Firearms Safety Certification for Adults (16 and older)

shooting practiceRequirements

  • 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:

  1. Online course- complete the online course and virtual field day
  2. Firearms Safety Classroom Course - currently scheduled classes below.
  3. 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:

Courses

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

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07/26/24Firearms Safety Field DayMorrisStevens
07/27/24Firearms Safety Field DayMedfordSteele
07/29/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassLewistonWinona
07/29/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassSt CharlesWinona
07/30/24Firearms Safety Field DayGlyndonClay
07/31/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassMew MarketScott
08/02/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassHam LakeAnoka
08/02/24Firearms Safety Field DayWadenaWadena
08/03/24Firearms Safety Field DayMaple GroveHennepin
08/03/24Firearms Safety Field DayCrookstonPolk
08/03/24Firearms Safety Field DayLa CrescentHouston
08/03/24Firearms Safety Field DayChatfieldFillmore
08/04/24Firearms Safety Field DayWebsterHennepin
08/04/24Firearms Safety Field DayGrand RapidsItasca
08/05/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassLaCrescentHouston
08/05/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassStaplesWadena
08/05/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassWorthingtonNobles
08/05/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassFridleyAnoka
08/06/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassElizabethOtter Tail
08/06/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassWillmarKandiyohi
08/08/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassDelanoWright
08/10/24Firearms Safety Field DayNew UlmBrown
08/10/24Firearms Safety Field DayOnamiaMille Lacs
08/10/24Firearms Safety Field DayStaplesWadena
08/10/24Firearms Safety Field DayTrimontMartin
08/11/24Firearms Safety Field DaySandstonePine
08/11/24Firearms Safety Field DaySt. JosephStearns
08/12/24Firearms Safety Field Day ~ FEMALES ONLYHugoWashington
08/12/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassDarfurWatonwan
08/12/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassCloquetCarlton
08/13/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassOronoHennepin
08/13/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassPrior LakeScott
08/16/24Firearms Safety Field DayOrrSt. Louis
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayKimballStearns
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayDuluthSt. Louis
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayGranite FallsYellow Medicine
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayMontevideoChippewa
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayStewartvilleOlmsted
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayWebsterHennepin
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayLewistonWinona
08/17/24Firearms Safety Field DayRogersHennepin
08/18/24Firearms Safety Field DayAdrianNobles
08/19/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassAitkinAitkin
08/19/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassKennethRock
08/19/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassRochesterOlmsted
08/19/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassGrand RapidsItasca
08/19/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassZumbro FallsWabasha
08/20/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassCrookstonPolk
08/24/24Firearms Safety Field DayMenahgaWadena
08/24/24Firearms Safety Field DayWillmarKandiyohi
09/03/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassBrooklyn ParkHennepin
09/04/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassRockvilleStearns
09/06/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassDodge CenterDodge
09/07/24Firearms Safety Field DayTracyLyon
09/07/24Firearms Safety Field DayAdaNorman
09/08/24Firearms Safety Field DayGrand RapidsItasca
09/10/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassRosemountDakota
09/11/24Firearms Safety Training Classroom ClassSherburnMartin
09/16/24Firearms Safety Field DayHugoWashington
09/21/24Firearms Safety Field DayMorristownRice
09/22/24Firearms Safety Field DaySleepy EyeBrown
10/06/24Firearms Safety Field DayGrand RapidsItasca
10/14/24Firearms Safety Field DayHugoWashington

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