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OutdoorNebraska.org | 11 POSSESSION Only the successful permit holder may possess all or part of a turkey. Anyone may receive as a gift any part of the turkey if a statement of such gift is available to inspect. The statement must include: hunter's name, telephone number and permit number; species and quantity of each; donor's signature; recipient's name; and date of transfer. TRANSPORTATION It is unlawful to possess any turkey unless the legs, thighs, and breast remain together until the bird is consumed or the bird arrives at the permanent home of the possessor. The breast meat may be removed from the bone but must remain as two entire halves. Birds taken in the spring must have proof of sex consisting of: 1) the legs with spurs naturally attached; 2) the beard naturally attached to the breast; or 3) the detached beard with at least ¼-inch of skin remaining at the attachment site and kept together with the leg, thighs and breast. It is unlawful to separate the turkey breasts or legs from the carcass before checking the bird. YOUTH MENTOR REQUIREMENTS Youth under age 12 and anyone using an Apprentice Hunter Education Exemption Certificate must be accompanied while turkey hunting. The accompanying person must: 1) be a licensed hunter age 19 or older; 2) have successfully completed hunter education if he or she is between the ages of 19 and 29; 3) not accompany more than two holders of an exemption certificate at one time; and 4) be at all times in unaided visual and verbal communication with the hunter/hunters he or she is accompanying. UNLAWFUL METHODS Use of the following is unlawful: electronic calls, live decoys, visible laser or light-projecting sights and baiting. UNLAWFUL ACTS It is illegal to: • trespass on private land; hunters must get permission to access private land. • party hunt; every hunter must shoot his or her own game. • hunt any game with a rifle within 200 yards of an inhabited dwelling or feedlot and hunt with all other equipment within 100 yards, unless permission has been granted by the owner or tenant. • drive or disturb game birds or game animals with or from any aircraft or boat propelled by power or sail. • harvest or trap any game bird from a vehicle. • waste game. HUNTING TURKEYS AND BAITING It is illegal to hunt any big game animals or turkeys within 200 yards of a baited area. An area is be considered baited for 10 days following the complete removal of all bait. A baited area is any location where grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, minerals (including salt), or any other natural food materials, commercial products containing food materials, or by-products of such materials that may attract big game or turkey. The use of scents alone, normal environmental conditions, standard farming and ranching practices, forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard management, or similar land management activities do not constitute a baited area. It also is illegal to create a baited area on lands owned or controlled by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

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