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Legal Nontoxic Shot
METHODS OF TAKE
Upland Game and Migratory Game Birds:
• Shotgun – Only 10 gauge or smaller may be used for all game birds. For waterfowl and other
migratory game birds, including doves, shotguns must be plugged to limit shell capacity to no more
than three shells in the chamber and magazine combined. No plug is required for upland game birds.
No plug or gauge restriction exists for cottontail rabbits and squirrels.
• Rifle or Pistol – Illegal for all game birds
• Archery – Legal for migratory game birds, rabbits, squirrels and upland game birds. Crossbow – Legal
for rabbits, squirrels and upland game birds. NOT legal for migratory game birds.
• Trapping – Legal for furbearers, cottontails, jackrabbits and squirrels during open seasons.
• Electronic Call – Prohibited for all waterfowl hunting during the fall seasons. May be used for crows.
NONTOXIC SHOT
Nontoxic shot is required for all shotgun
hunting on waterfowl production areas,
national wildlife refuges, some state wildlife
management areas, as posted, and other
lands as listed in the Public Access Atlas.
It is unlawful to use or possess shotgun
shells loaded with or containing shot other
than nontoxic shot while hunting, taking or
attempting to take waterfowl.
WATERFOWL BLINDS
All blinds must be removed daily from Nebraska Game and Parks Commission state recreation areas and
wildlife management areas, except that seasonal blinds may be built on the WMA portions of Calamus,
Elwood, Enders (the nonrefuge portion), Lake McConaughy, Medicine Creek, Merritt, Red Willow, Sherman
and Swanson. Such blinds must be removed at the end of the waterfowl season. Use of these blinds is on a
first-come, first-served basis.
LEG BANDS
Report U.S. Geological Survey leg bands recovered from migratory game birds at ReportBand.gov.
DEPREDATION
Any farmer or rancher owning or operating a farm or ranch may destroy or have destroyed any badger,
bobcat, coyote, gray fox, long-tailed weasel, mink, opossum, raccoon, red fox or skunk preying on livestock
or poultry or causing other agricultural depredation on land owned or controlled by him or her without
a permit issued by the Commission. No hunt or fur harvest permit is required. Furbearers harvested for
depredation control may be sold or possessed only by individuals with a fur harvest permit and if the take
occurred during the harvest season.
