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QUAIL
Season dates – Oct� 27 – Jan� 31, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 6/24
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – Quail must be shot while in flight�
PHEASANT
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
Remarks – Only rooster pheasants may be harvested�
YOUTH PHEASANT, QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE *
Season dates – Oct� 20 - 21, 2018
Youth hunter daily bag/possession limits – 2/4 rooster pheasants, 2/4 quail, 2/4 partridge
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
* Special Youth Hunt – Youth may hunt pheasants, quail or partridge� Adults accompanying youths during
the Oct� 20-21 season may hunt pheasants only on the following wildlife management areas where a special
hunt is declared and posted:
Oak Valley Wilkinson Sherman Reservoir Cornhusker Peru Bottoms
Pressey Branched Oak Yankee Hill Twin Oaks Hickory Ridge
Kirkpatrick Basin
North
Schilling Arrowhead George Syas
The bag limit for the accompanying adults is one rooster pheasant, and the bag limit for youth is two roosters�
All other youth and regular season regulations will be in effect� Adults accompanying youth elsewhere may
not hunt� Only one adult mentor per youth will be allowed to hunt� Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for more
information�
Remarks – Youth must be age 15 or younger; resident youths age 15 and younger do not need a permit, but
nonresident youths must have a nonresident youth hunt permit and habitat stamp; birds taken during the youth
season do not count against the youth's possession limit during the general hunting seasons� See page 19 for
Hunter Education requirements�
COYOTES, PRAIRIE DOGS AND OTHER NONGAME
Residents do not need a permit to hunt these species; but nonresidents must have a hunt (small game) permit�
A Habitat Stamp is not required� They may be hunted statewide, year-round, with no bag or possession limits:
Coyote Porcupine Prairie dog Woodchuck
PROTECTED MAMMALS
The following are protected and may not be hunted or trapped in Nebraska:
Black-footed ferret
Bear
Moose
River otter
Swift fox
Spotted skunk
Canada lynx
Gray wolf
Southern flying squirrel
