Minnesota · Deer Hunting Data

Minnesota Deer Unit 229

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Minnesota Game Management Unit 229.

Unit 229 is not mountain country: it is a 26 by 26 mile quilt of glacial farm-and-lake terrain in south-central Minnesota near Buffalo and Monticello, where deer relate to private-land edges, cattail marshes, and river corridors rather than high slopes. Total relief barely reaches 200 to 250 feet, from the 900-foot Mississippi and North Fork Crow River bottoms up to roughly 1,150-foot moraine knobs, and waste corn and soybeans anchor the food. Our pack breaks this down across Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.
92
Total Deer Spotted
18
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Minnesota Deer Unit 229 boundary map
Unit 229 boundary within Minnesota · orange area is covered by this data pack

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The Minnesota - Deer Data Pack includes detailed heat maps, GPS coordinates, and unit-by-unit hotspots for every Minnesota Deer unit, including Unit 229. Study the unit on our interactive map and export the points you choose to onX or your favorite hunting map.

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How this data was collected

Data Hunt Guide aggregates publicly available sighting reports from across the web (social media, hunting forums, harvest reports, and trail-camera shares) and uses a proprietary algorithm to identify high-activity zones (hotspots) within each unit. Our team verifies coordinates manually before publication.