Bear registration stations

Tooth submission is mandatory

Every person who kills a bear must submit a tooth sample to the DNR. Failure to do so is a violation of Minnesota Game and Fish Law (6232.2800). See complete rules in the tagging and registration section of the bear hunting regulations.

Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Bear registration stations have changed from previous years. The listed locations have bear tooth envelopes available for bear hunters that have successfully harvested a bear. All individuals who submit a tooth sample, prior to November 1, will be sent information on the age of their bear and a bear cooperation patch in May of the following year.

In the past, bear tooth envelopes were available only at bear registration stations. With harvest registrations now available on the internet or mobile app, fewer locations have bear tooth envelopes than in prior years. Although many of the listed locations are still able to register bears, some are only license agents or businesses that have bear tooth envelopes provided to them by the DNR. The "type" column below will tell you if a business is able to register a bear or just provide you with a bear tooth envelope.

If you are unable to obtain a bear tooth envelope from one of these locations, please call the Minnesota DNR Forest Wildlife and Populations Research Group at 218-328-8872 or DNR Information Center at 651-296-6157 or 888-MINNDNR (646-6367) to request an envelope.

County	Business Name	Address	City	Zip code	Type
Aitkin	Bill's Sportman Service Inc	649 2Nd St Ne	Aitkin	56431	Game registration
Aitkin	Farm Island Store	29037 Hwy 169	Aitkin	56431	Game registration
Aitkin	Glen Meats	28011 State Hwy 47	Aitkin	56431	Envelope only
Aitkin	Malmo Market	32060 220Th St	Aitkin	56431	Game registration
Aitkin	Petry's By The Lake	22167 State Hwy 47	Aitkin	56431	Game registration
Aitkin	Roadside Market	144 Service Dr	Hill City	55748	Envelope only
Aitkin	Sunny's	35558 MN-200	Hill City	55748	Envelope only
Aitkin	McGregor Oil	Highway 210 & Highway 65	McGregor	55760	Envelope only
Aitkin	Willey's	46054 MN-65	McGregor	55760	Envelope only
Aitkin	Palisade One Stop	307 Main St	Palisade	56469	Game registration
Aitkin	Mississippi Landing	68298 MN-65	Warba	55793	License Agent
Anoka	Speedway #105	4825 Viking Blvd Ne	East Bethel	55092	Game registration
Beltrami	Pete'S Place South	179 Convenience Lane Sw	Bemidji	56601	Game registration
Beltrami	Wilton Petroleum	7189 Pete Lane Nw	Bemidji	56601	Game registration
Beltrami	Timberline Sports, Inc	209 Summit Ave W	Blackduck	56630	Game registration
Beltrami	Fourtown Store & Tavern	63063 Fourtown Rd NW	Grygla	56727	Envelope only
Beltrami	Village One Stop	143 Clark Ave S	Kelliher	56650	Game registration
Beltrami	Cenex	54345 Hwy 72 NE	Waskish	56685	License Agent
Beltrami	West Wind Resort	54719 Ne Hwy 72	Waskish	56685	Game registration
Carlton	Outdoor Advantage	1302 Highway 33 S	Cloquet	55720	Game registration
Carlton	Cromwell Self Serve	1302 Hwy 73 S	Cromwell	55726	Game registration
Carlton	Federated Coops Moose Lake	100 Arrowhead Ln	Moose Lake	55767	Game registration
Cass	Backus Locker	111 Front Street N	Backus	56435	Envelope only
