Deer Permit Area 671, Minnesota
Unit info
- Game species
- White-tailed Deer, Pheasant
- Group
- Zone 200 — Central Minnesota
- Area
- 646 mi²
- Public land
- N/A
White-tailed Deer — season & harvest
- Reported harvest
- 446
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 671 covers the far-western Minnesota prairie along the South Dakota border, encompassing parts of Traverse, Big Stone, and Wilkin counties near Browns Valley, Wheaton, Graceville, and Tintah. The landscape is dominated by flat cropland, shelter belts, wetland sloughs, and scattered WMAs that concentrate deer in an otherwise open agricultural environment. This area is a CWD management zone (formerly DPA 271) with mandatory sampling requirements and carcass movement restrictions in effect.
Flat to gently rolling western Minnesota prairie — predominantly row-crop agriculture (corn, soybeans, wheat) interspersed with wetland sloughs, cattail marshes, and tree shelter belts. Topography is nearly level; the Minnesota River headwaters and Lake Traverse define the eastern edge of the DPA. Limited native grassland patches remain on WMAs.
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White-tailed deer are the primary big game target; populations are maintained at moderate densities in this agricultural zone. Pheasant hunting can be excellent in WMA uplands and unharvested crop edges. No established turkey or bear populations in this far-western prairie unit. Waterfowl are abundant in the wetland sloughs but require separate licensing.
Antlerless deer tags are over-the-counter for this agricultural zone. CWD management zone — mandatory CWD sampling required on opening weekend of firearms A season; carcass movement restrictions apply until a not-detected result is received. Deer concentrate heavily in shelter belts and wetland margins surrounded by crop fields, offering classic agricultural ambush hunting. The area also supports strong pheasant populations in WMA grasslands and wetland edges.
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Boundaries: MN DNR official Deer Permit Areas. Community info last updated 23d ago.