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9 | OutdoorNebraska.gov YOUTH PHEASANT, QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE Season dates – Oct. 21 - 22, 2023 Youth hunter daily bag/possession limits – 2/4 rooster pheasants, 2/4 quail, 2/4 partridge Remarks – Only youth (age 15 or younger) are allowed to hunt during the youth season. Also: • Only rooster pheasants may be harvested. • Quail must be shot while in flight. • Resident youths age 15 and younger do not need a permit, but nonresident youths must have a nonresident youth hunt permit and habitat stamp. Webless Migratory Birds Shooting Hours – 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset (except crow) Plugged Shotguns – It is unlawful to hunt dove, snipe, rail and woodcock with a shotgun capable of holding more than three shells in the magazine and chamber unless it is plugged. Open Area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries DOVE (Includes mourning, white-winged and Eurasian collared-doves) Season dates – Sept. 1 – Oct. 30, 2023 Daily bag/possession limits – 15/45 in aggregate Remarks – During the regular dove season, harvest of Eurasian collared-doves counts toward aggregate daily bag and possession limits. Doves must be shot while in flight. HIP number required. Banding – Report U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service leg bands recovered from birds at ReportBand.gov. Wing study – Randomly selected hunters will be asked to save one wing from each dove during the first week of the season and mail the wings (postage free) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Data from the wings will be used to estimate annual productivity of the dove population and eventually used in helping to establish hunting regulations. EURASIAN COLLARED-DOVE (Does not include mourning and white-winged doves) Season dates – Oct. 31, 2023 – Aug. 31, 2024 Daily bag/possession limits – 15/45 Remarks – Eurasian collared-doves may be hunted year-round; during the regular dove season, harvest of Eurasian collared-doves counts toward aggregate daily bag and possession limits. Small game license and habitat stamp required. HIP number NOT required. WHAT IS AGGREGATE? • Aggregate daily bag limit is the maximum number allowed to be harvested by a person in one day during an open season when that person hunts for more than one species for which there is a combined daily bag limit. The aggregate daily bag limit is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest daily bag limit specified for any one species. • Aggregate possession limit is the maximum number of a single species or combination of species allowed to be possessed by a person. The aggregate possession limit is equal to, but shall not exceed, the largest possession limit specified for any one of the species.

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