Hunting Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District, Minnesota public land

What is allowed on Minnesota Valley WMD

Short version of the rules that apply on Minnesota Valley WMD, taken from the managing agency.

50 CFR 32.42 text for this unit (excerpt): —(1) Migratory game bird hunting. We allow hunting of migratory game bird species authorized by the State throughout the district subject to the following conditions: (i) Hunters must dismantle hunting blinds, platforms, and ladders made from natural vegetation at the end of each day's hunt. (ii) Hunters and anglers must remove all personal property, including but not limited to boats, decoys, blind materials, stands, platforms, and cameras, brought onto the district at the end of each day's hunt (see §§ 27.93 and 27.94 of this chapter). (iii) We allow the use of dogs while hunting, provided the dog is under the immediate control of the hunter at all times. (iv) We allow hunting of unprotected wild animals, as designated by the State, only from September 1 through the last day of February. We allow incidental take of unprotected wild animals, as designated by the State, during all hunting. (v) We only allow non-motorized boats. (vi) We permit only archery hunting in the Soberg Waterfowl Production Area. (2) Upland game hunting. We allow hunting of upland game species authorized by the State throughout the district subject to the following conditions: (i) The conditions set forth …

Sources: record; booklet: 2026-2027 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations. Checked October 28, 2026.

Minnesota Valley WMD hunting calendar 2026-27

Minnesota Valley WMD season dates for 2026-27, picked by its game species list and its deer permit area.

Furbearer rows list both zones: the line follows I-94 and US 10, so check which side of it you hunt.

From the 2026-2027 Minnesota Hunting and Trapping Regulations booklet (Minnesota Department of Natural Resources); checked October 28, 2026. All Minnesota seasons.

Public land within a drive of Minnesota Valley WMD

When Minnesota Valley WMD is crowded, Case Lake WMA sits 5.6 mi away to the southwest.

Points: USFWS Interest layer (fee WPAs of the district in Minnesota) (polygon centroid of the largest part). Straight-line distances. Statewide public land map.

Minnesota Valley WMD: deer taken in DPA 230

549 deer were registered in DPA 230 during 2025, 1.21 per square mile of the unit.

2019-2025 from Table 3 (total harvest per permit area; 2024-2025 exclude special hunts); 2017-2018 from Table 9 (all seasons, special hunts reallocated to the surrounding DPA). DPA boundaries changed over time (e.g. 103/108 in 2018), so older DPAs may not match 2026 polygons.

DNR 2025 deer harvest report; earlier years from the DNR yearly reports. Checked October 28, 2026.

Hunter questions about Minnesota Valley WMD, short answers