12 | Hunting Info: 402-471-0641
UPLAND BIRDS
PARTRIDGE
Season dates – Oct� 27 – Jan� 31, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
GROUSE
Includes: prairie chicken and sharp-tailed grouse
East Zone:
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Jan� 31, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/3
Open area – east of U�S� Highway 81
Special grouse permits – Required, along with
a hunting permit, for hunting grouse east of U�S�
Highway 81; also:
• Requests are accepted at the Game and Parks
headquarters in Lincoln starting July 15�
• They are free of charge, limited in number to
400 and limited to one per hunter�
• They are available on a first-come basis�
• Requests are accepted by phone at 402-471-
5410, over the counter, by fax at 402-471-
4992 or by mail�
• Information required for application includes
name, address, date of birth, telephone
number
and 2018 Nebraska Hunting Permit
number or Lifetime Hunting Permit number� Residents ages 12 to 15 must submit a Hunter
Education certification number� Those not required to purchase a Hunting Permit must provide
documentation of such exemption (seniors, veterans, landowners, etc�)�
West Zone:
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Jan� 31, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12
Open area – west of U�S� Highway 81 Remarks – No special permit required�
HUNTER SURVEY
At the end of each season, hunters who
provided email addresses at the time they
purchased their permits may receive an
email survey that is used to determine
hunter success and total harvest� It is
important when buying permits online
that hunters use an updated email
address� Hunters who have not provided
an email address can take the survey at
OutdoorNebraska.org� Survey results
are posted at OutdoorNebraska.org�
