Make your deer hunting plan

Sunrise in the woods with a rifle in the foreground

A successful deer hunt requires planning, but our Make a Plan tool is designed to make your hunt easier. It provides easy access to essential hunting and chronic wasting disease (CWD) information.

The Make a Plan tool walks you through:

  • How to purchase the correct license
  • CWD requirements for the area you hunt
  • The regulations for the seasons and areas where you hunt
  • How to process your deer - whether you want to do it yourself or visit a processor
  • Tips for a safe hunt, including firearms, tree stand and hunting safety

To get started, find your deer permit area (DPA) using the tool below.  The listing for each permit area displays an information summary and links that take you directly to the information you need to know before heading off to deer camp.

 

Know your deer permit area

Map showing boundaries of Minnesota's deer permit areas and the zones in which they are contained.To buy a deer hunting license, you must declare the deer permit area in which you expect to hunt. If you don't know your DPA number, use the interactive deer map.

Find your DPA

Use the show entries, search and sort features to locate and list the DPAs in which you hunt. Click the view link to see testing requirements.

DPA informationCWD requirementsPartial CWD zoneSamplingMapPlan
101SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
104NoneN/AOptionalViewView
105NoneN/AOptionalViewView
107NoneN/AOptionalViewView
109NoneN/AOptionalViewView
110SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
111NoneN/AOptionalViewView
114NoneN/AOptionalViewView
117NoneN/AOptionalViewView
118NoneN/AOptionalViewView
119NoneN/AOptionalViewView
126NoneN/AOptionalViewView
130NoneN/AOptionalViewView
131NoneN/AOptionalViewView
132NoneN/AOptionalViewView
133NoneN/AOptionalViewView
152NoneN/AOptionalViewView
155NoneN/AOptionalViewView
156NoneN/AOptionalViewView
157NoneN/AOptionalViewView
159NoneNoOptionalViewView
169SurveillanceYes: West of Highway 6MandatoryViewView
171NoneN/AOptionalViewView
172NoneN/AOptionalViewView
173NoneN/AOptionalViewView
176NoneN/AOptionalViewView
177NoneN/AOptionalViewView
178NoneN/AOptionalViewView
181NoneN/AOptionalViewView
182NoneN/AOptionalViewView
183NoneN/AOptionalViewView
184 (now 684)ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
197SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
199NoneN/AOptionalViewView
201SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
203NoneN/AOptionalViewView
208NoneN/AOptionalViewView
209NoneN/AOptionalViewView
210NoneN/AOptionalViewView
213NoneNoOptionalViewView
214NoneN/AOptionalViewView
215NoneN/AOptionalViewView
218NoneN/AOptionalViewView
219NoneN/AOptionalViewView
221NoneN/AOptionalViewView
222NoneN/AOptionalViewView
223NoneN/AOptionalViewView
224NoneN/AOptionalViewView
225NoneN/AOptionalViewView
227NoneN/AOptionalViewView
229NoneN/AOptionalViewView
230NoneN/AOptionalViewView
232NoneN/AOptionalViewView
233SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
234NoneN/AOptionalViewView
235NoneN/AOptionalViewView
236NoneN/AOptionalViewView
237NoneN/AOptionalViewView 
238NoneN/AOptionalViewView
239NoneN/AOptionalViewView
240NoneN/AOptionalViewView
241NoneN/AOptionalViewView
246NoneN/AOptionalViewView
248NoneN/AOptionalViewView
249NoneN/AOptionalViewView
250NoneN/AOptionalViewView
251NoneN/AOptionalViewView
252NoneN/AOptionalViewView
253NoneN/AOptionalViewView
254NoneN/AOptionalViewView
255SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
256SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
257SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
258NoneN/AOptionalViewView
259SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
260SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
262SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
263SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
264NoneN/AOptionalViewView
265SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
266NoneN/AOptionalViewView
267NoneN/AOptionalViewView
268SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
269NoneN/AOptionalViewView
270NoneN/AOptionalViewView
271NoneN/AOptionalViewView
272NoneN/AOptionalViewView
273NoneN/AOptionalViewView
274NoneN/AOptionalViewView
275NoneN/AOptionalViewView
276NoneN/AOptionalViewView
277NoneN/AOptionalViewView
278NoneN/AOptionalViewView
279NoneN/AOptionalViewView
280NoneN/AOptionalViewView
281NoneN/AOptionalViewView
282NoneN/AOptionalViewView
283NoneN/AOptionalViewView
284NoneN/AOptionalViewView
285NoneN/AOptionalViewView
286NoneN/AOptionalViewView
287SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
288NoneN/AOptionalViewView
289NoneN/AOptionalViewView
290NoneN/AOptionalViewView
291NoneN/AOptionalViewView
292NoneN/AOptionalViewView
293SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
294NoneN/AOptionalViewView
295NoneN/AOptionalViewView
296NoneN/AOptionalViewView
297NoneN/AOptionalViewView
298NoneN/AOptionalViewView
299NoneN/AOptionalViewView
338NoneN/AOptionalViewView
341SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
342SurveillanceNoMandatoryViewView
343 (now 643)ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
344 (now 644)ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
604ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
605ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
643ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
644 (was 344)ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
645ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
646ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
647ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
648ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
649ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
655ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
661ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
679ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
684 (was 184)ManagementNoMandatoryViewView
701NoneNoOptionalViewView

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