Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Deer Management Plan 2019-2028
This document outlines Minnesota's new, first-ever statewide white-tailed deer management plan, intended to guide deer management for the next decade through 2028. The plan includes eight broad goals covering topics such as communication, stakeholder satisfaction, population management, research, and maintaining healthy deer populations and habitats. A top priority is responding to chronic wasting disease (CWD) to eliminate it in wild deer and minimize new introductions. The plan also supports Minnesota's hunting heritage by focusing on hunter recruitment, retention, and reactivation, while aiming to minimize deer damage to native plants, agricultural crops, and forests, as well as mitigating negative societal impacts like deer-vehicle collisions and urban deer conflicts. It emphasizes increasing two-way communication with hunters, landowners, and other interested citizens.