This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: map — description: "Deer Permit Areas Zones" — a state map covering roughly 20% of the page, showing zones 100, 200, 300 and 600 and labelling DPAs 601, 604, 605, 661, 666, 671, 679, 684 and 685. None of its labels reach the text layer, so neither PDF library sees them and the divergence check is blind to the omission too. The season table names the '100 series' and the '200 series'; this map is what defines them. This compilation does not carry it.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-references — description: **Page 96 is not carried, and page 95 sends the reader there twice.** (1) The season row "Early Antlerless season (see page 96 for open areas)" is published here with its dates, Oct. 15-18, and WITHOUT the areas it is open in: p.96 lists them as permit areas 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 236, 240, 277, 341, 601, 605, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 661 and 685, and adds "Hunters must hunt in an open deer permit area listed above and your deer license must match the weapon you plan to use during the season." A hunter reading this compilation alone would take the season as statewide. (2) The Archery season published here as Sept. 19-Dec. 31 is qualified on p.96 in two ways this compilation does not carry: "Archery hunters can hunt permit areas statewide except in Itasca State Park (DPA 287)." and "No antlerless deer may be taken with an archery license in a bucks-only deer area, except for residents age 84 and older, and residents of a MN State Veterans home." Page 96's own pointer, "Check the management designations and associated bag limits for your permit area on pages 87 and 95", is the reason page 87 is now cited; the third source it names, mndnr.gov/hunting/deer/map.html, is not carried either.
This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-references — description: **The 3-deer and 5-deer limits published from page 87 both carry an exception this compilation cannot resolve.** The page prints "3 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in some selected areas (page 99)." and "5 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in selected areas (page 99)." — and page 99 is outside this extraction. For every permit area published under either of those two limits, this record states the limit and not whether that area is one of the selected ones the exception names. **No count is given here on purpose**: a number this compilation worked out about itself is what the `value` field of these very rows used to hold, and it is not a fact the source states.

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Minnesota

deer · 2026

What this is, and what it is not

huntregs is not the law and is not an official edition of any state’s regulations: no state agency writes, reviews, publishes or approves it, and where a page here differs from the agency document it cites, the agency document is the regulation and this page is wrong.

It is an editorial compilation of state agency regulation documents: every row is carried verbatim out of one named document, cited by title, identified by the sha256 of the exact bytes we read, and printed beside the source lines it was read from.

What we do carry

What we do not carry

Error direction — If this record is wrong, it is most likely wrong toward saying you MAY do something you may not.

That is the direction that ends in a citation, or in a hunter on ground the state has closed. Read the signals below before you use any row on this page.

Derived by rule from this record's own declared gaps, its own integrity fields and its own rows. It is not a score and there is no confidence number: the counts below count signals, nothing more.

2 over-permissive · 2 undeterminable · 0 under-permissive · 3 declared gap(s), 3 of which the record says carry regulation · 16 row(s) scanned

4 signal(s), most dangerous first. The evidence lines below are the rule's own excerpts, cut at 220 characters; every gap is printed in full and verbatim under what this record does not carry.

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [limit_or_quota='bag limit']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[1]: **Page 96 is not carried, and page 95 sends the reader there twice.** (1) The season row "Early Antlerless season (see page 96 for open areas)" is published here with its dates, Oct. 15-18, and WITHOUT the areas it is o…

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [legal_definition='legal buck']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[2]: **The 3-deer and 5-deer limits published from page 87 both carry an exception this compilation cannot resolve.** The page prints "3 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in some selected areas (page 99)." and "5 …

unknowncannot be determined: the gap carries regulation but its description names neither a restriction nor an opportunity in terms this rule can read (kind='map'). Boundary, map and definition gaps land here and belong here — not knowing which unit you are in cuts both ways

known_gaps[0]: "Deer Permit Areas Zones" — a state map covering roughly 20% of the page, showing zones 100, 200, 300 and 600 and labelling DPAs 601, 604, 605, 661, 666, 671, 679, 684 and 685. None of its labels reach the text layer, s…

unknown2 page boundary/boundaries beside the cited range were never inspected. A table that continues past a citation loses whole rows — the missing rows could be further seasons (under) or the restrictions on the ones published (over), and this is the check five states went OFFLINE for skipping.

p86 (beside cited p87) — the uncited neighbour draws none; the cited page does — the safest case, the neighbour is probably prose…
p88 (beside cited p87) — the uncited neighbour draws none; the cited page does — the safest case, the neighbour is probably prose…
what this rule cannot see

Across the published records the record-level answer is almost always over. That is a statement about how regulation is written — what is missing from a compilation is usually a restriction — not a ranking of states.

