Todd County Hunting

Measured on Census maps, Todd County holds 945 square miles; Long Prairie serves as the county seat. Its 2024 population estimate is 25,955 (+2.7% against 2020). For wildlife business it falls in the DNR Central Region, run from St. Paul. The DNR sets deer designations by permit area, and 214, 213, 215 and 240 reach into the county. Public ownership by GIS measure runs near 14,299 acres, overlaps counted once.

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.

Todd County dates from September to May

Deer dates in Todd County follow its deer permit areas (214, 213, 215 and 240), not the county line. The 51 rows below come from the 2026-2027 DNR booklet.

Youth, special hunts and lottery permits are on their own pages.

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.

Where the public may hunt around Todd County

40 public hunting units on our Minnesota list reach into Todd County; Staples Wildlife Management Area is the largest at 1,428 acres. Forest land is a big share here: 2 acres of state forest units. Federal waterfowl production areas take up some 796 acres.

• Wetland management districts, 1Litchfield Wetland Management District (37,899 ac*)
• Wildlife management areas, 30Staples Wildlife Management Area (1,428 ac), Grey Eagle Wildlife Management Area (1,407 ac), Ruff-Nik Wildlife Management Area (1,059 ac*), Long Prairie River Wildlife Management Area (965 ac), Herberger Lake Wildlife Management Area (690 ac*), Santer Wildlife Management Area (572 ac), Burleene Wildlife Management Area (556 ac), Osakis Wildlife Management Area (476 ac*), Oak Ridge Wildlife Management Area (450 ac*), Kobliska Wildlife Management Area (411 ac), Quistorff Wildlife Management Area (359 ac), Philbrook Wildlife Management Area (337 ac), Owen-Hinz Wildlife Management Area (332 ac), Turtle Creek Wildlife Management Area (320 ac), West Union Wildlife Management Area (243 ac), Elgin Woods Wildlife Management Area (240 ac), Iona Wildlife Management Area (221 ac), Lawrence Lake Wildlife Management Area (202 ac), Hartford Wildlife Management Area (162 ac), Spohn Wildlife Management Area (162 ac), Platt Lake Wildlife Management Area (159 ac), Buckhorn Lake Wildlife Management Area (157 ac), Lasher Lake Wildlife Management Area (146 ac), Sheets Lake Wildlife Management Area (132 ac), Aurzada Prairie Wildlife Management Area (105 ac), Hollister Wildlife Management Area (82 ac), Ireland Wildlife Management Area (79 ac), Randall Wildlife Management Area (58 ac), Ostendorff Wildlife Management Area (54 ac), Dower Lake Wildlife Management Area (40 ac)
• Waterfowl production areas, 6 hereWest Union Waterfowl Production Area (309 ac), Twin Lakes Waterfowl Production Area (159 ac*), Sogge Waterfowl Production Area (137 ac), Geroy Waterfowl Production Area (122 ac), Faber Waterfowl Production Area (89 ac), Terfehr Waterfowl Production Area (71 ac)
• Aquatic management areas, 3Little Birch Lake Aquatic Management Area (24 ac), Dohn Lake Aquatic Management Area (4 ac), Big Birch Lake Aquatic Management Area (1 ac)

* Multi-county property, total acreage shown.

Units in bordering counties

• Little Elk Wildlife Management Area13 miles distant · 1,476 ac
• Rose City Waterfowl Production Area14 miles distant · 80 ac
• Roger M. Holmes Wildlife Management Area15 miles distant · 1,031 ac
• Spruce Creek Wildlife Management Area15 miles distant · 365 ac
• Culdrum Wildlife Management Area16 miles distant · 31 ac

Within the county, Jensen Aquatic Management Area and Little Swan Lake Aquatic Management Area stay shut to hunting.

Land by type · Wildlife management areas · Walk-In Access · Waterfowl production areas · Forest index

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.

Todd 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.

Pheasant hours start at 9 a.m. whatever the sunrise.

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.