Tyler Wildlife Management Area: hunting and access
Tyler Wildlife Management Area is 462 acres of state land managed by the Minnesota DNR in Lincoln County, near Tyler, inside Deer Permit Areas 286 and 294. The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game for it. Hunters registered 588 deer in DPA 286 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.
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| Size | 462 acres |
|---|---|
| County | Lincoln County |
| Deer Permit Area | DPA 286, DPA 294 |
| DNR lists for hunting | deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game |
| Nearest town (DNR) | Tyler |
| DNR area office | Marshall |
| Nearest towns | Tyler (next to it), Florence (5 mi) and Ruthton (6 mi) |
What can you hunt on Tyler WMA?
The DNR's WMA data lists deer, pheasants, ducks and geese, mourning doves and small game for Tyler WMA. Each follows the statewide season and, for deer, the bag limit of the permit area.
What are the rules on Tyler WMA?
Open to hunting and trapping in the regular seasons under the DNR's statewide WMA rules.
How many deer are taken around Tyler WMA?
Tyler WMA lies in 2 deer permit areas. The DNR registered 588 deer in DPA 286 in 2025, against 497 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 Tyler WMA?
From Tyler, go 1/4 mile W on US 14.
Nearest towns: Tyler (next to it), Florence (5 miles), Ruthton (6 miles) and Lake Benton (7 miles). Highways within 5 miles: US 14 and MN 23.
What other public land is near Tyler WMA?
DNR WMAs within 10 miles:
- Discors WMA: 140 acres, next to it
- Marshfield WMA: 78 acres, 1.5 miles away
- Hopeful WMA: 589 acres, 2 miles away
- Norgaard WMA: 21 acres, 2.6 miles away
- Hope WMA: 214 acres, 2.7 miles away
- Dead Coon Marshes WMA: 101 acres, 4.5 miles away
Public land within 3 miles of Tyler WMA
Counting Tyler WMA itself, 1,569 of the 26,443 acres within 3 miles of its boundary are public land open to the public (5.9%), by USGS PAD-US 4.1 (fee land open to the public).
| Manager | Acres within 3 miles |
|---|---|
| State wildlife management areas | 1,370 |
| National wildlife refuges and waterfowl production areas | 199 |
Questions hunters ask
Where is Tyler WMA?
In Lincoln County, near Tyler. The DNR's directions: From Tyler, go 1/4 mile W on US 14.
Which deer permit area is Tyler WMA in?
DPA 286 (239 acres) and DPA 294 (224 acres). Each part follows its own permit area's bag limit.
How much public land is around Tyler WMA?
1,569 acres within 3 miles of its boundary, Tyler WMA included, by PAD-US 4.1. 6 other WMAs are within 10 miles, the closest Discors WMA (next to it).
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Where these facts come from
- Area description, species, rules and directions: DNR, Tyler 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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