Minnesota · Deer Hunting Data

Minnesota Deer Unit 249

Sightings, hotspots, and hunt insights for Minnesota Game Management Unit 249.

Permit Area 249 is central Minnesota lake-and-woods country, low glaciated ground where the real vertical challenge is not the climb but the sharp drop from dry upland into boot-sucking bog, often within a single step. For deer hunters that seam matters most: the floor sits near 1,150 feet along the Mississippi River bottoms while moraine knobs and the old Cuyuna Iron Range ridges near Crosby only reach into the 1,300s, and the richest ground is where aspen and dogwood browse on dry rises meets wetland cover. Beware the property-line maze and the Camp Ripley restricted zone. Our data pack covers Unit Overview and Topography, Vegetation and Hydrology, Seasonal Expectations, Logistics and Access, and a one-page Essential Recon summary. Hunters study the unit on our interactive map, then export the points they choose into onX or your favorite hunting map.
50
Total Deer Spotted
20
Hotspots Identified
Active
Status · Data Available
Minnesota Deer Unit 249 boundary map
Unit 249 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 249. 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.