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18 | Hunting Info: 402-471-0641 NONTOXIC SHOT Nontoxic shot is required for all shotgun hunting on waterfowl production areas, national wildlife refuges and some state wildlife management areas, as posted. It is unlawful to use or possess shotgun shells loaded with or containing shot other than nontoxic shot while hunting, taking or attempting to take waterfowl. CHECKING TRAPS All traps set for furbearers must be checked as follows: Once every two calendar days: • Metal spring traps and snares affixed to one-way, slide-wire drowning sets. • Underwater snare sets that remain under water when fully extended. • Underwater body-gripping sets. Once every calendar day: • All others. LEGAL TRAPS AND SETS • Furbearers may be trapped only with snares, metal-spring traps with smooth jaws or box traps. • Body-gripping traps with a jaw-spread larger than 8 inches may not be used unless they are placed under water or at least 6 feet above the ground. • During upland game bird seasons, it is unlawful to use snares on any land owned or controlled by the Game and Parks, on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl production areas or on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land at Harlan County Reservoir unless the snare is set completely underwater. • It is unlawful to use any bait in plain sight within 30 feet of foothold traps set on dry land. Bait is defined as fish, animal flesh, fur, hide, entrails or feathers. • Body-gripping traps with a jaw-spread larger than 5 inches may be used only when placed under water or at least 6 feet above the ground in the following areas: • Land owned or controlled by the Game and Parks • Open Fields and Waters Program lands • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service waterfowl production areas • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land at Harlan County Reservoir • County road right-of-ways TRAP TAGGING Traps include snares, steel-jawed spring traps and box traps. It is unlawful to set any trap for furbearers or coyotes, unless such trap has the following information stamped or inscribed legibly onto the trap or onto a metal tag that is securely affixed to the trap: • the valid driver's license number of the owner or user or, • the owner or user's Nebraska State Identification Card number applied for at Motor Vehicle Operator License Examiner's offices. Individuals 15 years of age or younger may use the driver's license or ID card number of a parent or guardian. Legal Nontoxic Shot Bismuth-tin Tungsten-matrix Iron (steel) Tungsten-polymer Iron-tungsten Tungsten-tin-iron Iron-tungsten-nickel Tungsten-tin-bismuth Tungsten-bronze Tungsten-tin-iron-nickel Tungsten-iron-copper-nickel Tungsten-iron-polymer

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