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Turkey Regulations
BAG LIMIT
Spring season – One male or bearded female turkey per permit per calendar day.
Fall season – One turkey of either sex
SHOOTING HOURS
For both spring and fall seasons, shooting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset. It
is unlawful to take or attempt to take any turkey perched in a tree before sunrise.
HUNTER ORANGE
Spring – Recommended
Fall – Turkey hunters must wear at least 400 square inches of hunter orange on their head,
chest and back when hunting during the November firearm deer season.
LEGAL HUNTING METHODS
(Spring and Fall)
• Archery – Hunters must use archery equipment with arrows or spears that have a
sharpened hunting head, with a blade of at least 7/16-inch radius, or a blunt (bludgeon)
head, with a diameter of at least 9/16-inch. Arrows or spears may not contain poison or
a stupefying chemical or have an explosive tip.
Archery equipment: • Longbows • Crossbows • Hand-thrown spears
• Recurve bows • Compound bows
• Shotgun – Hunters must use a modern or muzzleloading shotgun that uses shot size 2
or smaller. Slugs are illegal.
HUNTING TURKEYS AND BAITING
It is illegal to hunt any big game animals or turkeys within 200 yards of a baited area.
An area is be considered baited for 10 days following the complete removal of all
bait. A baited area is any location where grains, fruits, vegetables, nuts, hay, minerals
(including salt), or any other natural food materials, commercial products containing
food materials, or by-products of such materials that may attract big game or turkey.
The use of scents alone, normal environmental conditions, standard farming and
ranching practices, forest management, wildlife food plantings, orchard management,
or similar land management activities do not constitute a baited area. It also is illegal
to create a baited area on lands owned or controlled by the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission.
