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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03/23/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hoffman Grant
03/24/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Oslo Marshall
03/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Warren Marshall
03/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***SATURDAYS*** Kenyon Goodhue
03/28/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Stewartville Olmsted
03/28/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Vesta Redwood
03/30/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Ogilvie Kanabec
03/30/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Zimmerman Sherburne
03/31/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Canby Yellow Medicine
03/31/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Dodge Center Dodge
04/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***WEDNESDAYS*** Coon Rapids Anoka
04/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class New Prague Le Sueur
04/02/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Long Prairie Todd
04/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Perham Otter Tail
04/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
04/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Princeton Sherburne
04/06/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
04/06/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Luverne Rock
04/06/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Brandon Douglas
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Fairmont Martin
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Pine City Pine
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class East Grand Forks Polk
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Janesville Waseca
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Vergas Otter Tail
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class La Crescent Houston
04/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Chaska Carver
04/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rosemount Dakota
04/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Prior Lake Scott
04/10/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Madison Lake Blue Earth
04/10/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Ogilvie Kanabec
04/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Minneota Lyon
04/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
04/11/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Aurora St. Louis
04/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Maple Lake Wright
04/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Zimmerman Sherburne
04/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mahtomedi Washington
04/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Farmington Dakota
04/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Princeton Mille Lacs
04/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Detroit Lakes Becker
04/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class South Haven Wright
04/15/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***WEDNESDAYS*** South St Paul Dakota
04/15/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Brainerd Crow Wing
04/16/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***THURSDAYS*** South St Paul Dakota
04/17/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Luverne Rock
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Foley Morrison
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Jackson Jackson
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Jordan Rice
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Audubon Becker
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class New Ulm Brown
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Mahnomen Mahnomen
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Wadena Wadena
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hinckley Pine
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Alexandria Douglas
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hawley Clay
04/21/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Barnesville Clay
04/22/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lake Elmo Washington
04/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Rockford Wright
04/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Janesville Waseca
04/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cambridge Isanti
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Granite Falls Yellow Medicine
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Montevideo Chippewa
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Madison Lake Blue Earth
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Lake Elmo Washington
04/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cottage Grove Washington
04/27/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Braham Kanabec
04/27/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Backus Cass
04/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Buhl St. Louis
04/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Sauk Rapids Benton
05/01/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Backus Cass
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Hennepin
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hibbing St. Louis
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mahnomen Mahnomen
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Plummer Red Lake
05/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
05/09/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Moorhead Clay
05/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington
05/12/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cushing Morrison
05/12/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
05/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Prague Le Sueur
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class McGregor Aitkin
06/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
06/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/05/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Humboldt Kittson
06/06/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/08/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
06/10/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kimball Stearns
06/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
06/14/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
07/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St Charles Winona
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
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
08/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
08/11/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
08/17/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class ***FEMALE ONLY*** Hugo Washington
08/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Tracy Lyon
09/12/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Crookston Polk
09/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
10/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock

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