Firearms Safety Certification for Adults (16 and older)

Requirements

DNR Firearms Safety Certification is required of anyone born after December 31, 1979 to purchase a hunting license in Minnesota. Check requirements in other states.
Must successfully complete one of the Options of certification. (see below)

Options

Receive your Firearms Safety Certification or Apprentice Validation by completing one of the following options:

Online course- complete the online course and virtual field day
Firearms Safety Classroom Course - currently scheduled classes below.
Apprentice Hunter Validation (twice in a lifetime)

General Information

The MN DNR Firearms Safety Hunter Education endorsement can be listed on the back of a Minnesota driver's license or identification card upon request.
A MN Hunting License that includes a Firearms Safety Number is sufficient proof of course completion.
Purchase a duplicate firearms safety certificate online or wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
For more information or assistance with purchasing a duplicate safety certificate:
- Contact the DNR Information Center

Courses

To view detailed information about a class or field day, click on its title.

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Date	Title	Location	County
08/12/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
08/12/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Crookston	Polk
08/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Two Harbors	Lake
08/14/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Worthington	Nobles
08/15/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Orr	St. Louis
08/15/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cloquet	Carlton
08/15/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Jordan	Scott
08/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Wilmar	Kanabec
08/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Kinball	Stearns
08/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Staples	Wadena
08/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perham	Otter Tail
08/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	St Joseph	Stearns
08/17/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Webster	Hennepin
08/17/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Adrian	Nobles
08/18/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Cloquet	Carlton
08/18/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Northfield	Dakota
08/18/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rochester	Olmsted
08/18/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Zumbro Falls	Wabasha
08/20/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Prior Lake	Scott
08/22/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Park Rapids	Hubbard
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Minneota	Lincoln
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Austin	Mower
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Stewartville	Olmsted
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Deer Creek	Otter Tail
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Osage	Hubbard
08/23/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Elk River	Anoka
08/24/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pillager	Cass
08/28/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rosemount	Dakota
09/02/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Brooklyn Park	Hennepin
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Tracy	Lyon
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Crookston	Polk
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class ~ Saturday's	Kenyon	Goodhue
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Lake Elmo
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perley	Norman
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grygla	Marshall
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pillager	Cass
09/06/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Deer River	Itasca
09/07/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perley	Norman
09/07/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pillager	Cass
09/08/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Hibbing	St. Louis
09/08/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
09/08/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Hopkins	Hennepin
09/09/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rosemount	Dakota
09/09/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Buhl	St. Louis
09/10/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Brainerd	Crow Wing
09/11/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Rockford	Wright
09/12/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Waubun	Mahnomen
09/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
09/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Montevideo	Chippewa
09/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Morristown	Rice
09/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Lewiston	Winona
09/16/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Pequot Lakes	Crow Wing
09/16/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Fairmont	Martin
09/19/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pequot Lakes	Crow Wing
09/20/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Bemidji	Beltrami
09/20/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pine City	Pine
09/20/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	St Joseph	Stearns
09/21/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Sleepy Eye	Brown
09/29/25	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Princeton	Mille Lacs
10/04/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Morristown	Rice
10/09/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Isanti	Isanti
10/11/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	St Joseph	Stearns
10/11/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Isanti	Isanti
10/13/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Hugo	Washington
10/16/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
10/17/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
12/22/25	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca

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