2015 goals
Goals listed below reflect the desired change in deer population from 2014 levels. Click the block heading or permit area for more information. Additional resources related to goal setting are listed after the goal listings.
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Goal-Setting Block 3 | |
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Area | Goal |
241 | Stabilize |
242 | ↑ 25% |
246 | ↑ 25% |
248 | ↑ 25% |
251 | ↑ 25% * |
258 | ↑ 25% |
259 | ↑ 25% |
287 | Stabilize |
* Communicate desired goal to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service refuge managers |
Goal-Setting Block 4 | |
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Area | Goal |
152 | ↑ 50% |
155 | ↑ 25% |
156 | ↑ 50% |
157 | ↑ 25% |
159 | ↑ 50% |
183 | ↑ 50% |
221 | ↑ 50% |
222 | ↑ 50% |
225 | ↑ 25% |
247 | Stabilize |
249 | ↑ 50% |
* Communicate desired goal to U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service refuge managers |
Goal-Setting Block 5 | |
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Area | Goal |
219 | ↑ 25% |
223 | ↑ 25% |
224 | ↑ 50% * |
227 | Stabilize |
229 | ↑ 25% |
235 | ↑ 25% |
236 | ↑ 25% |
285 | ↑ 25% |
338 | ↑ 25% |
339 | ↑ 25% |
Goal setting resources

•G3 survey conducted summer 2014
•G1, G2, G4, G5 surveys conducted fall-winter 2014-2015
•G7, G8, G9 surveys conducted fall-winter 2015-2016
Hunter and landowner survey results
Reports include information about hunter satisfaction
•Full report (includes all blocks from all years)2015-2016
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 7
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 8
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 92014-2015
•Superior Uplands Arrowhead - Block 1
•North Central Plains Moraines - Block 2
•East Central Uplands - Block 4
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 52014
•Pine Moraines - Block 32013
•Southeastern Minnesota landowner survey
•Southeastern Minnesota deer hunter survey
Background information
•Superior Uplands Arrowhead - Block 1
•North Central Plains Moraines - Block 2
•Pine Moraines - Block 3
•East Central Uplands - Block 4
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 5
Advisory team recommendation
•Superior Uplands Arrowhead - Block 1
•North Central Plains Moraines - Block 2
•Pine Moraines - Block 3
•East Central Uplands - Block 4
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 5
Final 2015 deer goal setting reports
•Superior Uplands Arrowhead - Block 1
•North Central Plains Moraines - Block 2
•Pine Moraines - Block 3
•East Central Uplands - Block 4
•Sand Plain-Big Woods - Block 5
2014 deer harvest report
Public comments & response
A complete summary of DNR response to public comments.
2014 goal setting
More deer in much of southeastern Minnesota is the anticipated outcome of a citizen-led deer population goal-setting process that increases deer numbers in five of the nine permit areas under review. DNR increased goal densities in deer permit areas 341, 342, 345, 347 and 348. Permit areas 343, 346 and 349 will maintain existing goal densities. Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, permit area 344, will maintain current densities.