While you are home on leave you can hunt small game with no license and no Minnesota waterfowl or pheasant stamp, hunt deer, bear, wild turkey and wolf without charge once you have the appropriate licenses and tags, fish without a license, and use ski trails without a ski pass. You still need a federal duck stamp to hunt waterfowl, bonus permits are not included, and free sturgeon tags are only available from the DNR License Center in St. Paul.
There is nothing to apply for except the free deer, bear, turkey and wolf licenses and tags, which you obtain through the Minnesota Electronic License System. Carry your Minnesota driver’s license or state ID card and your leave papers.
A valid Minnesota driver’s license or state ID card, and your leave papers.
