Faith Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
Faith Wildlife Management Area is 661 acres of state land managed by the Minnesota DNR in Norman County, near Faith, inside Deer Permit Area 265. The DNR's WMA data lists deer, ruffed grouse and other forest upland birds and small game for it. Hunters registered 1,177 deer in DPA 265 in 2025.
Data updated October 2026. Area facts: the DNR's wildlife management area data, read 2026-10. Harvest: DNR Deer Harvest Reports, 2021 to 2025.
State wildlife management areasNational wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areasFaith WMACounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 661 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Norman County |
| Deer Permit Area | DPA 265 |
| DNR lists for hunting | deer, ruffed grouse and other forest upland birds and small game |
| Nearest town (DNR) | Faith |
| DNR area office | Detroit Lakes |
| Nearest towns | Mahnomen (6 mi), Twin Valley (7 mi) and Riverland (7 mi) |
What is Faith WMA like?
This unit is in a lacustrine plain (ancient Lake Agassiz bed). Mainly wet prairie with lowland grasses, sedges, shrubs, and some areas of mesic prairie with native upland grasses. An uncommon calcareous fen is located in the north-central part.
The unit supports the birds and mammals normally associated with wet and mesic prairies. False asphodel and McCall's willow occur here. The fen contains a Minnesota threatened species, sterile sedge, and the uncommon sedge, Carex scirpiformis.
In the DNR's words, from its wildlife management area data.
What can you hunt on Faith WMA?
The DNR's WMA data lists deer, ruffed grouse and other forest upland birds and small game for Faith WMA. Each follows the statewide season and, for deer, the bag limit of the permit area.
What are the rules on Faith WMA?
Open to hunting and trapping in the regular seasons under the DNR's statewide WMA rules.
How many deer are taken around Faith WMA?
Faith WMA lies in Deer Permit Area 265. The DNR registered 1,177 deer in DPA 265 in 2025, against 1,067 in 2024.
| DPA | Faith WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPA 265 | 661 | 1,177 | 1,067 | 930 |
Harvest for the whole deer permit area, not the WMA alone: Minnesota DNR Deer Harvest Reports (2021 to 2025, 2025 report).
How do you get to Faith WMA?
From Faith, go 2 m. E and S on CO RD #29/40 to the eastern boundary of the unit.
Nearest towns: Mahnomen (6 miles), Twin Valley (7 miles), Riverland (7 miles) and Waubun (8 miles). Highways within 5 miles: MN 200 and MN 113.
What other public land is near Faith WMA?
DNR WMAs within 10 miles:
- Moccasin WMA: 294 acres, 4.7 miles away
- Home WMA: 95 acres, 5.5 miles away
- Vangsness WMA: 325 acres, 5.5 miles away
- Waubun WMA: 2,412 acres, 6.3 miles away
- Coburn WMA: 400 acres, 6.9 miles away
- Santwire WMA: 538 acres, 8 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Faith WMA
Counting Faith WMA itself, 664 of the 28,270 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (2.3%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| State wildlife management areas | 664 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Faith WMA?
In Norman County, near Faith. The DNR's directions: From Faith, go 2 m. E and S on CO RD #29/40 to the eastern boundary of the unit.
Which deer permit area is Faith WMA in?
Deer Permit Area 265. Its bag limit and firearms dates apply.
How much public land is around Faith WMA?
664 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Faith WMA included, by PAD-US 4.1. 6 other WMAs are within 10 miles, the closest Moccasin WMA (4.7 miles).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Faith WMA; Minnesota DNR Wildlife Management Area boundaries, publicly accessible.
- Boundary and acres: the DNR's map layer above. Surrounding public land: USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
- Deer harvest: Minnesota DNR Deer Harvest Reports (2021 to 2025, 2025 report).
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