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PUBLIC LAND CLOSURES FOR DEER HUNTING
• All federal and state land – Closed to use of River Antlerless Private Land Only deer permits.
• All federal and state land in Pine Ridge Unit – Closed to antlerless mule deer harvest.
• Bessey Ranger District of the Nebraska National Forest – Closed to use of AO SCA deer permits and
antlerless bonus tags. Closed to muzzleloader and firearm antelope hunting. Closed to doe/fawn antelope
harvest by archery.
• Crescent Lake National Wildlife
Refuge – Closed to harvest of antler-
less mule deer and all antelope.
• McKelvie National Forest –
Closed to use of AO SCA deer permits
and antlerless bonus tags.
• Valentine National Wildlife Ref-
uge – Closed to use of AO SCA deer
permits and antlerless bonus tags.
• Harlan County Reservoir (U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers land) –
Closed to AO SCA Republican deer
permits.
• Enders, Medicine Creek, Swanson and Red Willow SRA/WMA – Closed to AO SCA Frenchman West and
AO SCA Frenchman deer permits.
• Fort Robinson State Park – Closed to antelope hunting.
• Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge – Closed to all hunting during the November firearm season.
OPEN FIELDS AND WATERS
PROGRAM
The Open Fields and Waters
Program has opened over
317,000 acres of private land to
public walk-in hunting access.
For locations of participating
tracts of land, read the Nebraska
Public Access Atlas, available at
OutdoorNebraska.org, Game and
Parks offices and permit vendors.
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