Deer Permit Area 230, Minnesota
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Wild Turkey, Pheasant
- Group
- Zone 200 — Central Minnesota
- Area
- 466 mi²
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 549
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. Wild Turkey, Pheasant also occur here — that data can be added as the community contributes.
About this unit
AI-compiled · sourcedDPA 230 covers much of Waseca County, eastern Blue Earth County, and a small slice of Le Sueur County in southern Minnesota — a heavily agricultural landscape dominated by row crops (76% of land cover) with deer habitat concentrated in brushy draws, marshes, grasslands, and small woodlots along rivers and lakes. Public access is extremely limited at roughly 3.1 square miles (under 3% of the 452 sq. mi. area), so success here depends almost entirely on securing private land permission. Deer numbers are described as robust by the DNR, and the 2025 designation is a two-deer limit, signaling a healthy and huntable population.
Flat to gently rolling southern Minnesota agricultural plain. Land cover is 76% annual row crops (corn/soybeans), 10% grassland and wetlands, 5% woody cover, 3% open water, 7% developed. Deer habitat is provided by scattered brushy areas, marshes, grassland patches, and small forest tracts associated with rivers, lakes, and large marshes — classic southern MN ag-land edge cover.
moderate
Deer are the primary big-game target with a healthy, above-goal population and a two-deer limit. Wild turkey are present and huntable in this southern MN county block (Blue Earth, Waseca, Le Sueur all fall within MN turkey zones). Ring-necked pheasant are present in the grassland and WPA tracts, particularly around Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District parcels in Blue Earth and Waseca counties. Black bear and ruffed grouse are not expected in this flat agricultural zone.
Two-deer limit designation in 2025 reflects a robust and above-goal deer population. Hunter success rate was 34% during the 2024 firearm season with roughly 3 hunters per sq. mi. — moderate pressure for southern MN. CWD optional testing applies; a deer feeding and attractant ban is in effect for Le Sueur County portion. Firearm season is statewide schedule (early Nov). Shotgun slugs, muzzleloaders, and handguns are legal for big game. Wild turkey (spring and fall) and ring-necked pheasant are both present given the grassland/wetland/ag mosaic and WPA habitat in the area.
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Boundaries: MN DNR official Deer Permit Areas. Community info last updated 23d ago.