Omro Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
Omro Wildlife Management Area is 331 acres of state land managed by the Minnesota DNR in Yellow Medicine County, near St. Leo, inside Deer Permit Area 280. The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game for it. Hunters registered 329 deer in DPA 280 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 areasOmro WMACounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 331 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Yellow Medicine County |
| Deer Permit Area | DPA 280 |
| DNR lists for hunting | deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game |
| Nearest town (DNR) | St. Leo |
| DNR area office | Marshall |
| Nearest towns | St. Leo (2 mi), Taunton (9 mi) and Porter (9 mi) |
What can you hunt on Omro WMA?
The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game for Omro WMA. Each follows the statewide season and, for deer, the bag limit of the permit area.
What are the rules on Omro WMA?
Open to hunting and trapping in the regular seasons under the DNR's statewide WMA rules.
How many deer are taken around Omro WMA?
Omro WMA lies in Deer Permit Area 280. The DNR registered 329 deer in DPA 280 in 2025, against 359 in 2024.
| DPA | Omro WMA acres in it | Deer, 2025 | Deer, 2024 | Deer, 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DPA 280 | 331 | 329 | 359 | 308 |
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 Omro WMA?
From St. Leo, go 2 1/2 miles E on CSAH 3.
Nearest towns: St. Leo (2 miles), Taunton (9 miles), Porter (9 miles) and Boyd (10 miles). Highways within 5 miles: MN 67.
What other public land is near Omro WMA?
DNR WMAs within 10 miles:
- Lanners WMA: 206 acres, next to it
- Dennis Haaland WMA: 80 acres, 0.5 miles away
- Kaibab WMA: 54 acres, 0.5 miles away
- Big Rock WMA: 132 acres, 1.6 miles away
- Tyro WMA: 302 acres, 2.5 miles away
- St. Leo WMA: 243 acres, 2.7 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Omro WMA
Counting Omro WMA itself, 942 of the 27,281 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (3.5%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| State wildlife management areas | 942 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Omro WMA?
In Yellow Medicine County, near St. Leo. The DNR's directions: From St. Leo, go 2 1/2 miles E on CSAH 3.
Which deer permit area is Omro WMA in?
Deer Permit Area 280. Its bag limit and firearms dates apply.
How much public land is around Omro WMA?
942 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Omro WMA included, by PAD-US 4.1. 6 other WMAs are within 10 miles, the closest Lanners WMA (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Omro 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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