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Antelope
2024 FORECAST
Antelope populations have declined the past few years and there have been reductions in permit
quotas for 2024. Antelope populations have declined across many parts of Nebraska due to
drought and increased harvest in recent years. For 2024, permits were decreased in several
units to account for decreased populations and harvest success in 2022 and 2023. Nonresident
opportunity is restricted to statewide archery permits, landowner permits and late
doe/fawn, if available.
SEASON DATES
• Archery: Aug. 20 – Dec. 31, 2024
• Muzzleloader: Sept. 21 – Oct. 6, 2024
• Firearm: Oct. 12 – 27, 2024
• Late Doe/Fawn: Nov. 1, 2024 – Jan. 31, 2025
PERMIT MAXIMUM
Each person is allowed one antelope permit per year.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF ANTELOPE
• Buck – Antelope with horns longer than its ears.
• Doe/Fawn – Antelope with no horns or with horns shorter than its ears.
PERMIT DRAWING
• Persons age 12 and older are eligible to apply for antelope permits.
• All either-sex rifle and muzzleloader antelope permits are DRAW permits and available during
the application period to residents, resident landowners and nonresident landowners.
• Archery Antelope is a DRAW permit for nonresidents.
• In lieu of participating in the draw, hunters may purchase one antelope preference point per
year during the application period.
• Any forfeited permits may be made available to the next unsuccessful applicant(s), then may
go on sale Aug. 7, 2024.
• The antelope drawing is a preference point-based system and those applicants that were
unsuccessful are given a preference point toward future drawings, with the exception the
nonresident landowners receive 0.9 preference points instead of 1.
• Permits are awarded to applicants with the highest number of points first until permit quota
is filled.
• All points are lost once a permit is awarded during the drawing, whether first or second
choice.
• Draw results from previous years can be found at OutdoorNebraska.gov (Search Draw
Results).
SPECIAL ACCESS PERMITS
See listings on page 31 to find public lands where access permits are required.
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