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Checking – Bobcats harvested in the following counties must be checked at official Game and Parks check stations: Saunders, Lancaster, Gage, Sarpy, Pawnee, Johnson, Richardson, Nemaha, Otoe, and Cass� 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�; office not always staffed; 402-335-2534 • Plattsmouth: Schilling WMA, 17614 Refuge Road; office not always staffed; 402-296-0041 RACCOON Season dates – Sept� 1 – Oct� 31, 2017 (hunt only); Nov� 1 – Feb� 28, 2018 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Aug� 17, 2017 (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 field 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, 2017 (hunt only); Nov� 1 – Feb� 28, 2018 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Aug� 17, 2017 (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 field 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, 2018 (hunt and trap) RED FOX Season dates – Nov� 1 – Feb� 28, 2018 (hunt and trap); March 1 – Oct� 31, 2017 (running, no harvest) Remarks – Fur harvest permit required during running or harvest seasons� GRAY FOX Season dates – Nov� 1 – Feb� 28, 2018 (hunt and trap) Tagging – Contact NGPC or a conservation officer 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� 15 | OutdoorNebraska�org

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