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
02/02/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Waverly Wright
02/05/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Cannon Falls Goodhue
02/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class *** SATURDAYS*** Porter Yellow Medicine
02/17/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Dawson Lac Qui Parle
02/23/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Waseca Waseca
02/23/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rochester Olmsted
02/23/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Le Center Le Sueur
02/23/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***MONDAYS*** Benson Swift
02/26/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Murdock Swift
02/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lacrescent Houston
03/03/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Appleton Swift
03/03/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Morristown Rice
03/03/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rosemount Dakota
03/03/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lester Prairie McLeod
03/05/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Oslo Marshall
03/07/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Willmar Kandiyohi
03/07/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Spring Valley Fillmore
03/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Fridley Anoka
03/10/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lake Elmo Dakota
03/10/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***TUESDAYS*** Jackson Jackson
03/14/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Morristown Rice
03/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Roseau Roseau
03/16/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Jackson Jackson
03/16/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Randall Morrison
03/16/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Delano
03/17/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Windom Cottonwood
03/17/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Watertown Carver
03/17/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Warren Marshall
03/21/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Nowthen Anoka
03/24/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Oslo Marshall
03/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Warren Marshall
04/07/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Pine City Pine
04/09/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Rosemount Dakota
04/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Princeton Mille Lacs
04/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mahtomedi Washington
04/14/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Detroit Lakes Becker
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Jackson Jackson
04/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Rockford Wright
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Lake Elmo Washington
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hibbing St. Louis
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Plummer Red Lake
05/11/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hugo Washington
05/12/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
06/08/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
06/13/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
06/14/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
07/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock
08/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
08/11/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Crookston Polk
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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