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Turkey Guide 2025

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6 | Turkey Hunting Information: 402-471-0641 MORE ON PERMITS AND STAMPS • Permits and stamps are valid for the calendar year as dated, and paper permits must be signed by the permit holder to be valid. • A hunt (small game) permit is not required to hunt turkeys. • Turkey permits are not refundable and not transferable. • It is illegal to lend a permit to another person or borrow a permit from another person. • To access or buy a mobile permit, a user first must have created a profile in the Commission's electronic permitting system. On the mobile site, permits and stamps can be purchased with a credit or debit card. Previously purchased permits and stamps, except deer, antelope and elk permits, also can be displayed and saved on mobile devices. Visit OutdoorNebraska.gov for a link to the mobile site and instructions on accessing mobile permits. PURCHASING 2025 TURKEY PERMITS When? • Spring permits – Beginning the second Monday in January (Jan. 13, 2025) at 1 p.m. Central Time through the final day of the season (May 31, 2025). • Fall permits – Beginning the second Monday in August (Aug. 11, 2025) at 1 p.m. Central Time through the final day of the season (Nov. 30, 2025). How? • Visit Game and Parks permitting offices (see page 3). • Visit OutdoorNebraska.gov to buy. • Complete and mail in application (see pages 13-16). WHO MAY OBTAIN A LANDOWNER TURKEY PERMIT? Residents: • Any resident who owns or leases 80 acres or more of farm- or ranchland for agricultural purposes may obtain one landowner permit per season. • One landower permit is allowed for each 80 acres of farm or ranch. • Spouses, children, stepchildren, spouses of children and stepchildren, grandchildren, step grandchildren, spouses of grandchildren and step grandchildren, siblings sharing ownership of the qualifying land and their spouses also are eligible, but only one permit may be issued per person. • Eligible family members may hunt together on the same farm or ranch property. • Permit is restricted to the land owned or leased and listed on the permit. • A resident is any individual who has lived in Nebraska continuously for 30 days and intends to become a resident of this state. A new resident should be prepared to provide documentation of residency (driver's license, voter registration card, etc.) to an officer when in possession of a resident permit. Nonresidents: • Any nonresident who owns 320 acres or more of farm- or ranchland for agricultural purposes may receive a limited spring or fall permit. Only one permit may be issued per 320 acres.

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