Our intent is to prevent violations rather than to prosecute. Become familiar with the regulations!
- Parking, blocking, or in any manner restricting access to roads and gates is prohibited.
- Note: Logging trucks and heavy equipment, which require large turning areas, may need access to roads or trails.
- All blinds, platforms, scaffolds, and steps must be temporary and removed from the refuge daily.
- Use of nail, screw, bolt, and wire to attach a stand to a tree is prohibited.
- Overnight storage of any personal property is prohibited.
- Snowmobiles and ATVs are prohibited on refuge lands, roads and trails.
- Motor vehicles, bicycles, and horses are permitted, but restricted to roads where gates are open.
- Furbearers may only be hunted during daylight hours during small game season.
- Use of dogs to hunt furbearers is prohibited.
- Target, skeet, trap, and indiscriminate shooting is prohibited.
- Use or possession of alcoholic beverages while hunting is prohibited.
- Fires are permitted only in fireplaces at the Chippewa picnic site.
- Refuge is open from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.
- Overnight camping and parking is prohibited.
- Note: White Earth Reservation firearms season runs from October through December.
- Small Game: Ruffed Grouse, Gray, Red, and Fox Squirrel, Rabbit and Hare
- Big Game: Deer (Bow) Deer (Gun)
- Furbearer: Red Fox, Raccoon and Striped Skunk
- Migratory Bird: Duck, Goose, Coot, Woodcock and Snipe
Season closed to species not listed. Hunting is permitted in accordance with Minnesota and White Earth Reservation seasons. All applicable Federal, State, and White Earth Reservations regulations apply, subject to the Special Conditions listed above.
Our intent is to prevent violations rather than to prosecute. Become familiar with the regulations!