LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in November: Nov. 1 – November Late Doe/Fawn antelope hunting season opens Nov. 1 – Muskrat and beaver trapping seasons open Nov. 1 – Hunting and trapping seasons open for raccoon, Virginia …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Hunters should report any leg bands they find on the pheasants they shoot this fall in the Southwest Focus on Pheasants area, according to Jeff Lusk, upland game program manager for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Game and Parks is capturing wild birds in the focus …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Deer are more active this time of year, during the rut, and drivers are reminded to be more alert on the roads. The deer rut is when bucks become more active in searching for does with which to breed. This makes the bucks bolder and less wary. …
LINCOLN, Neb. – All Nebraska Game and Parks Commission offices and service centers, as well as Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, will be open Saturday, Nov. 10, the opening day of the November firearm deer hunting season. That means hunters will be able to purchase permits at Game and Parks offices in Lincoln, …
LINCOLN, Neb. – While Nebraska upland bird hunters can find excellent habitat across the state, some may find Open Fields and Waters program public access sites lacking suitable habitat. The emergency haying and grazing authorized by the U.S. Department of Agriculture was due to the extreme drought conditions. Open Fields …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners will consider reducing 2012 antlerless deer hunting permits at their Oct. 26 meeting in North Platte. Passage of the measure will reduce harvest pressure in areas with substantial losses from epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). The meeting begins at 8 a.m. at …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will contact landowners to coordinate replacement of fences lost to the wildfires on agency lands in northwest Nebraska. Game and Parks follows Nebraska fencing law and works with neighboring landowners to replace and repair fences. “Staff managing wildlife and park lands …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Crews are using side-scan sonar to try to locate a 55-year-old Ponca man who went missing after falling from a boat on the Missouri River on Oct. 13. Dive operations were suspended temporarily Monday in the search for Steven Bevelhymer near Ponca because of difficult and unsafe …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Youth ages 15 and younger are encouraged to participate in special youth pheasant hunts at nine wildlife management areas (WMA) across Nebraska during the Oct. 20-21 statewide youth pheasant, quail and partridge season. Rooster pheasants will be released at all designated sites before the special youth hunt …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Tree stands are a basic tool of many deer hunters, but they can be dangerous if not used properly, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Nebraska Hunter Education Coordinator Mike Streeter says most tree stand accidents are caused by carelessness and can be avoided by …
