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DUCK AND COOT SEASONS
Zone 1 — Oct. 14 - Dec. 26, 2017
Zone 2 — Oct. 7 - Dec. 19, 2017 (Low Plains)
Oct. 7 - Dec. 19, 2017 and Jan. 8 - 28, 2018 (High Plains)
Zone 3 — Oct. 26 - Jan. 7, 2018 (Low Plains)
Oct. 26 - Jan. 7, 2018 and Jan. 8 - 28, 2018 (High Plains)
Zone 4 — Oct. 7 - Dec. 19, 2017
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before
sunrise to sunset
Daily Bag/Possession Limits: Six ducks.
May include no more than five mallards (of
which no more than two can be hens), three
wood ducks, three scaup, two redheads,
one pintail and two canvasbacks. The
possession limit is three times the daily
bag limit.
Merganser Bag/Possession Limits:
The daily bag for mergansers is five, which
may include no more than two hooded
mergansers. Mergansers do not count
toward the daily bag and possession limits
for other ducks. The possession limit is
three times the daily bag limit.
Coot Daily Bag/Possesion Limit: The
daily bag for coots is 15. The possession
limit is three times the daily bag limit.
YOUTH WATERFOWL SEASON
Zone 1 — Oct. 7 - 8, 2017
Zone 2 — Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2017
Zone 3 — Oct. 21 - 22, 2017
Zone 4 — Sept. 30 - Oct. 1, 2017
Bag and Possession Limits: Same as regular season
Shooting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to sunset
Youth Waterfowl Regulations:
• The season is open for ducks, mergansers, coots and geese.
• Nonresident youths must have required permits.
• Youths age 11 or younger must be accompanied by a licensed hunter age 19 or older. The accompanying
adult may not hunt waterfowl.
• Youths ages 12 to 15 are required to carry a Hunter Education certification card or Apprentice Hunter
Education Exemption Certificate while hunting and must be accompanied by a person at least 18 years
old. The adult does not need to be a licensed hunter.
INTERACTIVE WATERFOWL ZONES MAP
A new interactive map on the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission's website allows hunters to view zone
map boundaries and to zoom in to see details of the
boundaries. The site contains all of the zone maps in this
guide book and can be viewed on personal computers
and mobile devices. To view the map, visit: https://maps.
outdoornebraska.gov/WaterfowlZones/.
