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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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 Brainerd Crow Wing
04/15/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class ***WEDNESDAYS*** South St Paul Dakota
04/15/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
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 Jackson Jackson
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Foley Morrison
04/18/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
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 Alexandria Douglas
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hawley Clay
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Hinckley Pine
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Jordan Rice
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cambridge Isanti
04/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Audubon Becker
04/21/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Barnesville Clay
04/21/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cambridge Isanti
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 Cambridge Isanti
04/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Janesville Waseca
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Elk River Anoka
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Granite Falls Yellow Medicine
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Lake Elmo Washington
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Montevideo Chippewa
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Chaska Carver
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Welch Goodhue
04/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Madison Lake Blue Earth
04/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Cottage Grove Washington
04/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mantorville Olmsted
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
04/30/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Chisholm St. Louis
05/01/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Backus Cass
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Pine City Pine
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Moorhead Clay
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Hibbing St. Louis
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Hennepin
05/02/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Spicer Kandiyohi
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class St Stephen Stearns
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Mahnomen Mahnomen
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Plummer Red Lake
05/03/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Duluth St. Louis
05/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Deer Creek Otter Tail
05/05/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Ortonville Big Stone
05/09/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Webster Rice
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 McGregor Aitkin
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Elk River Anoka
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class St Joseph Stearns
05/16/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Marshall Lyon
05/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
05/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Ortonville Big Stone
05/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Bemidji Beltrami
05/23/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class South St Paul Dakota
05/30/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class New Ulm Brown
06/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/01/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
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 Blaine Anoka
06/08/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
06/08/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Blaine Anoka
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
06/17/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
06/20/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class South St Paul Dakota
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class New Ulm Brown
06/22/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/26/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Park Rapids Hubbard
06/27/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
06/29/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Willow River Pine
07/13/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Lewiston Winona
07/15/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class N St Paul Washington
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class St Charles Winona
07/20/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
07/25/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
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
08/08/26 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
08/22/26 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
09/19/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Grand Rapids Itasca
09/28/26 Firearms Safety Classroom Class Kenneth Rock
10/04/26 Firearms Safety Hybrid Class Kenneth Rock

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