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12 | Hunting Info: 402-471-0641 GROUSE Includes: prairie chicken and sharp-tailed grouse East Zone: Season dates – Sept. 1 – Jan. 31, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/3 Open area – east of U.S. Highway 81 Special grouse permits – Required, along with a hunting permit, for hunting grouse east of U.S. Highway 81; also: • Requests are accepted at the Game and Parks headquarters in Lincoln starting July 15. • They are free of charge, limited in number to 400, and limited to one per hunter. • They are available on a first-come basis. • Requests are accepted by phone at 402-471-5597 or over the counter. • Information required for application includes name, address, date of birth, telephone number and 2014 Nebraska Hunting Permit number or Lifetime Hunting Permit number. Residents ages 12 to 15 must submit Hunter Education certification number. Those not required to purchase a Hunting Permit must provide documentation of such exemption (seniors, veterans, landowners, etc.). West Zone: Season dates – Sept. 1 – Jan. 31, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12 Open area – west of U.S. Highway 81 Remarks – No special permit required. PHEASANT Season dates – Oct. 31 – Jan. 31, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/12 Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries Remarks – Only rooster pheasants may be harvested. YOUTH PHEASANT, QUAIL AND PARTRIDGE * Season dates – Oct. 24-25 Daily bag/possession limits – 2/4 rooster pheasants, 2/4 quail, 2/4 partridge Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries * Special Youth Hunt – Adults accompanying youths during the Oct. 24-25 season may hunt pheasant, quail and partridge only on the following wildlife management areas, where a special hunt is declared and posted: • Oak Valley • Wilkinson • Sherman Res. • Cornhusker • Peru Bottoms • Pressey • Branched Oak • Yankee Hill • Twin Oaks • Hickory Ridge The bag limit for the accompanying adults is one rooster, and the bag limit for youth is two roosters. All other youth and regular season regulations will be in effect. Adults accompanying youth elsewhere may not hunt. Only one adult mentor per youth will be allowed to hunt. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for more information. Remarks – Youth must be age 15 or younger; resident youths age 15 and younger do not need a permit, but nonresident youths must have a nonresident youth hunt permit and habitat stamp; birds taken during the youth season do not count against the youth's possession limit during the general hunting seasons.

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