Lyon County Hunting

Marshall anchors Lyon County, a county of 714 land square miles and 7 water square miles. About 25,577 residents call it home, after a 0.2% gain since 2020. DNR counts it in Region 4 (South), with regional headquarters in New Ulm. On the 2026 deer map the county falls inside DPAs 288, 295, 289 and 294. State and federal land mapped inside the county totals some 15,426 acres.

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.

Lyon County season dates, 2026-27

24 species and 49 dated windows touch Lyon County; the last column compares each one with today.

DNR draws the waterfowl zone lines on MN 210/23/39 and US 212/I-494/I-94, and the furbearer line on I-94/US 10; check the DNR map near a 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 land and WMAs in Lyon County

The 60 Lyon County listings break down as 50 wildlife management areas, 8 waterfowl production areas, 1 wetland management district and 1 state parks with hunt. Waterfowl production areas, open under federal rules, cover about 2,221 acres. State park acres count toward the total but hunt only by special hunt.

• Wildlife management areas: 50Coon Creek Wildlife Management Area (1,103 acres*), Amiret Wildlife Management Area (937 acres), Meadow Creek Wildlife Management Area (859 acres), Green Valley Wildlife Management Area (794 acres), Vallers Wildlife Management Area (771 acres), Sodus Wildlife Management Area (757 acres), Hopeful Wildlife Management Area (590 acres*), Lyons Wildlife Management Area (572 acres), Shetek Inlet Wildlife Management Area (542 acres*), Prairie Marshes Wildlife Management Area (493 acres), Sioux Prairie Wildlife Management Area (443 acres*), Grandview Wildlife Management Area (438 acres), Clifton Wildlife Management Area (382 acres), SE Clifton Wildlife Management Area (371 acres), Rolling Hills Wildlife Management Area (356 acres), Lines Wildlife Management Area (325 acres), Jacobson Wildlife Management Area (290 acres), Bosque Wildlife Management Area (289 acres*), Brakke Wildlife Management Area (269 acres), Brawner Lake Wildlife Management Area (259 acres), Lake Yankton Wildlife Management Area (237 acres), Hope Wildlife Management Area (214 acres*), Bue-tiful Acres Wildlife Management Area (168 acres), Lyndwood Wildlife Management Area (168 acres), Shelburne Wildlife Management Area (162 acres*), Elmer Weltz Wildlife Management Area (161 acres), Tillemans Wildlife Management Area (155 acres), Furgamme Wildlife Management Area (152 acres), Rooster Flats Wildlife Management Area (126 acres), Deer Lane Wildlife Management Area (117 acres), +20 on the hub
• Wetland management districts: 1Big Stone Wetland Management District (4,267 acres*)
• Waterfowl production areas in Lyon (8)Black Rush Lake Waterfowl Production Area (963 acres), Arends Waterfowl Production Area (319 acres), Peterson Waterfowl Production Area (239 acres), Redwood River Waterfowl Production Area (225 acres), Yellow Medicine River Waterfowl Production Area (163 acres), Bendix 1 Waterfowl Production Area (151 acres), Bendix II Waterfowl Production Area (125 acres), Sherman Waterfowl Production Area (120 acres)
• State parks with hunts: 1Camden State Park (1,805 acres)

* Whole-property acreage, not just this county.

Private land open by Walk-In

18 Walk-In sites cover about 1,606 acres of Lyon County; buy the $3 validation first.

• WIA #142
• WIA #411
• WIA #616
• WIA #690
• WIA #691
• WIA #781
• WIA #783
• WIA #788
• WIA #851
• WIA #858
• WIA #1089
• WIA #952
• WIA #963
• WIA #964
• WIA #1036
• WIA #1150
• WIA #186
• WIA #941

DNR status notes: Lyon #1089 grazed or hayed (127 acres (entire site) hayed)

Special deer hunts in Lyon County

Walk-In Access (WIA) Program

Plan around Glynn Prairie Scientific and Natural Area, where hunting is not allowed.

Minnesota public land · WMA list · Walk-In sites · WPA list

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.

Lyon County legal hunting light

Pheasant hunting starts at 9 a.m. and runs to sunset, early teal runs sunrise to sunset, and big game gets the half hour on each end.

Raccoon and fox may be hunted day or night after 9 a.m. on opening day.

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.