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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07/07/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hinckley Pine
07/08/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class HIllman Morrison
07/09/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Mound Hennepin
07/12/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
07/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
07/13/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Menahga Becker
07/14/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
07/14/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cloquet Carlton
07/15/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Alexandria Douglas
07/15/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Appleton Swift
07/16/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N. St. Paul Ramsey
07/17/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
07/17/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Plymouth Hennepin
07/18/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Ham Lake Anoka
07/19/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Aitkin Aitkin
07/19/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Hennepin
07/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
07/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sandstone Pine
07/21/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St. James Watonwan
07/21/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Sacred Heart Renville
07/21/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cloquet Carlton
07/21/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Nevis Hubbard
07/22/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Glyndon Clay
07/23/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ~ Wednesday's S. St. Paul Dakota
07/24/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ~ Thursday's S. St. Paul Dakota
07/25/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Medford Steele
07/26/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Elk River Anoka
07/26/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
07/30/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class New Market Scott
08/02/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
08/02/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Aurora St. Louis
08/04/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
08/04/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St. Charles Winona
08/04/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Fridley Anoka
08/05/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class E. Grand Forks Polk
08/05/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Glyndon Clay
08/09/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class La Crescent Houston
08/10/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Brandon Douglas
08/11/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class ~ FEMALE ONLY Hugo Washington
08/11/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Staples Wadena
08/11/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Aitkin Aitkin
08/11/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Darfur Watonwan
08/12/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
08/12/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
08/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Two Harbors Lake
08/15/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Orr St. Louis
08/16/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kinball Stearns
08/17/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Hennepin
08/18/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cloquet Carlton
08/18/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Northfield Dakota
08/22/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Park Rapids Hubbard
09/02/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Brooklyn Park Hennepin
09/06/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Tracy Lyon
09/06/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Crookston Polk
09/06/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ~ Saturday's Kenyon Goodhue
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Bemidji Beltrami
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
09/21/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sleepy Eye Brown
10/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington
10/16/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
10/17/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
12/22/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca

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