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
07/25/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Webster	Rice
07/25/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pipestone	Pipestone
07/25/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pipestone	Pipestone
07/25/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
07/25/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	New Prague	Le Sueur
07/26/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Kenneth	Rock
07/27/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class *FEMALE ONLY*	Willow River	Pine
07/29/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	South St Paul	Dakota
07/29/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Webster	Scott
07/30/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	South St Paul	Dakota
07/31/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Wadena	Wadena
08/01/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perham	Otter Tail
08/01/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	South St Paul	Dakota
08/01/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Elk River	Anoka
08/03/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Spring Lake Park	Anoka
08/03/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Farmington	Dakota
08/03/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Worthington	Nobles
08/03/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Aitkin	Aitkin
08/07/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Nisswa	Crow Wing
08/07/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Orr	St. Louis
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	New Ulm	Brown
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Osage	Becker
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Medford	Steele
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Maple Grove	Hennepin
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	La Crescent	Houston
08/08/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pelican Rapids	Otter Tail
08/09/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Adrian	Nobles
08/10/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Cloquet	Carlton
08/10/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Darfur	Watonwan
08/10/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Staples	Wadena
08/11/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Crookston	Polk
08/11/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Prior Lake	Scott
08/13/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class *TWO DAYS*	Worthington	Nobles
08/14/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Cloquet	Carlton
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Staples	Wadena
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Winnebago	Faribault
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Webster	Hennepin
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Floodwood	St. Louis
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Thief River Falls	Pennington
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	St Joseph	Stearns
08/15/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Elk River	Sherburne
08/17/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Zumbo Falls	Wabasha
08/17/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class *FEMALE ONLY*	Hugo	Washington
08/18/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Alexandria	Douglas
08/18/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Chatfield	Fillmore
08/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Zumbro Falls	Wabasha
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Glencoe	Sibley
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Minneota	Lyon
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Carlton	Carlton
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Lewiston	Winona
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Willmar	Kandiyohi
08/22/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
08/23/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Carlton	Carlton
08/24/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rochester	Olmsted
08/25/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Hibbing	St. Louis
08/27/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rosemount	Dakota
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Austin	Mower
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Glencoe	Dakota
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Pillager	Cass
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Morristown	Rice
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Becker	Wright
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Deer Creek	Otter Tail
08/29/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Tracy	Lyon
08/30/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Aurora	St. Louis
09/08/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Rosemount	Dakota
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Crookston	Polk
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Babbitt	St. Louis
09/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Perley	Norman
09/15/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Fairmont	Martin
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Grand Rapids	Itasca
09/19/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Floodwood	St. Louis
09/20/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Sleepy Eye	Brown
09/28/26	Firearms Safety Classroom Class	Kenneth	Rock
10/04/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Kenneth	Rock
10/12/26	Firearms Safety Hybrid Class	Hugo	Washington

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