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JACKRABBIT (Includes black-tailed and white-tailed jackrabbit)
Season dates – Sept. 1, 2023 – Feb. 29, 2024
Daily bag/possession limits – 4/16 in aggregate
Open area – west of U.S. Highway 81
Nongame and Protected Mammals
NONGAME
Residents do not need a permit to hunt these species; but nonresidents must have a hunt (small game)
permit. A Habitat Stamp is not required. Nongame may be hunted statewide, year-round, with no bag or
possession limits:
Coyote Porcupine Prairie dog Woodchuck
PROTECTED MAMMALS
The following are protected and may not be hunted or trapped in Nebraska:
Furbearers
The following applies to all furbearers:
Daily bag/possession limits – There is no bag limit for residents, EXCEPT the bag limit for river otters is
one. Nonresidents may harvest up to 1,000 furbearers, with a fee for each additional 100 furbearers taken
over 1,000.
Open area – Hunting, trapping and running of applicable species is permitted statewide, EXCEPT in federal
and state refuges and sanctuaries.
Trapping hours – Furbearer hunting and trapping hours are 24 hours a day (12:01 a.m. on opening day).
MUSKRAT, BEAVER
Season dates, trap only – Nov. 1, 2023 – March 31, 2024
BADGER, MINK, LONG-TAILED WEASEL
Season dates, hunt and trap – Nov. 1, 2023 – Feb. 29, 2024
BOBCAT
Season dates, hunt and trap – Dec. 1, 2023 – Feb. 29, 2024
Season dates, running – March 1 – Nov. 30, 2023; no harvest
Remarks – Fur harvest permit is required during running and harvest seasons.
Black-footed ferret
Bear
Moose
Swift fox
Spotted skunk
Canada lynx
Gray wolf
Southern flying squirrel
