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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06/17/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
06/18/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Warba Itasca
06/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class St Joseph Stearns
06/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Rice
06/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
06/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class South St Paul Dakota
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cloquet Carlton
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class New Ulm Brown
06/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Park Rapids Hubbard
06/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cloquet Carlton
06/27/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Willow River Pine
07/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Mound Hennepin
07/06/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hinckley Pine
07/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sandstone Pine
07/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Onamia Mille Lacs
07/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
07/14/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Ely St. Louis
07/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hillman Morrison
07/15/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
07/16/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Plymouth Hennepin
07/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Onamia Mille Lacs
07/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Balaton Lyon
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St Charles Winona
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St James Watonwan
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Nevis Hubbard
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Pipestone Pipestone
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Pipestone Pipestone
07/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pipestone Pipestone
07/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pipestone Pipestone
07/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
07/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Prague Le Sueur
07/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
07/29/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class South St Paul Dakota
07/30/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class South St Paul Dakota
08/01/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class South St Paul Dakota
08/03/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Aitkin Aitkin
08/07/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Nisswa Crow Wing
08/07/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Orr St. Louis
08/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Medford Steele
08/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
08/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class La Crescent Houston
08/10/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Staples Wadena
08/11/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
08/17/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class ***FEMALE ONLY*** Hugo Washington
08/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Chatfield Fillmore
08/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Tracy Lyon
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Crookston Polk
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Babbitt St. Louis
09/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sleepy Eye Brown
09/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
10/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
10/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington

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