Le Sueur County Hunting

The county runs to 449 square miles of land and 25 square miles of water, with offices in Le Center. Census staff put the 2024 head count at 29,458, close to 66 per square mile. Region 4 of the DNR, headquartered at New Ulm, oversees the county. Deer seasons and limits come from DPA 292, 291 and 605, not from the county boundary. About 6,170 acres of public land show on the state and federal layers here.

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.

Every dated season covering Le Sueur County

Deer dates in Le Sueur County follow its deer permit areas (292, 291 and 605), not the county line. The 52 rows below come from the 2026-2027 DNR booklet.

Moose, wolf, lynx and bobwhite have no Minnesota season.

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.

Mapped public acres of Le Sueur County by kind

The map pins 31 units inside Le Sueur County and 5 neighbours beyond it. About 403 acres belong to federal WPAs. State parks hunt only by special hunt or in listed open portions.

• Wildlife management areas: 20 on fileSwan Lake Wildlife Management Area (3,394 acres*), Dora Lake Wildlife Management Area (741 acres), Ottawa Wildlife Management Area (674 acres), Ney Wildlife Management Area (653 acres*), Sanborn Lake Wildlife Management Area (548 acres), Diamond Lake Wildlife Management Area (340 acres), Sheas Lake Wildlife Management Area (320 acres), St. Thomas Lake Wildlife Management Area (320 acres), Factor Wildlife Management Area (287 acres), Dove Lake Wildlife Management Area (258 acres), Cordova Wildlife Management Area (222 acres), Murphy Wildlife Management Area (211 acres), Paddy Marsh Wildlife Management Area (189 acres), Chadderdon Wildlife Management Area (133 acres), Seha Wildlife Management Area (131 acres), Shanghai Lake Wildlife Management Area (115 acres), Earl Swain Wildlife Management Area (105 acres), Anton Velishek Memorial Wildlife Management Area (80 acres), Bardel's Marsh Wildlife Management Area (78 acres), Frank Breen Memorial Wildlife Management Area (22 acres)
• Wetland management districts: 1 on fileMinnesota Valley Wetland Management District (8,340 acres*)
• State parks with hunts: 1 on fileSakatah Lake State Park (732 acres*)
• Waterfowl production areas: 4Delehanty Waterfowl Production Area (162 acres), Preuss Waterfowl Production Area (114 acres), Fickling Waterfowl Production Area (88 acres), Rice Lake Waterfowl Production Area (53 acres)
• Aquatic management areas: 5 on fileHorseshoe Lake Aquatic Management Area (165 acres), St. Peter Aquatic Management Area (60 acres), Tetonka Lake Aquatic Management Area (26 acres), Savidge Lake Aquatic Management Area (11 acres), Volney Lake Aquatic Management Area (2 acres)

* Total acres; part of the property lies over the line.

Walk-In Access in Le Sueur County

Walk-In Access adds 157 acres on 2 sites here; no landowner contact is needed, but no vehicles, trapping, dog training or camping.

• WIA #802
• WIA #599

Walk-In Access (WIA) Program

Over the Le Sueur County line

• Gray Fox Wildlife Management Area11 miles from centre · 76 acres
• Phelps Lake Wildlife Management Area12 miles from centre · 170 acres
• Raven Wildlife Management Area12 miles from centre · 72 acres
• Gilfillan Lake Wildlife Management Area13 miles from centre · 559 acres
• Michel Marsh Wildlife Management Area13 miles from centre · 138 acres

Rules keep hunters out of Bur Oak Wildlife Management Area, Carl and Verna Schmidt Wildlife Management Area, Francis Lake Aquatic Management Area, German Lake Aquatic Management Area and Kasota Prairie Scientific and Natural Area.

Land statewide · WMA pages · Private land access · WPA pages

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.

Le Sueur County shooting time on key dates

Deer, bear and elk may be taken from half an hour before sunrise to half an hour after sunset; waterfowl, turkey and small game stop at sunset.

Times are Central Time, with Daylight Saving Time until Nov. 1 and from March 14.

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.