Record integrity

Current through — the document this record was read from, and nothing later than it:

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

sha256 00877ef1abd67553076eebf60e25ffc4d57d22beeb797408096e9fe2d9d61191

The document is those bytes. A URL is a name; if the publisher replaces the file behind it, this hash stops matching and the mismatch is the finding.

We fetched it on 2026-08-08. That is our retrieval date, not a publication date. This record carries no date on which its publisher issued, adopted, amended or last revised that document, so this page states none. Any effective, issue or adoption date the document states of itself is inside the citation above, in the publisher’s own words — nothing here lifts it out or restates it as a fact of ours.

The publisher is named inside that citation, in the publisher’s own words. This record carries no publisher field of its own, so nothing here names one separately.

The record states its own regulation year as 2026. That is the record’s field, not a currency claim: a record may state a year older than the day we fetched it, and where it does, it says so here.

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

2 page(s) cited

Coverage, every declared gap and every swept line are below, under what this record does not carry.

Check this page against the source

Do not take our word for it. The document every row on this page was read out of is one tap away, and checking us against it is exactly what the citation, the sha256 and the source lines under each row are for.

Open the source document → https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

If that document says something this page does not, the document is the regulation and this page is wrong. The copy we read is the one whose sha256 is above; if the publisher has replaced the file since 2026-08-08, yours will not match ours, and that difference is the thing worth knowing.

What this record does not carry

derived Minnesota declares 3 gaps, of which 3 are regulation this compilation does not carry.

3 gap(s) the record says carry regulation

These are regulation that exists and is not in here. They are printed in full, in the record's own words.

map

"Deer Permit Areas Zones" — a state map covering roughly 20% of the page, showing zones 100, 200, 300 and 600 and labelling DPAs 601, 604, 605, 661, 666, 671, 679, 684 and 685. None of its labels reach the text layer, so neither PDF library sees them and the divergence check is blind to the omission too. The season table names the '100 series' and the '200 series'; this map is what defines them. This compilation does not carry it.

derived family: map

Who does have it

Not us. Minnesota’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.

cross-references

**Page 96 is not carried, and page 95 sends the reader there twice.** (1) The season row "Early Antlerless season (see page 96 for open areas)" is published here with its dates, Oct. 15-18, and WITHOUT the areas it is open in: p.96 lists them as permit areas 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 236, 240, 277, 341, 601, 605, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 661 and 685, and adds "Hunters must hunt in an open deer permit area listed above and your deer license must match the weapon you plan to use during the season." A hunter reading this compilation alone would take the season as statewide. (2) The Archery season published here as Sept. 19-Dec. 31 is qualified on p.96 in two ways this compilation does not carry: "Archery hunters can hunt permit areas statewide except in Itasca State Park (DPA 287)." and "No antlerless deer may be taken with an archery license in a bucks-only deer area, except for residents age 84 and older, and residents of a MN State Veterans home." Page 96's own pointer, "Check the management designations and associated bag limits for your permit area on pages 87 and 95", is the reason page 87 is now cited; the third source it names, mndnr.gov/hunting/deer/map.html, is not carried either.

derived family: cross-reference

Who does have it

Not us. Minnesota’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.

cross-references

**The 3-deer and 5-deer limits published from page 87 both carry an exception this compilation cannot resolve.** The page prints "3 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in some selected areas (page 99)." and "5 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in selected areas (page 99)." — and page 99 is outside this extraction. For every permit area published under either of those two limits, this record states the limit and not whether that area is one of the selected ones the exception names. **No count is given here on purpose**: a number this compilation worked out about itself is what the `value` field of these very rows used to hold, and it is not a fact the source states.

derived family: cross-reference

Who does have it

Not us. Minnesota’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.