Cass	Corner Store	402 Wren Trail NW	Backus	56435	License Agent
Cass	Md Pawn	6213 Lower Frontage Rd	Cass Lake	56633	Game registration
Cass	Hackensack Bait Llc	333 1St St N	Hackensack	56452	Game registration
Cass	The One Stop	5006 State Hwy 84	Longville	56655	Game registration
Cass	Little Store 05	410 State Hwy 6	Outing	56662	License Agent
Cass	Remer Trading Post	2 Park Ave	Remer	56672	Game registration
Cass	Reeds Family Outdoor Outfitters	522 Minnesota Ave Nw	Walker	56484	Game registration
Clearwater	Northern Bait And Convenience	146 State 92	Gonvick	56644	Game registration
Cook	Buck'S Hardware Llc	18 W 1St Ave	Grand Marais	55604	Envelope only
Cook	Clearview General Store	5323 W Hwy 61	Lutsen	55612	Game registration
Cook	Tofte Holiday Station #3517	7235 W Hwy 61	Tofte	55615	Envelope only
Crow Wing	Fleet Farm	14114 Dellwood Dr	Baxter	56401	Game registration
Crow Wing	The Corner Store Depot	12857 Cty Hwy 18 Sw	Brainerd	56401	Game registration
Crow Wing	Weidell Hardware Llc	19124 Bocks Corner	Brainerd	56401	Game registration
Crow Wing	Wild Rice Depot Llc	9360 Wild Rice Rd	Brainerd	56401	Game registration
Crow Wing	Moonlite Square	37735 Co Road 66	Crosslake	56442	Game registration
Crow Wing	Emily Meats	3990 MN Hwy 6	Emily	56447	Envelope only
Crow Wing	Fort Ripley Gas Llc	617 Front St	Fort Ripley	56449	Game registration
Crow Wing	Tutts Bait And Tackle	27358 State Highway 18	Garrison	56450	Game registration
Crow Wing	Northdale Oil, Inc	11027 Crystal Lake Rd	Merrifield	56465	Game registration
Hennepin	Cabela'S Retail Inc Rogers	20200 Rogers Dr	Rogers	55374	Game registration
Hubbard	Howg'S Gas & Service	10 Central Ave	Laporte	56461	Game registration
Hubbard	T & M Express Nevis	116 Bunyan Trl	Nevis	56467	Game registration
Hubbard	Delaney'S Sporting Goods	1100 1St St	Park Rapids	56470	Game registration
Hubbard	Northern Bait	614 S Main Ave	Park Rapids	56470	Game registration
Itasca	Casey's (two Rivers Cenex)	406 N Main ave	Big Fork	56628	License Agent
Itasca	Balsam Store	41050 Scenic Hwy	Bovey	55709	Envelope only
Itasca	Hollywood Bait	54 County Rd 10	Bovey	55709	Game registration
Itasca	Petrich's Store	34438 Scenic Hwy	Bovey	55709	Envelope only
Itasca	Ron's Korner Market	7896 US Hwy 169	Bovey	55709	Envelope only
Itasca	Bowstring Store	46023 State Hwy 6	Bowstring	56631	Envelope only
Itasca	River Rat	38480 Us Hwy 2	Cohasset	55721	Game registration
Itasca	Burggraf'S Ace Hardware Deer River	108 E Main Ave	Deer River	56636	Game registration
Itasca	Winnie Trading Post	38499 State Hwy 46	Deer River	56636	Envelope only
Itasca	Effie Country Service	101 Se Hwy 38	Effie	56639	Game registration
Itasca	Fred's Store	19517 County Rd 560	Goodland	55742	Envelope only
Itasca	38 Outpost Inc	34322 County Road 233	Grand Rapids	55744	Game registration
Itasca	Edwards Lucky Seven General Store	1515 Nw 4Th St	Grand Rapids	55744	Game registration
Itasca	Thousand Lakes	331 NW 4th Street	Grand Rapids	55744	License Agent
Itasca	Keewatin Sinclair	210 N 1st St.	Keewatin	55753	Envelope only
Itasca	Frontier Sports	48919 State Hwy 38	Marcell	56657	Envelope only
Itasca	K-M Corner Store	36971 State Highway 65	Nashwauk	55769	Game registration
Itasca	Lucky Seven General Store	121 1St St	Nashwauk	55769	Game registration
