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Hunting Guides and Preserves near Minnesota hunting land
31 guides and preserves in 4 DNR regions and 20 counties. Street addresses appear wherever the source gave one.
Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain Mark 1.0)
Minnesota guides and preserves, map view
29 of the 31 guides and preserves have a map point of their own. The pin marks the middle of the town for 1 more listing, and says so. 1 listing with no town match sits at the centre of the county.
Northwest Minnesota guides and preserves (5)
Northeast Minnesota guides and preserves (10)
Central Minnesota guides and preserves (12)
South Minnesota guides and preserves (4)
Preserves, game farms and guide services from Yellow Pages listings with a hunting word in the name; Minnesota licenses shooting preserves (Minn. Stat. 97A.115) and bear outfitters but no public list of either was found, checked October 28, 2026.
How Minnesota licenses guides and game farms
Shooting preserves
Minnesota licenses shooting preserves under Minn. Stat. 97A.115, but no public list of preserves turned up, so the 21 preserves and game farms here come from business listings; ask each one about its license.
Stamps at a preserve
Commercial shooting preserves are on the booklet list of stamp exemptions, so a bird hunter there needs no state pheasant or waterfowl stamp.
Bear outfitters
Anyone placing bait or guiding bear hunters for pay needs a bear outfitter license: $82.50 ($165 master outfitter), residents only.
Free private ground
Walk-In Access: 23,000 acres at 230+ private sites open Sept. 1-May 31 with a $3 validation; no vehicles, trapping, dog training, target shooting or camping.
Guide services
10 guide services with a hunting word in the name; fishing-only guides were left out.
Sources: Minn. Stat. 97A.115; bear outfitter fee; stamp exemptions; Walk-In Access, checked October 28, 2026.
About this list of Minnesota guides and preserves
How accurate are the guides and preserves pins?
Every listing has a pin: 29 at its own point, 1 at its town's Census point and 1 at the county centre; stand-in pins say so in their label.
Where are the gaps in the guides and preserves list?
67 counties have none; try the county next door or the map.
Is there an official list of Minnesota shooting preserves?
No public list was found, although preserves are licensed under Minn. Stat. 97A.115, so the preserves and game farms here come from business listings.
Who needs a bear outfitter license?
Anyone who places bait or guides bear hunters for pay; it costs $82.50 ($165 master outfitter) and is sold to residents only.
How many Minnesota guides and preserves are listed?
31 across 20 counties, checked October 28, 2026.
Which county has the longest guides and preserves list?
Beltrami County (3), Itasca County (3) and St. Louis County (3).
How are guides and preserves split by DNR region?
12 in Central, 10 in Northeast, 5 in Northwest and 4 in South.
Where did the guides and preserves data come from?
Preserves, game farms and guide services from Yellow Pages listings with a hunting word in the name; Minnesota licenses shooting preserves (Minn. Stat. 97A.115) and bear outfitters but no public list of either was found, checked October 28, 2026.
More Minnesota pages after the guides and preserves
Other photos on this page: Pictures by Ann (CC BY 2.0); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain Mark 1.0); USFWS Mountain Prairie (Public domain); USFWS/Southeast (CC BY 2.0); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Public Domain Mark 1.0).