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BOYER CHUTE NWR ANTLERLESS
Location: Washington County
Season: Dec. 14 - 22 2019 antlerless hunt only (muzzleloader, no archery allowed).
Permits: Statewide Muzzleloader or AO Season Choice Wahoo, plus special access permit; contact
DeSoto NWR at 712-388-4800 for access permit or visit fws.gov/refuge/Boyer_Chute/visit/visitor_
activities.html.
GIFFORD WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA (WMA)
Location: Sarpy County
Season Dates: Sept. 1 - Jan. 15, 2020
Permits: Special access permit is required and available to archery, youth deer, muzzleloader, and AO
Season Choice Wahoo permit holders.
Special Access Permit Application Period: July 1 - 31, 2019
Rules: There are 200 required access permits issued by drawing. All regulations relating to season dates
and weapon types apply, EXCEPT that muzzleloaders are only allowed during the December muzzleloader
season and the late firearm season. Muzzleloaders are not allowed during the November firearm season.
Centerfire weapons are prohibited.
How to Apply: Contact the Nebraska Game and Parks office in Lincoln at 402-471-5431 or Omaha office
at 402-595-2144 or download an application from outdoornebraska.gov/huntingseasons.
FORT NIOBRARA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
Location: Cherry County
Season Dates: Sept. 1 - Nov. 15 and Nov. 25 - Jan. 15, 2020
Permits: Access permit is required and available to archery, youth deer, muzzleloader, and AO Season
Choice Keya Paha permit holders.
Special Access Permit Application Period: Aug. 1 - Nov. 1, 2019
Rules: Only archery equipment and muzzleloaders allowed. Area closed during the November firearm
season. Walk-in or canoe access only. Hunters may harvest a maximum of one deer of either sex and one
antlerless whitetail, if allowed on permit.
How to Apply: Contact the refuge office at 402-376-3789 or visit http://www.fws.gov/refuge/fort_
niobrara/.
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