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14 | Hunting Info: 402-471-0641 Check stations – The following are bobcat check stations, with times: • Indian Cave State Park: 65296 702 Road, Shubert; 402-883-2575 • Lincoln: Game and Parks, 2200 N. 33rd St.; Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. • Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium: 21502 W. Nebraska Hwy. 31, Gretna; Monday-Sunday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; closed on holidays • Omaha: Game and Parks, 8495 Frederick St.; Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Tecumseh: Osage Wildlife Management Area, 73181 619th Ave.; ofce not always staffed; 402-335-2534 • Plattsmouth: Schilling WMA, 17614 Refuge Road; ofce not always staffed; 402-296-0041 RACCOON Season dates – Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2016 (hunt only); Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Aug. 17, 2016 (running, no harvest) Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running or harvest seasons. Organized coonhound clubs may conduct United States Kennel Club or American Coonhound Association licensed or sanctioned eld trials, when approved by written authorization from the Commission, during the two-week period between the end of the running season and the beginning of the take season. VIRGINIA OPOSSUM Season dates – Sept. 1 – Oct. 31, 2016 (hunt only); Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Aug. 17, 2016 (running, no harvest) Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running or harvest seasons. Organized coonhound clubs may conduct United States Kennel Club or American Coonhound Association licensed or sanctioned eld trials, when approved by written authorization from the Commission, during the two-week period between the end of the running season and the beginning of the take season. STRIPED SKUNK Season dates – year-round (hunting and trapping) LONG-TAILED WEASEL Season dates – Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 (hunt and trap) RED FOX Season dates – Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Oct. 31, 2016 (running, no harvest) Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running or harvest seasons. GRAY FOX Season dates – Nov. 1 – Feb. 28, 2017 (hunt and trap) Tagging – Contact NGPC or a conservation ofcer to have a gray fox tagged; also: • Gray foxes harvested must be registered and tagged by Game and Parks within two calendar days of the close of the season. • Gray foxes must be tagged before the pelt is sold. DEPREDATION – Any farmer or rancher owning or operating a farm or ranch may destroy or have destroyed any predator preying on livestock or poultry or causing other agricultural depredation on land owned or controlled by him or her without a permit issued by the Commission. For purposes of this subsection, predator means a badger, bobcat, coyote, gray fox, long-tailed weasel, mink, opossum, raccoon, red fox or skunk. • No hunt or fur harvest permit is required. • Furbearers harvested for depredation control may be sold or possessed only by individuals with a fur harvest permit and if the take occurred during the harvest season.