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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​DateTitleLocationCounty
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Montevideo Chippewa
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Morristown Rice
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Lewiston Winona
09/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hawley Clay
09/16/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Pequot Lakes Crow Wing
09/16/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Fairmont Martin
09/16/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class South Haven Wright
09/19/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pequot Lakes Crow Wing
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Bemidji Beltrami
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class St Joseph Stearns
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hadley Murray
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hill City Aitkin
09/20/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
09/21/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sleepy Eye Brown
09/22/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Zimmerman Sherburne
09/27/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Nowthen Anoka
09/27/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class E. Grand Forks Polk
09/29/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Princeton Mille Lacs
10/04/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Morristown Rice
10/04/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Zimmerman Sherburne
10/04/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
10/04/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Osage Becker
10/06/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cass Lake Cass
10/06/25 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Luverne Rock
10/09/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Isanti Isanti
10/11/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class St Joseph Stearns
10/11/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Isanti Isanti
10/11/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class McGregor Aitkin
10/11/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Sauk Centre Stearns
10/13/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington
10/16/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
10/25/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Rochert Becker
10/26/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Rochert Becker
10/26/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class McGregor Aitkin
12/22/25 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca

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