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23 | OutdoorNebraska.org DOG TRAINING • Dog training is the use of dogs in a noncompetitive process solely intended to enhance the hunting skills of dogs. • For each dog involved in a training session, dened as sunrise to sunset, no more than two hen pheasants and ve quail may be harvested. Partridge and mallards are unlimited. Only pen-raised birds may be released for dog training purposes. • It is permitted on private land, provided landowner permission is obtained and dog training rules are followed. • It is unlawful for anyone to exercise, run, train, or hunt with dogs on state wildlife management areas during the period from May 1 through July 31 of each year, except on areas designated and specically posted with "Authorized Dog Training Area" signs. • Training or exercising dogs on areas designated and posted as a "Dog Trial Area" is prohibited; such areas are restricted for eld trial use only. • All game birds released for training purposes must be obtained from a captive wildlife permit holder or licensed nonresident breeder, and must be banded by the trainer or seller with ofcial bands authorized by Game and Parks. Any person who purchases game birds from a captive wildlife permit holder or licensed nonresident breeder shall have in his or her possession a sales tag/receipt from the permit holder listing the date, species and number of birds purchased. • Game birds obtained for dog training may be kept in captivity without a captive wildlife permit for a period not to exceed 14 days following date of purchase or receipt. GAME VIOLATIONS The Nebraska Legislature has passed statutes that increased the nes and penalties for a variety of game and sh violations. The new nes range from $25 to $15,000, depending on the severity of the violation and the species involved. The liquidated damages (assessed in addition to court costs) are set by the legislature as replacement costs for wildlife taken illegally. The damages apply to each animal taken illegally and apply to wanton waste. For a complete overview of the specic nes and penalties, visit OutdoorNebraska.org. Call Nebraska Wildlife Crimestoppers toll-free at 800-742-7627 to report a game violation. WHEN IT IS UNLAWFUL TO SHOOT It is illegal to shoot: • from any public highway, road or bridge, including the traveled surface and the right-of-way, whether on foot or from a vehicle, • or attempt to shoot any bird, sh or other animal from an aircraft. WHEN IT IS UNLAWFUL TO HARVEST It is illegal to harvest: • game birds by use or aid of live decoys; • a legal limit of any species and return to take more of the same species in the same day; • game birds or game animals or falconry except during the legal shooting or falconry hours; • furbearers other than with snares, metal spring traps with smooth jaws or box traps except that raccoon, red fox, gray fox, bobcat, badger, long-tailed weasel, striped skunk, mink and Virginia opossum may be taken by rearm or archery equipment, • or hunt any wild animal or bird from or with a snowmobile; • migratory game birds from a sink box, from any motorboat unless motor is shut off and boat stopped, from a car or other motor-driven land conveyance, from an aircraft, or from a sailboat unless the sail is furled and the boat is stopped; • migratory game birds by driving or chasing them with any motorized conveyance to put them in range of hunters; • any game bird, including migratory birds, with a trap, snare, net, rie, pistol, swivel gun, shotgun larger than 10 gauge, punt gun, battery gun, sh hook, poison, drug, explosive or stupefying substance.