Otrey Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
Otrey Wildlife Management Area is 455 acres of state land managed by the Minnesota DNR in Big Stone County, near Clinton, inside Deer Permit Areas 274 and 275. The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants and ducks and geese for it. Hunters registered 495 deer in DPA 274 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 areasOtrey WMACounty lineLakeHighway
| Size | 455 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Big Stone County |
| Deer Permit Area | DPA 274, DPA 275 |
| DNR lists for hunting | deer, pheasants and ducks and geese |
| Nearest town (DNR) | Clinton |
| DNR area office | Appleton |
| Nearest towns | Odessa (7 mi), Ortonville (8 mi) and Clinton (9 mi) |
What can you hunt on Otrey WMA?
The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants and ducks and geese for Otrey WMA. Each follows the statewide season and, for deer, the bag limit of the permit area.
What are the rules on Otrey WMA?
Open to hunting and trapping in the regular seasons under the DNR's statewide WMA rules.
How many deer are taken around Otrey WMA?
Otrey WMA lies in 2 deer permit areas. The DNR registered 495 deer in DPA 274 in 2025, against 453 in 2024.
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 Otrey WMA?
From Clinton, go 6 miles S on US 75 then 6 miles E on CSAH 10.
Nearest towns: Odessa (7 miles), Ortonville (8 miles), Clinton (9 miles) and Correll (11 miles). Highways within 5 miles: US 12.
What other public land is near Otrey WMA?
DNR WMAs within 10 miles:
- Lindquist WMA: 72 acres, 1.4 miles away
- Thomson WMA: 119 acres, 1.6 miles away
- Victory WMA: 811 acres, 2.5 miles away
- Prairie WMA: 186 acres, 3.7 miles away
- Klages WMA: 242 acres, 3.7 miles away
- Thielke Lake WMA: 1,256 acres, 4.3 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Otrey WMA
Counting Otrey WMA itself, 3,119 of the 26,986 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (11.6%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| National wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas | 2,313 |
| State wildlife management areas | 806 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Otrey WMA?
In Big Stone County, near Clinton. The DNR's directions: From Clinton, go 6 miles S on US 75 then 6 miles E on CSAH 10.
Which deer permit area is Otrey WMA in?
DPA 274 (375 acres) and DPA 275 (80 acres). Each part follows its own permit area's bag limit.
How much public land is around Otrey WMA?
3,119 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Otrey WMA included, by PAD-US 4.1. 6 other WMAs are within 10 miles, the closest Lindquist WMA (1.4 miles).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Otrey 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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