12 | Hunting Info: 402-471-0641
Small Game
Upland Game Birds
Shooting Hours – 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset
Open Area – statewide (except prairie grouse, see below), but no hunting on all state refuges and
sanctuaries
PHEASANT
Season dates – Oct 31 – Jan 31, 2021
Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12
Remarks – Only rooster pheasants may be harvested
QUAIL
Season dates – Oct 31 – Jan 31, 2021
Daily bag/possession limits – 6/24
Remarks – Quail must be shot while in flight
PRAIRIE GROUSE
(Includes greater prairie-chicken and sharp-tailed grouse)
East Zone:
Season dates – Sept 1 – Jan 31, 2021
Daily bag/possession limits – 3/3 in aggregate
Open area – east of US Highway 81
Special grouse permits – Required, along with a hunting permit, for hunting prairie grouse east of US
Highway 81; also:
• Requests are accepted at the Game and Parks headquarters in Lincoln starting July 15
• They are free of charge, limited in number to 400 and limited to one per hunter
• They are available on a first-come basis
• Requests are accepted by phone at 402-471-5410, email at ngpceastzonegrouse@nebraskagov,
over the counter or by mail
West Zone:
Season dates – Sept 1 – Jan 31, 2021
Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12 in aggregate
Open area – west of US Highway 81
Remarks – No special permit required
HUNTER SURVEY
At the end of each season, hunters who
provided email addresses at the time they
purchased their permits will receive an
email survey that is used to determine
hunter success and total harvest It is
important when buying permits online
that hunters use an updated email
address Hunters who have not provided
an email address can take the survey at
OutdoorNebraskaorg Survey results are
posted at OutdoorNebraskaorg/Upland
