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OutdoorNebraska.org | 13 HUNTER EDUCATION Hunters age 12 through 29 must have completed firearm hunter education when hunting with a firearm or air gun. Bowhunter education is not required for bow and arrow hunting of turkeys. Find a class at HuntSafeNebraska.org. APPRENTICE HUNTER EDUCATION EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE An Apprentice Hunter Education Certificate provides a novice hunter between the ages of 12 and 29 an opportunity to try hunting and receive guidance from an experienced hunter before completing Hunter Education. A hunter using this certificate must be accompanied at all times while hunting by a licensed adult age 19 or older. This certificate may be purchased twice – in consecutive years – in a person's lifetime for $5 each time. The certificate expires on Dec. 31. Applicable hunt permits are required. YOUTH MENTOR REQUIREMENTS The following turkey hunters must be accompanied: • Those under age 12 • Those using an Apprentice Hunter Education Exemption Certificate The accompanying person must: • Be a licensed hunter age 19 or older. • Have successfully completed hunter education if he or she is between the ages of 19 and 29. • Not accompany more than two holders of an exemption certificate at one time. • Be at all times in unaided visual and verbal communication with the hunter/hunters he or she is accompanying. UNLAWFUL ACTS It is illegal to: • hunt when trespassing on private land; get permission. • party hunt; every hunter must shoot his or her own game. • hunt any game with a rifle within 200 yards of an inhabited dwelling or feedlot and hunt with all other equipment within 100 yards, unless permission has been granted by the owner or tenant. • harvest any game birds by baiting or attracting them to the place where hunted by distribution of grain or other feeds. • drive or disturb game birds or game animals with or from any aircraft or boat propelled by power or sail. • harvest or trap any game bird from a vehicle. • waste game. • spotlight from a vehicle or vessel while in possession of a firearm or bow and arrow. • dig, cut or destroy natural or planted vegetation on any state-owned or controlled area. • cause game birds or game animals to depart from a game reserve or game sanctuary. • use electronically amplified imitations of bird calls, including records, tapes, compact discs, and digital audio files, to take game birds. • sell or trade the meat of any game bird or game animal. • communicate the location of any game animal or game bird by radio or other electronic device to or from any aircraft, vessel, vehicle, snowmobile or other conveyance one day before or during the open season. • carry a firearm, archery equipment or other projectile device on a snowmobile, except when unloaded and in a case. • shoot from any public highway, road or bridge, including the traveled surface and the right-of-way, whether on foot or from a vehicle, • attempt to shoot any bird, fish or other animal from an aircraft.

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