Itasca	Sinclair Express Mart	830 1st ST	Nashwauk	55769	Envelope only
Itasca	Max Mini Store Inc	50758 State Hwy 46	Squaw Lake	56681	Game registration
Itasca	Lucky Seven Swan River #24	16282 Us Hwy 2	Swan River	55784	Game registration
Itasca	Little Turtle Lake Store	49926 State Hwy 6	Talmoon	56637	Envelope only
Itasca	Sure Game Resort	52385 County Rd 31	Wirt	56688	Envelope only
Koochiching	Nelson'S Store	10380 Hwy 11	Baudette	56623	Game registration
Koochiching	Pritchard'S Corner Llc	201 Us Hwy 71	Big Falls	56627	Game registration
Koochiching	Edwards Lucky Seven General Store	1130 Third Ave	International Falls	56649	Game registration
Koochiching	R Store Inc	3251 Hwy 71	Little Fork	56653	Game registration
Koochiching	Reinarz Station	11458 Hwy 71	Mizpah	56660	Game registration
Koochiching	Fisher Petroleum Inc.	12227 2nd Street	Northome	56661	Envelope only
Lake of the Woods	Log Cabin Bait And Tackle	3263 Fishery Rd	Baudette	56623	Game registration
Lake of the Woods	Northside Express	509 Main St. W	Baudette	56623	License Agent
Lake of the Woods	Outdoors Again Low Inc	409 W Main St	Baudette	56623	Game registration
Lake of the Woods	Andy'S Garage Inc	245 State Hwy 11	Williams	56686	Game registration
Marshall	Grygla General Store	PO Box 171	Grygla	56727	Envelope only
Marshall	Young'S General Store	155 Hill Ave S	Middle River	56737	Game registration
Mille Lacs	Prince Bait & Marine INC	19196 Us Hwy 169	Milaca	56353	License Agent
Mille Lacs	Reeds Mille Lacs Outpost	38556 Us Hwy 169	Onamia	56359	Game registration
Morrison	Ramey Store	5047 345Th Ave	Foley	56329	Game registration
Morrison	Bear Trax Store And Hardware	26485 370Th Ave	Hillman	56338	Game registration
Morrison	Reds Auto Inc	104 1St Ave N	Pierz	56364	Game registration
Otter Tail	Lakeland General Store	22438 Old 59 Road	Pelican Rapids	56572	Game registration
Otter Tail	Park Region Sports	120 S Broadway	Pelican Rapids	56572	Game registration
Otter Tail	Cenex Hardware Hank Nym	PO Box 247	Perham	56573	Envelope only
Otter Tail	Oasis Travel Plaza	PO Box 247	Perham	56573	Envelope only
Otter Tail	Ottertail Oasis	PO Box 247	Perham	56573	Envelope only
Pennington	Farmers Union Oil Co	PO Box 215	Goodridge	56725	Envelope only
Pennington	Erls Food Market Inc	103 E 8Th St	Thief River Falls	56701	Envelope only
Pennington	Northdale Oil, Inc	17107 Us Hwy 59	Thief River Falls	56701	Game registration
Pennington	Trf Hardware	17108 Us Hwy 59 Ne	Thief River Falls	56701	Game registration
Pine	Petry'S Bait Company	2220 Hwy 18	Finlayson	55735	Game registration
Polk	Ace Hardware	1400 University Ave	Crookston	56716	Game registration
Polk	Cabela'S Retail Inc	210 Demers Ave Nw	East Grand Forks	56721	Game registration
Polk	Fuel N Things	203 Hwy 2	Erskine	56535	Game registration
Polk	Northdale Oil, Inc	702 N Mill St	Fertile	56540	Game registration
Polk	Mcintosh Cenex	400 State St Se	Mcintosh	56556	Game registration
Polk	Mentor C Store	32 County Rd 12 N	Mentor	56736	Game registration
Ramsey	Bwana Archery	3015 Country Dr	Little Canada	55117	Envelope only
Ramsey	Joe'S Sporting Goods	33 E County Rd B	St Paul	55117	Game registration
Red Lake	Brooks Cenex	701 Hwy 59S	Brooks	56715	Game registration
