Deer Permit Area 666, Minnesota
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Pheasant
- Group
- Zone 200 — Central Minnesota
- Area
- 625 mi²
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 686
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 666 is a flat, agricultural deer permit area in Clay County in Minnesota's Red River Valley, characterized by row-crop fields, wetland potholes, and scattered shelterbelts that concentrate deer along habitat edges. It is a CWD management zone with mandatory sampling on opening firearms weekend and liberal antlerless opportunity via $2.50 disease management permits (up to 5 deer per season). Statewide firearm licenses are valid here with no buck tag draw required; as of 2026, the eastern portion of the unit allows rifle hunting while the western portion remains shotgun/muzzleloader only.
Flat Red River Valley agricultural land dominated by row crops, with wetland potholes, drainage ditches, and scattered shelterbelts; minimal topographic relief typical of the glacial lake plain
moderate
White-tailed deer are the primary big-game target with strong agricultural deer populations; ring-necked pheasant hunting is a secondary draw in the crop fields and grassland edges; turkey, bear, grouse, and moose are not present in this flat farmland unit
CWD management zone with very liberal antlerless harvest (up to 5 deer); $2.50 disease management antlerless permits stackable with bonus permits; 2026 county ordinance split the unit — rifle now legal east of Hwy 9/32, shotgun-muzzleloader-only west of that line; mandatory CWD sampling opening firearms weekend
Questions, tips & discussion
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Boundaries: MN DNR official Deer Permit Areas. Community info last updated 23d ago.