2023 Minnesota Rifle Deer Season Recap 

The 2023 Minnesota Deer Rifle Season wrapped up on Saday, November 12 and MN DNR Northwest Area Wildlife Supervisor Rob Baden says that the season and harvest numbers went better than he expected. 

Baden says hunters he interacted with were saying similar things and he recaps what he was seeing and hearing while he was CWD testing on opening week in Twin Valley. 

Baden ended by highlighting the DNR’s plan and what needs to happen in order to start rebuilding the population. 

For more deer harvest statistics from the entire state go to www.dnr.state.mn.us.