Deer Permit Area 209, Minnesota
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Pheasant
- Group
- Zone 200 — Central Minnesota
- Area
- 641 mi²
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 1,485
Draw odds for White-tailed Deeraren't on file for this unit yet. Check your state wildlife agency website for current draw statistics.
Season & harvest data is published for White-tailed Deer so far. Pheasant also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedDPA 209 covers eastern Pennington, Red Lake, and Polk counties and central Clearwater County in northwestern Minnesota — a heavily agricultural permit area dominated by row crops, grasslands, and wetlands with only about 2% public land. It carries a three-deer limit designation with over-the-counter antlerless opportunity, a 47% firearm hunter success rate, and a 2024 total harvest of 1,380 deer. Public access is extremely limited at 13 square miles (5 sq mi WMA, 3 sq mi misc. state land, 5 sq mi county-managed), making landowner permission essential for most hunting.
Flat to gently rolling northwestern Minnesota agricultural landscape; 55% annual row crops, 25% grassland and wetlands, 16% woody cover (scattered woodlots and shelterbelts), 4% developed. Total area 640 sq mi. Classic Red River Valley transition zone — large open fields broken by wetland sloughs and brushy draws.
moderate
Primarily a deer unit. Pheasant hunting likely in the grassland/wetland and row-crop matrix characteristic of NW Minnesota. Ruffed grouse and turkey habitat is minimal given limited forest cover. Bear range does not extend this far northwest.
Three-deer limit (3D) designation with over-the-counter antlerless access — one of Minnesota's more generous deer limits. Strong 47% firearm hunter success rate. 2024 total harvest of 1,380 deer (firearms 1,163, archery 127, muzzleloader 90). Hunter density of 4 per sq mi. Population is managed above goal; mild recent winters have kept numbers high. CWD awareness zone — optional testing available. Feedban in effect for Polk County.
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: MN DNR official Deer Permit Areas. Community info last updated 23d ago.