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SMALL GAME
UPLAND, SMALL GAME AND WEBLESS MIGRATORY BIRD HUNTING HOURS
30 minutes before sunrise to sunset
SQUIRREL
Season dates – Aug� 1 – Jan� 31, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 7/28
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
COTTONTAIL
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Feb� 28, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 7/28
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
JACKRABBIT
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Feb� 28, 2019 Daily bag/possession limits – 4/16
Open area – west of U�S� Highway 81
WEBLESS MIGRATORY BIRDS
SNIPE
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Dec� 16, 2018 Daily bag/possession limits – 8/24
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required�
VIRGINIA AND SORA RAIL
Season dates – Sept� 1 – Nov� 9, 2018 Daily bag/possession limits – 10/30
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required�
WOODCOCK
Season dates – Sept� 22 – Nov� 5, 2018 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/9
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required�
CROW
Season dates – Oct� 15 – Dec� 15, 2018; Jan� 13 – March 14, 2019
Daily bag/possession limits – none/none Open area – statewide
Remarks – Crows may be hunted with any firearm or archery equipment; electronic calls may be used; no HIP
number required�
HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM (HIP)
Anyone planning to hunt doves, ducks, geese, snipe, rail, coot or woodcock between Aug� 1, 2018 and
July 31, 2019, must register with the Harvest Information Program (HIP) before hunting – even if they
registered for the 2017 hunting seasons� Residents, nonresidents – even those already registered in
another state – lifetime permit holders, veteran permit holders and 69-and-over senior permit holders
must register� Registration is free� Hunters may register 24 hours a day at OutdoorNebraska.ne.gov/
Hip/ or by calling 877-634-8687� For more on residency requirements, and 64-and-over veteran and
69-and-over senior permits, visit OutdoorNebraska.org�
