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
09/16/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassPequot LakesCrow Wing
09/16/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassFairmontMartin
09/16/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassSouth HavenWright
09/19/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassPequot LakesCrow Wing
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassBemidjiBeltrami
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassPine CityPine
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassSt JosephStearns
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassHadleyMurray
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassHill CityAitkin
09/20/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassMarshallLyon
09/21/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassSleepy EyeBrown
09/22/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassZimmermanSherburne
09/27/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassNowthenAnoka
09/27/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassE. Grand ForksPolk
09/29/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassPrincetonMille Lacs
10/04/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassMorristownRice
10/04/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassZimmermanSherburne
10/04/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassPine CityPine
10/04/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassOsageBecker
10/06/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassCass LakeCass
10/06/25Firearms Safety Classroom ClassLuverneRock
10/09/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassIsantiIsanti
10/11/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassSt JosephStearns
10/11/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassIsantiIsanti
10/11/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassMcGregorAitkin
10/11/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassSauk CentreStearns
10/13/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassHugoWashington
10/16/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassGrand RapidsItasca
10/25/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassRochertBecker
10/26/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassRochertBecker
10/26/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassMcGregorAitkin
12/22/25Firearms Safety Hybrid ClassGrand RapidsItasca

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