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FIREARM PRONGHORN - (includes muzzleloader)

2013 Season
Management Unit	Permits	LL	Type
Banner North	76	38	ES
Banner South	44	22	ES
Box Butte East	30	15	ES
Box Butte West	44	22	ES
Cherry	90	45	ES
Cheyenne	30	15	ES
Dismal	16	8	ES
Eastern Sandhills	14	7	B
Garden	30	15	ES
North Sioux	110	55	ES
All Oct Firearm	484	242
Box Butte East Late	26	13	D/F
Box Butte West Late	20	10	D/F
Box Butte West River Late	10	5	D/F
Cherry Oct. Late	26	13	D/F
Dismal Oct. Late	0	0	D/F
North Sioux November Late	60	30	D/F
Auction	4
North Sioux MZ	28	14	ES
Prairie MZ	94	47	ES
TOTALS	752	374

*Excesses of permits sold over number authorized are landowner permits
**Permit Type:  B --- Buck only     ES --- Either Sex         D/F --- Doe Fawn (Legal Doe/Fawn = Antelope with no horns or with horns shorter than ears )

Season Dates: 
October 12 through October 27, 2013

November 1 through January 31, 2014
(Box Butte East Late, Box Butte West Late, North Sioux Late, Box Butte West River Late)

October 12 through November 15, 2013
(Cherry Late, Dismal Late)  

Permits:  A total of 726 Either Sex, 183 muzzleloader Either Sex, and 213 doe/fawn permits are available to all firearm hunters, including landowners. 

A November Late doe/fawn season is added in Box Butte West River Late.  

Area Open:  See unit descriptions.  

*Fort Robinson State Park is closed to Pronghorn hunting.

*Prairie Muzzleloader - Statewide, except that the North Sioux Firearm Unit and Bessey Division of the Nebraska National Forest counties are not included.

** On the Bessey Division of the Nebraska National Forest, harvest is limited to 1 antelope with horns longer than ears.

General Information:  Success for the 2012 firearm season averaged 68%.  664 pronghorn (558 bucks and 106 doe/fawn) were harvested by 1085 firearm and muzzleloader hunters.  
Harvest Strategy:  Increases in landowner permits, either sex and doe/fawn permits, will help to address landowner damage complaints while maintaining buck quality and hunter success.  
Harvest Goals:  Six hundred (600) bucks and 110 doe/fawn in all firearm seasons and muzzleloader.