Make your deer hunting plan

Sunrise in the woods with a rifle in the foreground

A successful deer hunt requires planning, but our Make a Plan tool is designed to make your hunt easier. It provides easy access to essential hunting and chronic wasting disease (CWD) information.

The Make a Plan tool walks you through:

  • How to purchase the correct license
  • CWD requirements for the area you hunt
  • The regulations for the seasons and areas where you hunt
  • How to process your deer - whether you want to do it yourself or visit a processor
  • Tips for a safe hunt, including firearms, tree stand and hunting safety

To get started, find your deer permit area (DPA) using the tool below.  The listing for each permit area displays an information summary and links that take you directly to the information you need to know before heading off to deer camp.

 

Know your deer permit area

Map showing boundaries of Minnesota's deer permit areas and the zones in which they are contained.To buy a deer hunting license, you must declare the deer permit area in which you expect to hunt. If you don't know your DPA number, use the interactive deer map.

Find your DPA

Use the show entries, search and sort features to locate and list the DPAs in which you hunt. Click the view link to see testing requirements.

DPA information CWD requirements Partial CWD zone Sampling Map Plan
101 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
104 None N/A Optional View View
105 None N/A Optional View View
107 None N/A Optional View View
109 None N/A Optional View View
110 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
111 None N/A Optional View View
114 None N/A Optional View View
117 None N/A Optional View View
118 None N/A Optional View View
119 None N/A Optional View View
126 None N/A Optional View View
130 None N/A Optional View View
131 None N/A Optional View View
132 None N/A Optional View View
133 None N/A Optional View View
152 None N/A Optional View View
155 None N/A Optional View View
156 None N/A Optional View View
157 None N/A Optional View View
159 None No Optional View View
169 Surveillance Yes: West of Highway 6 Mandatory View View
171 None N/A Optional View View
172 None N/A Optional View View
173 None N/A Optional View View
176 None N/A Optional View View
177 None N/A Optional View View
178 None N/A Optional View View
181 None N/A Optional View View
182 None N/A Optional View View
183 None N/A Optional View View
184 (now 684) Management No Mandatory View View
197 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
199 None N/A Optional View View
201 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
203 None N/A Optional View View
208 None N/A Optional View View
209 None N/A Optional View View
210 None N/A Optional View View
213 None No Optional View View
214 None N/A Optional View View
215 None N/A Optional View View
218 None N/A Optional View View
219 None N/A Optional View View
221 None N/A Optional View View
222 None N/A Optional View View
223 None N/A Optional View View
224 None N/A Optional View View
225 None N/A Optional View View
227 None N/A Optional View View
229 None N/A Optional View View
230 None N/A Optional View View
232 None N/A Optional View View
233 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
234 None N/A Optional View View
235 None N/A Optional View View
236 None N/A Optional View View
237 None N/A Optional View View  
238 None N/A Optional View View
239 None N/A Optional View View
240 None N/A Optional View View
241 None N/A Optional View View
246 None N/A Optional View View
248 None N/A Optional View View
249 None N/A Optional View View
250 None N/A Optional View View
251 None N/A Optional View View
252 None N/A Optional View View
253 None N/A Optional View View
254 None N/A Optional View View
255 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
256 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
257 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
258 None N/A Optional View View
259 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
260 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
262 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
263 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
264 None N/A Optional View View
265 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
266 None N/A Optional View View
267 None N/A Optional View View
268 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
269 None N/A Optional View View
270 None N/A Optional View View
271 None N/A Optional View View
272 None N/A Optional View View
273 None N/A Optional View View
274 None N/A Optional View View
275 None N/A Optional View View
276 None N/A Optional View View
277 None N/A Optional View View
278 None N/A Optional View View
279 None N/A Optional View View
280 None N/A Optional View View
281 None N/A Optional View View
282 None N/A Optional View View
283 None N/A Optional View View
284 None N/A Optional View View
285 None N/A Optional View View
286 None N/A Optional View View
287 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
288 None N/A Optional View View
289 None N/A Optional View View
290 None N/A Optional View View
291 None N/A Optional View View
292 None N/A Optional View View
293 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
294 None N/A Optional View View
295 None N/A Optional View View
296 None N/A Optional View View
297 None N/A Optional View View
298 None N/A Optional View View
299 None N/A Optional View View
338 None N/A Optional View View
341 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
342 Surveillance No Mandatory View View
343 (now 643) Management No Mandatory View View
344 (now 644) Management No Mandatory View View
604 Management No Mandatory View View
605 Management No Mandatory View View
643 Management No Mandatory View View
644 (was 344) Management No Mandatory View View
645 Management No Mandatory View View
646 Management No Mandatory View View
647 Management No Mandatory View View
648 Management No Mandatory View View
649 Management No Mandatory View View
655 Management No Mandatory View View
661 Management No Mandatory View View
679 Management No Mandatory View View
684 (was 184) Management No Mandatory View View
701 None No Optional View View

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