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Duck and Coot Seasons
Zone 1 — Oct 10 - Dec 22, 2020
Zone 2 — Oct 3 - Dec 15, 2020 (Low Plains)
Oct 3 - Dec 15, 2020 and Jan 6 - 27, 2021 (High Plains)
Zone 3 — Oct 24 - Jan 5, 2021 (Low Plains)
Oct 24 - Jan 5, 2021 and Jan 6 - 27, 2021 (High Plains)
Zone 4 — Oct 3 - Dec 15, 2020
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
may be hens), three wood ducks, one
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 3 - 4, 2020 Zone 2 — Sept 26 - 27, 2020
Zone 3 — Oct 17 - 18, 2020 Zone 4 — Sept 26 - 27, 2020
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: MapsOutdoorNebraska
gov/WaterfowlZones.
