Lac qui Parle County Hunting

Lac qui Parle County spreads across 765 square miles of land plus 13 of lakes and rivers, governed from Madison. That ground is shared by some 6,636 residents, near 9 to each square mile. The DNR regional office that covers it sits in New Ulm, home of the South Region. Permit area lines decide deer limits here, and the ones that matter are 280, 278 and 279. DNR, Forest Service and Fish and Wildlife Service polygons add up to about 37,616 public acres inside the county.

Land area from the Census 2024 Gazetteer, population from Census Vintage 2024 estimates, region from the DNR county region list, DPAs from the DNR deer permit area layer, public acres from DNR, USFS and USFWS GIS layers (not official acreages). Checked October 28, 2026.

What is open around Lac qui Parle County and when

Rows marked with a DPA apply only in that part of Lac qui Parle County; firearms deer runs Nov. 7 to 15 in 200-series areas and Nov. 7 to 22 in the 100 series.

Where a deer permit area line splits the county, check the DNR deer map before you hunt near the line.

From the 2026-2027 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources) and the DNR deer permit area map, checked October 28, 2026.

Public ground a Lac qui Parle County hunter can walk

By kind, Lac qui Parle County public land counts 44 wildlife management areas, 20 waterfowl production areas, 2 national wildlife refuges and 1 wetland management district. Some 4,558 acres are WPAs run by the wetland management districts. Parks are closed to general hunting; special hunts are the exception.

• Wetland management districts, 1 hereMorris Wetland Management District (55,532 ac*)
• Wildlife management areas, 44 hereLac qui Parle Wildlife Management Area (33,623 ac*), Florida Creek Wildlife Management Area (1,114 ac), Salt Lake Wildlife Management Area (781 ac), David B. Vesall Wildlife Management Area (646 ac), Sweetwater Wildlife Management Area (586 ac), Kibler Wildlife Management Area (542 ac), Gollnick Wildlife Management Area (517 ac), Walter Wildlife Management Area (511 ac), Haydenville Wildlife Management Area (484 ac), Quilitz Wildlife Management Area (384 ac), Northeast Four Corners Wildlife Management Area (362 ac), Flinks Slough Wildlife Management Area (358 ac*), Baxter Wildlife Management Area (346 ac), Hantho Wildlife Management Area (336 ac), 25th Anniversary Wildlife Management Area (329 ac), Hamlin Wildlife Management Area (318 ac), Madrena Wildlife Management Area (306 ac), Caerulean Wildlife Management Area (265 ac), Borchardt -Rosin Wildlife Management Area (258 ac), Providence Wildlife Management Area (233 ac), Madison Wildlife Management Area (228 ac), Perry Wildlife Management Area (213 ac), Kemen Wildlife Management Area (209 ac), Ten-Well Wildlife Management Area (175 ac), Wild Wings Wildlife Management Area (166 ac), Bail Out Wildlife Management Area (155 ac), Riverside Wildlife Management Area (146 ac), Red Buffalo Wildlife Management Area (109 ac), Creekside Wildlife Management Area (100 ac), Church Wildlife Management Area (95 ac), 14 smaller ones
• National wildlife refuges: 2 on fileBig Stone National Wildlife Refuge (11,402 ac*), Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge (6,030 ac*)
• Waterfowl production areas, 20 listedHastad Waterfowl Production Area (984 ac), Larson Waterfowl Production Area (474 ac*), Hegland Waterfowl Production Area (464 ac), Farrell Waterfowl Production Area (403 ac), Pearson Waterfowl Production Area (366 ac), Wendland Waterfowl Production Area (279 ac), Colbert Waterfowl Production Area (278 ac), Beyer Waterfowl Production Area (269 ac), Goodman Waterfowl Production Area (236 ac), Florida Creek Waterfowl Production Area (201 ac), Taylor Waterfowl Production Area (180 ac), Bolson Slough Waterfowl Production Area (178 ac), Quaal Waterfowl Production Area (178 ac), Garfield Waterfowl Production Area (161 ac), Freeland Waterfowl Production Area (80 ac), Sumner Waterfowl Production Area (65 ac), Bailey Slough Waterfowl Production Area (64 ac), Borass Waterfowl Production Area (40 ac), Hackert Waterfowl Production Area (40 ac), Plover Waterfowl Production Area (32 ac)
• Scientific and natural areas, 1 hereYellow Bank Hills Scientific and Natural Area (77 ac)

* The acreage includes ground in a neighbouring county.

Walk-In Access here

Hunters can walk onto 12 enrolled sites in Lac qui Parle County, near 1,038 acres, from Sept. 1 to May 31.

• WIA #924
• WIA #925
• WIA #989
• WIA #990
• WIA #1002
• WIA #1067
• WIA #195
• WIA #436
• WIA #1134
• WIA #846
• WIA #642
• WIA #1055

Walk-In Access (WIA) Program

All land pages · WMAs statewide · WIA program · WPAs statewide

Units from our Minnesota land list (DNR WMA, SNA, AMA, forest and park pages, USFWS and USFS records); acres by kind from the DNR management units layer, the USFS ownership layer and the USFWS interest layer (GIS measures); Walk-In Access from the DNR Walk-In Access program; special hunts from the booklet special hunt tables. Checked October 28, 2026.

When you can shoot at Lac qui Parle County

Sun times below are calculated for Lac qui Parle County; the big game column adds the half hour after sunset and the bird column stops at sunset.

Times are rounded to the minute.

Hours rule from the DNR booklet shooting hours page; sun times calculated for the county centre (NOAA method, Central Time), checked against U.S. Naval Observatory tables; checked October 28, 2026. Legal hours for every county.