Coverage

100.0% of pypdf text lines on p.95; on p.87, drawn table cells plus every word outside one

derived: this percentage is over the units named above, on the pages this record cites. It is not a percentage of the state's regulation. The gaps above are what a full percentage would have to count and cannot.

2 page(s) cited
87
95
2 page boundary/boundaries never inspected
p86 (beside cited p87) — the uncited neighbour draws none; the cited page does — the safest case, the neighbour is probably prose, but prose is how Utah lost nine pages, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.
p88 (beside cited p87) — the uncited neighbour draws none; the cited page does — the safest case, the neighbour is probably prose, but prose is how Utah lost nine pages, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.
51 library repair(s)
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258 swept source line(s) in 6 reason group(s) — NOT declared gaps

These are not gaps.

ruled_out entries are source lines the extractor accounted for and did NOT publish, each with the reason it gave. They are not declared gaps: a declared gap is regulation the record says exists and it does not carry.

43 × — invisible duplicate 1 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.
43 × — invisible duplicate 2 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.
43 × — invisible duplicate 3 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.
43 × — invisible duplicate 4 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.
43 × — invisible duplicate 5 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.
43 × — invisible duplicate 6 of 6: white type (non-stroking colour 1,1,1) in the one column of p.87 the page paints nothing behind, so it is white on white and no reader sees it. Word for word it is the answer already published from the single black copy this column draws.
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.

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season (9)

Archery

Sept. 19-Dec. 31

2026-09-19 → 2026-12-31 derived (year inferred)

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located: a verbatim source line of this row appears on page 95 of the source PDF and on no other page the record read

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Archery Sept. 19-Dec. 31

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

Statewide firearms: 100 series and 604, 679, and 684

Nov. 7-22

2026-11-07 → 2026-11-22 derived (year inferred)

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retrieved 2026-08-08

sha256 00877ef1abd67553076eebf60e25ffc4d57d22beeb797408096e9fe2d9d61191

located: a verbatim source line of this row appears on page 95 of the source PDF and on no other page the record read

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Statewide firearms: 100 series and 604, 679, and 684 Nov. 7-22

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/rlp/regulations/hunting/full_regs.pdf?v=24.09.05.12.15#page=95

Statewide firearms: 200 series and deer permit areas 338, 341, 605, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 655, 661, 666, 671, and 685

Nov. 7-15

2026-11-07 → 2026-11-15 derived (year inferred)

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Statewide firearms: 200 series and deer permit areas 338, 341, 605, 642,
643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, 655, 661, 666, 671, and 685
Nov. 7-15

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Late Southeast Firearms: 338, 341, 605, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648 and 649

Nov. 21-29

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Late Southeast Firearms: 338, 341, 605, 642, 643, 644, 645, 646, 647,
648 and 649
Nov. 21-29

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Metro management zone DPA 601

Nov. 7-29

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Metro management zone DPA 601 Nov. 7-29

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Muzzleloader

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Muzzleloader Nov. 28-Dec. 13

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Youth Season open statewide

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Youth Season open statewide Oct. 15-18

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Early Antlerless season (see page 96 for open areas)

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Early Antlerless season (see page 96 for open areas) Oct. 15-18

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Late CWD season (605, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, and 655). Additional deer permit areas may be announced online this fall

Dec. 18-20

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Late CWD season (605, 642, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, and 655).
Additional deer permit areas may be announced online this fall.
Dec. 18-20

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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hunt_note (1)

If I am successful, can I take another deer in a different permit area?

valueYes. Hunters must comply with the statewide bag limit of five deer, the applicable DPA limit, and a buck limit of one unless otherwise noted. Additional deer may be taken during the early antlerless and late CWD seasons, and in certain special hunts.
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If I am successful, can I take another deer in a different permit area?
Yes.
Hunters
must
comply
with
the
statewide
bag
limit
of
five
deer,
the
applicable
DPA
limit,
and
a
buck
limit
of
one
unless
otherwise
noted.
Additional
deer
may
be
taken
during
the
early
antlerless
and
late
CWD
seasons,
and
in
certain
special
hunts.

