LINCOLN, Neb. – A record 105 bull elk were harvested in Nebraska in 2012. The 91 percent success rate is also a record, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. That compares to 90 bulls harvested and a 79 percent success rate last year. The bull elk season was …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will train apprentice firearm hunter education instructors Nov. 20 in Scottsbluff. The workshop is from 6-9 p.m. at the Harms Center, Room C139, 2620 College Park, on the campus of Western Nebraska Community College. Register by Nov. 19. Contact Mike Streeter …
LINCOLN, Neb. – While the dry summer of 2012 has resulted in wildlfires in some parts of Nebraska, the fire risk remains high, especially in western Nebraska, during the fall hunting seasons. Hunters have a responsibility to be aware of dry conditions that may create a fire risk and act …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Hunters may begin donating their deer to the Hunters Helping the Hungry program Nov. 10. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission has contracted with several meat processors that may accept the donated deer. Hunters Helping the Hungry combines cash donations and donated deer to produce ground venison …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners approved staff recommendations to reduce 2012 antlerless deer hunting permits at their Oct. 26 meeting in North Platte. The action was taken to reduce harvest pressure in areas with substantial losses from epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD). Permit reductions of 20 to …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners on Oct. 26 approved fishing regulations that will be valid Jan. 1, 2013 through Dec. 31, 2014. The regulation changes are: — All possession limits corresponding to special daily bag and length limits are deleted so only one statewide possession limit …
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, …
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