Requirements: All persons born after December 31, 1979 are required to possess a firearms safety/hunter education certificate in order to purchase a hunting license to hunt in Minnesota.![Youth with firearm safety instructor](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-1.jpg)
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Bow hunter »Current calendar of safety training classesPurchase a duplicate firearms safety certificate online or wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.![Firearm safety instructors with youth](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-2.jpg)
Safety training instructor information »![Youth in a deer stand](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-3.jpg)
Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) »
Tree stand safety »
Trapper education »
![Youth with firearm safety instructor](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-1.jpg)
Safety certification classes
Youth firearms safety/hunter education »Adult hunter education »
Advanced hunter »
Bow hunter »Current calendar of safety training classesPurchase a duplicate firearms safety certificate online or wherever hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
![Firearm safety instructors with youth](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-2.jpg)
Become a safety training instructor
Become a DNR certified volunteer safety instructor. The process begins online.Safety training instructor information »
![Youth in a deer stand](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/education_safety/safety/safety-3.jpg)
Safety-related outdoor education
Apprentice hunter validation »Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) »
Tree stand safety »
Trapper education »