OutdoorNebraska

OutdoorNebraska.org | 21 than 346,000 land acres, 560 acres of ponds and lakes, and 44 stream miles across Nebraska. Visit OutdoorNebraska.gov/OFW for more information. Other Public Access Programs • The Platte River Recreation Access Program provides limited, walk-in public access on select lands through an online reservation system. Visit PlatteAccess.org. • The Passing Along the Heritage Program provides youth and their mentors access on select lands through an online reservation system. Only youth under the age of 18 may hunt. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org/PATH. PRIVATE LANDS Most hunting and trapping in Nebraska is done on private land, where trespassing is prohibited by law. Hunters and trappers must get permission before hunting or trapping on private land that is not part of a public access program, whether it is posted or not. CLOSED LANDS You may not hunt in, unless otherwise posted, state wayside areas, hatcheries, reserves, state refuges or any roadway or highway, including the right-of-way. STATE REFUGES These areas, established by statute, are closed to hunting, except as noted. These are private lands where landowner permission to hunt is required: • Garden County Refuge – Those portions of Garden County within 110 yards of the banks of the North Platte River are open to archery deer hunting from Sept. 1 - Oct. 31 with landowner permission, except; 1) that portion within the Clear Creek Refuge portion of the Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area west of the Garden County line is open to deer hunting during all established deer seasons from Sept. 1 through the Sunday before Thanksgiving. • Lincoln County Refuge – Sections 21, 26, 27, 28, 34, 35, 36 T14N, R30W in Lincoln County within 110 yards of the banks of the North Platte River are open to deer hunting. • Boyd-Holt County Refuge – Those portions of Boyd and Holt counties lying west of State Highway No. 11 that occur within 110 yards of the banks of the Niobrara River and its channels are open to all deer hunting. • Dodge-Saunders County Refuge – Those portions of Dodge and Saunders counties west of the Nebraska Highway 92 bridge at Venice within 110 yards of the banks of the Platte River are open to all deer hunting. RED PAINT MARKS INDICATE CLOSED TO HUNTING The landowner or tenant who is the principal operator of a farm or ranch may post such property to allow for hunting, by written permission only, by placing identifying red paint marks on trees or posts in the following manner: • The marks shall be vertical lines of at least 8 inches in length and 3 inches in width on trees or on any post that is not metal. If metal posts are used, the marks shall completely surround the post and extend down at least 8 inches from the top of the metal post. The bottom edge of the identifying red paint marks shall be not less than 3 feet and not more than 5 feet off the ground; • The marks shall be readily visible to any person approaching the property; and • The marks shall be placed at each field entrance and shall not be more than 100 yards apart.

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