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OutdoorNebraska.gov | 31 • migratory game birds from a sink box, from any motorboat unless motor is shut off and boat stopped, from a car or other motor-driven land conveyance, from an aircraft, or from a sailboat unless the sail is furled and the boat is stopped; • migratory game birds by driving or chasing them with any motorized conveyance to put them in range of hunters; • any game bird, including migratory birds, with a trap, snare, net, rifle, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt gun, battery gun, fish hook, poison, drug, explosive or stupefying substance. IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HUNT: • when trespassing on private land (hunters must get permission); • as a party hunt; every hunter must shoot his or her own game; • with a rifle within 200 yards of an inhabited dwelling or feedlot and to hunt with all other equipment within 100 yards, unless permission has been granted by the owner or tenant; • game birds without making a reasonable effort to retrieve dead or crippled birds and including them in the daily bag; crippled birds must be killed immediately; • or harvest any game birds by baiting or attracting them to the place where hunted by distribution of grain or other feeds. Federal regulations consider an area baited for 10 days after bait is removed; • drive or disturb game birds or game animals with or from any aircraft or boat propelled by power or sail; • harvest any game bird from a vehicle. OTHER UNLAWFUL ACTS • wasting game; • spotlighting from a vehicle or vessel while in possession of a firearm or archery equipment; • digging, cutting or destroying natural or planted vegetation on state-owned or controlled areas; • causing game birds or game animals to depart from a game reserve or game sanctuary; • using electrically amplified imitations of bird calls, including records, tapes, compact discs, and digital audio files, to take game birds; • selling or trading the meat of any game bird or game animal; • communicating the location of any game animal or game bird by radio or other electronic device to or from any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile, or other conveyance one day before or during the open season; • carrying a firearm, archery equipment or other projectile device on a snowmobile, except when unloaded and in a case. GAME VIOLATIONS The Nebraska Legislature passed statutes increasing the fines and penalties for many game and fish violations. The fines range from $25 to $15,000, depending on the severity of the violation and the species involved. The liquidated damages (assessed in addition to court costs) are set by the legislature as replacement costs for wildlife taken illegally. The damages apply to each animal taken illegally and apply to wanton waste. For a complete overview of the specific fines and penalties, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov. See page 25 for reporting a violation.

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