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Light Goose Regular Season
Species: White and blue-phase snow geese and Ross's geese
Statewide Season: Oct� 1-Dec� 28, 2022, and Jan� 25 - Feb� 9, 2023
Daily Bag Limit: 50
Possession Limit: No limit
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset�
Equipment Restrictions: The use of unplugged shotguns and electronic calls IS NOT ALLOWED while
hunting light geese or any other waterfowl during the regular season�
Light Goose Conservation Order
Season Dates: Rainwater Basin Zone: Feb� 10 - April 5, 2023
East Zone: Feb� 10 - April 15, 2023
West Zone: Feb� 10 - April 5, 2023
Daily Bag and Possession Limit: No limits
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset
Equipment Restrictions: The use of unplugged shotguns and electronic calls IS ALLOWED while hunting
light geese during the conservation order�
Zone Restrictions: White and blue-phase snow geese and Ross's geese may be taken statewide during
the conservation order, but different regulations apply in each zone�
West Zone Special Regulations
It is illegal to hunt:
March 11 - April 5, 2023: within 3 miles of the outer channel of the Platte River between Neb� Hwy� Spur
L24B (Overton) and U�S� Hwy� 281�
Rainwater Basin Zone Special Regulations
It is illegal to hunt:
• on all lands owned, controlled or managed by the U�S� Fish and Wildlife Service, EXCEPT Harvard and
Cottonwood Waterfowl Production Areas� Hunting is allowed seven days a week�
• on the Ducks Unlimited Verona Complex lands�
• Feb� 10 - 17, 2023: within a half-mile of the outer channel of the Platte River between Neb� Hwy� Spur
10D (Shelton) and Neb� Hwy� 14�
• Feb� 18 - March 10, 2023: within a half-mile of the outer channel of the Platte River between Neb�
Hwy� Spur L24B (Overton) and Neb� Hwy� 14�
• March 11 - April 5, 2023: within 3 miles of the outer channel of the Platte River between Neb� Hwy�
Spur L24B (Overton) and U�S� Hwy� 281 and within a half-mile of the outer channel of the Platte River
between U�S� Hwy� 281 and Neb� Hwy� 14�
