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Learn more about deer management activities.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/index.html

Cases confirmed in DPA 266 near Hawley and DPA 701 near Greenfield
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2025/01/27/chronic-wasting-disease-confirmed-wild-deer-2-new-minnesota-deer-permit-areas

A summary of and portal to information about Minnesota's deer hunting seasons and regulations.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/hunting/deer/index.html

DNR discontinues targeted culling of deer in these DPAs.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/news/2025/01/08/chronic-wasting-disease-reaches-endemic-stage-3-southeast-minnesota-deer-permit-areas-dnr-adjusts-management-strategy-cwd

MN DNR legislative initiatives and updates throughout the legislative session.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/aboutdnr/legislativeinfo/index.html

The DNR administers and enforces certain statutes and rules governing white-tailed deer farms. Review below the areas of DNR responsibility that directly impact white-tailed deer farms and farmers. Responsibility for all other farmed cervids, including elk, falls to the Minnesota Board of Animal Health.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/deer-farms.html

Information on the Chronic Wasting Disease Response Plan.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwd/cwd-response-plan.html

Resources and information about chronic wasting disease in Minnesota.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwd/resources.html

Information about the chronic wasting disease management zone and hunting regulations that apply to this zone.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwd/management-zone.html

Information about how and why the DNR uses culling as a management strategy to combat chronic wasting disease and help keep Minnesota deer healthy.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwd/culling.html

Information about the chronic wasting disease surveillance zone and hunting regulations that apply to this zone.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwd/surveillance-zone.html

Main page for information about the Deer Advisory Committee
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/deer-advisory-committee.html

Lists, reports and explanations of human dimensions opinion surveys conducted by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' wildlife research unit on white-tailed deer and white-tailed deer management.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wildlife/research/surveys/deer/index.html

Information about how the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources' long-range plan to involve hunters, landowners and citizens in a strategic approach to manage white-tailed deer, one of Minnesota's most popular and common animals.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/planning/index.html

Learn about the deer population goal-setting process, and how to participate during public input and public comment periods.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mammals/deer/management/population.html

It's not uncommon for wintering deer to eat themselves to death despite having reserves of fat. The deer pictured above died after overeating from the pile of corn shown in the photo's background. Supplemental feeding can result in enterotaxaemia, a fatal disease commonly called grain overload.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/wildlife/research/health/feeding/deer.html

Information for CWD testing done by the Minnesota DNR from hunter harvested and opportunistic deer samples.
https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/cwdcheck/index.html