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Duck and Coot Seasons
Zone 1 — Oct� 12 - Dec� 24, 2019
Zone 2 — Oct� 5 - Dec� 17, 2019 (Low Plains)
Oct� 5 - Dec� 17, 2019 and Jan� 6 - 27, 2020 (High Plains)
Zone 3 — Oct� 24 - Jan� 5, 2020 (Low Plains)
Oct� 24 - Jan� 5, 2020 and Jan� 6 - 27, 2020 (High Plains)
Zone 4 — Oct� 5 - Dec� 17, 2019
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before
sunrise to sunset
Daily Bag/Possession Limits: Six ducks�
May include no more than five mallards (of
which no more than two can be hens), three
wood ducks, three scaup, two redheads,
one pintail and two canvasbacks� The
possession limit is three times the daily
bag limit�
Merganser Bag/Possession Limits:
The daily bag for mergansers is five, which
may include no more than two hooded
mergansers� Mergansers do not count
toward the daily bag and possession limits
for other ducks� The possession limit is
three times the daily bag limit�
Coot Daily Bag/Possesion Limit: The
daily bag for coots is 15� The possession
limit is three times the daily bag limit�
Youth Waterfowl Season
Zone 1 — Oct� 5 - 6, 2019 Zone 2 — Sept� 28 - 29, 2019
Zone 3 — Oct� 19 - 20, 2019 Zone 4 — Sept� 28 - 29, 2019
Bag and Possession Limits: Same as regular season
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset
Youth Waterfowl Regulations:
• The season is open for ducks, mergansers, coots and geese�
• Nonresident youths must have required permits�
• Youths age 11 or younger must be accompanied by a licensed hunter age 19 or older� The accompanying
adult may not hunt waterfowl�
• Youths ages 12 to 15 are required to carry a Hunter Education certification card or Apprentice Hunter
Education Exemption Certificate while hunting and must be accompanied by a person at least 18 years
old� The adult does not need to be a licensed hunter�
INTERACTIVE WATERFOWL ZONES MAP
A new interactive map on the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission's website allows hunters to view zone
map boundaries and to zoom in to see details of the
boundaries� The site contains all of the zone maps in this
guide book and can be viewed on personal computers
and mobile devices� To view the map, visit: https://maps.
outdoornebraska.gov/WaterfowlZones/.
