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SMALL GAME
SQUIRREL
Season dates – Aug. 1 – Jan. 31, 2017 Daily bag/possession limits – 7/28
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
COTTONTAIL
Season dates – Sept. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 Daily bag/possession limits – 7/28
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
JACKRABBIT
Season dates – Sept. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 Daily bag/possession limits – 4/16
Open area – west of U.S. Highway 81
WEBLESS MIGRATORY BIRDS
SNIPE
Season dates – Sept. 1 – Dec. 16, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 8/24
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required.
VIRGINIA AND SORA RAIL
Season dates – Sept. 1 – Nov. 9, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 10/30
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required.
WOODCOCK
Season dates – Sept. 24 – Nov. 7, 2016 Daily bag/possession limits – 3/9
Open area – statewide, but no hunting on all state refuges and sanctuaries
Remarks – HIP number required.
CROW
Season dates – Oct. 1 – Nov. 15, 2016 and Jan. 20 – April 6, 2017
Daily bag/possession limits – none/none Open area – statewide
Remarks – Crows may be hunted with any rearm or archery equipment; electronic calls may be used; no HIP
number required.
Special Public Health Hazard Season – Nov. 16 – Jan. 19, 2017
Open area – Buffalo, Phelps, Harlan, Franklin, Kearney, Dawson and Lincoln counties.
HARVEST INFORMATION PROGRAM (HIP)
Anyone planning to hunt doves, ducks, geese, snipe, rail, coot or woodcock between Aug. 1, 2016 and
July 31, 2017, must register with the Harvest Information Program (HIP) before hunting – even if they
registered for the 2015 hunting seasons. Residents, nonresidents – even those already registered in
another state – lifetime permit holders, veteran permit holders and 69-and-over senior permit holders
must register. Registration is free. Hunters may register 24 hours a day at OutdoorNebraska.ne.gov/
Hip/ or by calling 877-634-8687. For more on residency requirements, and 64-and-over veteran and
69-and-over senior permits, visit OutdoorNebraska.org.
