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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08/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Zumbro Falls Wabasha
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 Grand Rapids Itasca
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mound Hennepin
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Lewiston Winona
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Glencoe Sibley
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Stewartville Olmsted
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Paynesville Stearns
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Willmar Kandiyohi
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 Buhl St. Louis
08/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mahnomen Mahnomen
08/27/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rosemount Dakota
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pillager Cass
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Tracy Lyon
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
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 Morristown Rice
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Becker Wright
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Rice
08/30/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Detroit Lakes Becker
08/30/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Aurora St. Louis
09/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class CLarkfield Yellow Medicine
09/08/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rosemount Dakota
09/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/08/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Brooklyn Park Hennepin
09/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Brainerd Crow Wing
09/10/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hibbing St. Louis
09/10/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Virginia St. Louis
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hill City Aitkin
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
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenyon Goodhue
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Nowthen Anoka
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Prague Le Sueur
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Bemidji Beltrami
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Morristown Rice
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
09/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Perley Norman
09/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Faribault Rice
09/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Princeton Mille Lacs
09/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hopkins Hennepin
09/15/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class South Haven Wright
09/15/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Fairmont Martin
09/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Rochester Olmsted
09/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grygla Beltrami
09/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
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 Zimmerman Sherburne
09/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
10/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
10/10/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Zimmerman Sherburne
10/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington

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