reports, harvest maps, population modeling, winter severity indexes and surveys, visit the deer reports and statistics page.
Registration
- Mandatory deer harvest registration – There are three ways to register harvested deer
- Registration stations
Youth deer hunting
Looking for youth deer hunting information? You can find the information in the Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet.
- Licenses and firearms safety
- Youth deer season
- Special youth deer hunts
- Firearms safety and apprentice hunters
Special hunts
- Archery
- Camp Ripley archery hunt
- Firearms (deadline for all these hunts is Thursday, Sept. 5)
- Muzzleloader
Season information
- 2019 regulations
- Mandatory CWD testing
- Questions & answers
- Landowner list (2018)
- 2018 season information packet
- Lead information for hunters
- Legal big game cartridges
- Sunrise and sunset data
- Tree stand safety
- Venison donation program
Season dates
09/05/19 | Lottery deer permit areas and special hunts | |
09/14/19 - 12/31/19 | Statewide | |
10/17/19 - 10/20/19 | Statewide | |
10/17/19 - 10/18/19 | Camp Ripley | |
10/17/19 - 10/20/19 | Portions of southeastern Minnesota | |
10/26/19 - 10/27/19 | Camp Ripley | |
11/09/19 - 11/17/19 | 200 and 300 series permit areas | |
11/09/19 - 11/24/19 | 100 series permit areas | |
11/09/19 | Firearm Deer Season Opener | Statewide |
11/23/19 - 12/01/19 | 300 series permit areas | |
11/30/19 - 12/15/19 | Statewide |
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