Red Lake	Oklee Cenex	302 Governor St	Oklee	56742	Game registration
Red Lake	Red Lake County Cooperative	217 8th St.	Red Lake Falls	56750	License Agent
Red Lake	Rlf Hardware	105 International Dr Suite 118	Red Lake Falls	56750	Game registration
Roseau	Roseau County Coop	111 Hwy 11	Badger	56714	Game registration
Roseau	River'S Edge Bait And Convenience	120 State Hwy 11 E	Greenbush	56726	Game registration
Roseau	Cenex C-Store	1504 Center St W	Roseau	56751	Game registration
Roseau	Denny'S Outdoor Sports	1002 3Rd St Ne	Roseau	56751	Game registration
Roseau	Doc'S Hardware Llc	108 Main Ave N	Roseau	56751	Game registration
Roseau	Salol One Stop	32598 482Nd Ave	Salol	56756	Game registration
Roseau	Riverfront Store Llc	18144 Mn 89	Wannaska	56761	Game registration
Roseau	Northdale Oil, Inc	34480 550Th Ave	Warroad	56763	Game registration
Roseau	Streiff Sporting Goods	34480 550Th Ave	Warroad	56763	Game registration
Sherburne	Sand Dunes Food And Fuel	26215 184Th St Nw	Big Lake	55309	Game registration
Sherburne	Three Sons Hardware	621 Rose Drive	Big Lake	55309	Game registration
St. Louis	Range Cooperatives Inc	25 Central Blvd	Babbitt	55706	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Biwabik #1	310 S Main St	Biwabik	55708	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Chisholm #6	1002 3Rd Avenue Northwest	Chisholm	55719	Game registration
St. Louis	Cook Short Stop	320 S Hwy 53	Cook	55792	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Cook #2	11 Hwy 53 S	Cook	55723	Game registration
St. Louis	Swan Lake Market	7425 Swan Lake Rd	Culver	55779	Game registration
St. Louis	Chalstrom'S Bait & Tackle	5067 Rice Lake Rd	Duluth	55803	Game registration
St. Louis	King'S Outdoor Experience	5675 Miller Trunk Hwy	Duluth	55811	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Ely #11	620 Sheridan St E	Ely	55731	Game registration
St. Louis	Voyageur North Outfitters	1829 E Sheridan St	Ely	55731	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven General Store Hibbing #15	3917 W 1St Ave	Hibbing	55746	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Hoyt Lakes #10	201 Kennedy Memorial Dr	Hoyt Lake	55750	Game registration
St. Louis	Andrew'S Gateway General Store Llc	9378 Hwy 53	Kabetogama	56669	Game registration
St. Louis	Kab Outdoors	9634 Gamma Rd	Kabetogama	56669	Game registration
St. Louis	Norman'S One Stop	4513 Hwy 53	Orr	55771	Game registration
St. Louis	Pelican Bay Foods	4539 Hwy 53	Orr	55771	Game registration
St. Louis	The Y Store	6368 Hwy 169	Tower	55790	Game registration
St. Louis	Lucky Seven Virginia #5	820 N Hoover Rd	Virginia	55792	Game registration
Stearns	Northdale Oil, Inc	310 8Th St S	Albany	56307	Game registration
Stearns	The Store Of St Anna	37215 County Rd 9	Avon	56310	Game registration
Wadena	Shell Sport & Bait	17 Aspen Ave Nw	Menahga	56464	Game registration
Washington	Mike'S Bait On 8	6595 Lake Blvd	Forest Lake	55025	Game registration
Washington	Big Marine Lake Store	19261 Manning Trl N	Marine On Saint Croix	55047	Game registration
Washington	Cabela'S Retail	8400 Hudson Rd	Woodbury	55125	Game registration
Wright	Clearwater Travel Plaza	950 State Hwy 24	Clearwater	55320	Game registration
Wright	H&H Sports Shop	607 Mn Hwy 55 E	Maple Lake	55358	Game registration