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Permit Information- 2012 Deer Units and permit quota

Unit
Quota
Bag Limit
Season Dates
Weapon
Rules
2011
Sellout Date
Blue NW
2700
Any Deer, 1 AO
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Oct. 27
Blue SE
3900
Any Deer, 1 AO
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 6
Buffalo WT
1750
1WT, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 9
Buffalo MDCA
1600
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Sept 15 – Dec 31
*As per Season
1
Sept 26
Calamus East
1300
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 11
Calamus West
1800
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
3
Nov 12
Elkhorn
3600
Any Deer, 1 AO
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Oct 26
Frenchman WT
1600
1WT, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 12
Frenchman MDCA
1500
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Sept 15 – Dec 31
*As per Season
1
June 16
Keya Paha
2300
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 13
Loup East
2400
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 10
Loup West
1700
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 9
Missouri
3200
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 8
Pine Ridge
2800
Any Deer
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 13
Plains
1500
Any Deer
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 17
Platte WT
1600
1WT, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
DSO
Platte MDCA
1200
Any Deer2, 1 AOWT
Sept. 15 – Dec 31
*As per Season
1
Aug 8
Republican WT
3000
1WT, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
 Any Legal1
 
Sept 29
Republican MD
100
1 MD buck
Sept. 15 – Dec 31
*As per Season
1
July 11
Sandhills
2400
Any Deer, 1 AOWT
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
3
Nov 13
Upper Platte
1200
Any Deer
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 11
Wahoo
4500
Any Deer, 1 AO
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
Nov 9
Resident Restricted Statewide Buck
UNL
1 Buck
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
2
 
NonResident Statewide Buck
UNL
1 Buck
Nov. 10-18
Any Legal1
 
 
Antlerless Season Choice ‘Blue NW’, etc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
AO SC Blue NW
2500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Blue SE
3000
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Buffalo 
500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Calamus East
400
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Calamus West
300
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Elkhorn
3600
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Frenchman
1000
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Keya Paha
500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Loup East
1500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Loup West
500
1 AO, 1 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Missouri
1500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Pine Ridge
800
1 AO, 1 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Plains
600
2AO
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Platte
1000
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Republican
2500
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
7
 
AO SC Sandhills
700
1 AO, 1 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Upper Platte
300
1 AO
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Wahoo
4200
2 AOWT
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Buffalo North
150
1 AO
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Frenchman West
300
1 AO
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
AO SC Platte North
300
2 AO
Sept.15-Jan. 18
*As per Season
 
 
Archery - Statewide

UNL

Any Deer, 1AOWT

Sept. 15 – Dec 31

Archery

3

Muzzleloader Statewide

UNL

Any Deer, 1AOWT

Dec. 1-31

Muzzleloader

2,3

Youth WT Statewide

UNL

1WT, 1AOWT

Sept. 15- Jan. 18

*As per season

3,4

Resident Youth Statewide

UNL

Any Deer,1AOWT

Sept. 15- Jan. 18

*As per season

1,3,4

Nonresident Restricted Youth Statewide

UNL

Any Deer, 1AOWT

Sept. 15- Jan. 18

*As per season

1,3,4,5    

Landowner

UNL

Any Deer,1 AO

Sept. 15- Jan. 18

*As per season

1,4

Statewide WT Buck

UNL

1WTBuck, 1AOWT

Sept. 15-Dec. 31 

*As per season

3,4

DeSoto October

140

2 AO

Oct. 20-21

Muzzleloader

 

DeSoto December

100

Any Deer,  1AO

Dec. 8-9

Muzzleloader

 

River Antlerless - Private

UNL

2 AOWT

Sept. 15-Jan. 18

*As per season

6

Deer Bag Limit Definitions

AO = Antlerless only          
Any Deer = any mule deer or whitetail deer                
Any Deer2 = any deer except antlerless mule deer
MD = Mule deer                 
WT = Whitetail                    
SC = Season Choice            
unl = unlimited

*As per Season: Archery (Sept 15 – Dec 31); Muzzleloader (Dec 1-31); Any Legal1 (Nov 10-18); Firearm (Dec 26-Jan 18 antlerless)


Any Legal1: Archery, muzzleloader, shotgun, pistol, rifle as defined in Weapons Legal for Big Game in the Big Game Guide

RULES:

  1. one permit allowed per person
  2. not valid for mule deer in MDCA:Buffalo, Frenchman, Platte, or Republican units
  3. Antlerless tags and antlerless whitetail permits and tags not valid in Bessey NF, McKelvie NF, Valentine NWR
  4. If hunting Dec. 26-Jan. 18 with firearm, antlered bucks are NOT legal. Jan. 1-18 is Antlerless Only
  5. Not valid in DRAW units (Frenchman, Platte, Republican)
  6. River Antlerless  includes Oct. 1-10 with any weapon (Youth and Landowner not valid) – Private land only
  7. AO SC Republican permits and bonus tags not valid on Harlan County Corp of Engineer lands

River Antlerless Unit:
Archery (Sept. 15-Dec. 31)
MZ (Dec. 1-31)
Firearm (Oct 1-10, Nov. 10-18, Dec. 26- Jan.18)
The Oct. 1-10 firearm season not open to SCA, Landowner, Youth permit holders
Within in 3 miles of the landward banks of the:

Platte, North Platte, South Platte, Republican, Loup and Keya Paha rivers
Niobrara River from mouth to NE Hwy 61
Elkhorn River from mouth to NE Hwy 11
North Loup River from mouth to NE Hwy 7
Middle Loup River from mouth to NE Hwy 70
Cedar River from mouth to NE Hwy 11
White River between intersection of White River and NE Hwy 71, north east to NE/SD state line

Missouri River portion of River Antlerless:
That portion of Nebraska east of a boundary commencing with US Hwy. 281 from the South Dakota border, thence south on US Hwy. 281 to NE  Hwy. 12, thence east on NE Hwy. 12 to US Hwy. 20, thence east on US Hwy. 20 to US Hwy. 75, thence south on US Hwy. 75 to NE Hwy. 133, thence south on NE Hwy. 133 to US Hwy. 6, thence east on US Hwy. 6 to Interstate 480, thence south on Interstate 480 to US Hwy. 75, thence south on US Hwy. 75 to NE Hwy. 67, thence east and south on NE Hwy. 67 to US Hwy. 136, thence east on US Hwy. 136 to NE Hwy. 67, thence south on NE Hwy. 67 to US Hwy. 73, thence east and south on US Hwy. 73 to the Kansas border.



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