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Bucks Only

antlerless_deerNo, unless you are a resident of a Minnesota State Veterans’ Home or age 84 or older. The bucks only designation also applies to archery.
areas118; 119; 126; 130; 131; 132; 203
bonus_permitNo
value1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
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Bucks Only 118, 119, 126, 130, 131, 132, 203
Bucks- only
1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
No, unless you are a resident of a Minnesota State Veterans’ Home or age 84 or older. The bucks only designation also applies to archery.
No

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Lottery

antlerless_deerNo, unless you obtain an antlerless permit by lottery or are a resident who is also: a veteran who is 100% disabled, or on military leave or discharged from service outside the country in the past 24 months or living in a Minnesota State Veterans’ Home or under 18 or 84 or older or possess a permit to shoot from a stationary vehicle. Youth and hunters with disabilities must personally take antlerless deer they register. Archery hunters may take 1 either- sex deer in antlerless permit lottery areas.
areas104; 107; 109; 110; 111; 133; 153; 154; 155; 156; 169; 171; 172; 173; 176; 177; 178; 181; 197; 199; 234; 237; 238; 259; 270; 272; 274; 278; 280; 282; 297; 298
bonus_permitNo
value1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
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Lottery 104, 107, 109, 110, 111, 133, 153, 154, 155, 156, 169, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 181,
197, 199, 234, 237, 238, 259, 270, 272, 274, 278, 280, 282, 297, 298
Antlerless permit lottery
1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
No, unless you obtain an antlerless permit by lottery or are a resident who is also: a veteran who is 100% disabled, or on military leave or discharged from service outside the country in the past 24 months or living in a Minnesota State Veterans’ Home or under 18 or 84 or older or possess a permit to shoot from a stationary vehicle. Youth and hunters with disabilities must personally take antlerless deer they register. Archery hunters may take 1 either- sex deer in antlerless permit lottery areas.
No

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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Either-Sex

antlerless_deerYes
areas114; 117; 159; 208; 235; 246; 250; 251; 252; 253; 258; 260; 269; 275; 284; 286; 287; 288; 294; 295; 296; 666; 679; 684
bonus_permitNo
value1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
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Either-Sex 114, 117, 159, 208, 235, 246, 250, 251, 252, 253, 258, 260, 269, 275, 284, 286,
287, 288, 294, 295, 296, 666, 679, 684
Either-sex
1 deer, regardless of license type. Only 1 legal buck may be taken.
Yes
No

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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2-Deer Limit

antlerless_deerYes
areas101; 105; 152; 157; 201; 210; 224; 239; 248; 249; 256; 262; 263; 273; 279; 283; 289; 291; 644; 671
bonus_permitYes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.
value2 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken.
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2-Deer Limit 101, 105, 152, 157, 201, 210, 224, 239, 248, 249, 256, 262, 263, 273, 279, 283,
289, 291, 644, 671
2-deer limit
2 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken.
Yes
Yes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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3-Deer Limit

antlerless_deerYes
areas182; 209; 213; 214; 215; 218; 219; 221; 222; 223; 225; 227; 229; 230; 232; 233; 236; 240; 241; 254; 255; 257; 264; 265; 267; 268; 277; 281; 290; 292; 293; 299; 338; 341; 604; 642; 655; 661; 685
bonus_permitYes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.
value3 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in some selected areas (page 99).
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3-Deer Limit 182, 209, 213, 214, 215, 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 225, 227, 229, 230, 232, 233,
236, 240, 241, 254, 255, 257, 264, 265, 267, 268, 277, 281, 290, 292, 293, 299,
338, 341, 604, 642, 655, 661, 685
3-deer limit
3 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in some selected areas (page 99).
Yes
Yes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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5-Deer Limit

antlerless_deerYes
areas601; 605; 643; 645; 646; 647; 648; 649
bonus_permitYes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.
value5 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in selected areas (page 99).
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5-Deer Limit 601, 605, 643, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649
5-deer limit
5 deer, only 1 legal buck may be taken, except in selected areas (page 99).
Yes
Yes. In some 600-series DPAs disease management permits may be used.

2026 Minnesota Hunting Regulations, p.95 ("Deer Seasons" and "2026 Bag Limits by Deer Permit Area Designation") and p.87 ("Deer Permit Area (DPA) Management Designations", the table that prints the bag limit itself; p.96 sends the reader to "pages 87 and 95" for exactly this)

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