Deer hunting season information

Deer zones and permit areas

Get detailed area information using the interactive map

Harvest

View the preliminary harvest totals for the 2020 season. Totals are updated every one or two business days.

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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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
• State park hunts
• Disease management hunts

Season information

• 2019 regulations
• Mandatory CWD testing
• Questions & answers
• Lead information for hunters
• Legal big game cartridges
• Sunrise and sunset data
  • Table from the regulations booklet
  • Sunrise and sunset data
• Landowner deer licenses
• Tree stand safety
• Venison donation program

Season dates