September outdoor calendar

August 21, 2017 Jerry Kane

LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in September. Get more event details at Calendar.OutdoorNebraska.gov. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for a list of hunter education classes and boating safety classes.

Sept. 1 – Hunting seasons open for cottontail, jackrabbit, dove, snipe, grouse, rail, raccoon and opossum

Sept. 1 – Archery, Season Choice, River Antlerless Private Land Only, Statewide Whitetail Buck, Gifford Point Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Youth, and Landowner deer hunting seasons open

September 1-4 – Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island

Sept. 2 – Buffalo Steak and Movie Night, Indian Cave State Park (SP), Shubert

Sept. 2 – Celebrating Nebraska Archaeology Month, Chadron SP, Chadron

Sept. 2-3 – Living History, Fort Atkinson State Historical Park (SHP), Fort Calhoun

Sept. 2-3 – Bow Fishing, Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland

Sept. 2-4 – Living History, Fort Kearny SHP, Kearney

Sept. 2-10 – Early teal hunting season in High Plains Zone

Sept. 2-17 – Early teal hunting season in Low Plains Zone

Sept. 3 – Buffalo Cookout and Living History, Indian Cave SP, Shubert

Sept. 3 – Nature Journaling Walk, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 4 – Wildlife Day Celebration, Lake McConaughy State Recreation Area (SRA), Ogallala

Sept. 4 – Let’s Go Birding, Lake Ogallala SRA, Ogallala

Sept. 5 – Portions of some state recreation areas open to hunting through end of spring turkey season

Sept. 6 – Full Moon Walk, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 7 – Let’s Go Birding, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 8 – My, What Changes We Have Seen, Fort Robinson SP, Crawford

Sept. 9 – Night Owl 5K Run/Walk, Niobrara SP, Niobrara

Sept. 9 – Feathered Friends, Wildcat Hills SRA, Gering

Sept. 9 – Fly-Fishing Clinic, Fremont SRA, Fremont

Sept. 9 – Geocaching Treasure Hunt, Windmill SRA, Gibbon

Sept. 10 – Oktoberfest Meal, Fort Atkinson SHP, Fort Calhoun

Sept. 10 – Family Fishing Event, Riverside Discovery Center Pond, Scottsbluff

Sept. 12 – Learn to Hunt: Basics of Hunting workshop, Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, Lincoln

Sept. 15 – Fall turkey hunting season opens

Sept. 15 – Archery bull elk season opens

Sept. 16 – Muzzleloader antelope season opens

Sept. 16 – Ranch Life in the 1860s, Rock Creek Station SHP, Fairbury

Sept. 16 – Prairie Grass Hike, Rock Creek Station SHP, Fairbury

Sept. 16-17 – Missouri River Outdoor Expo, Ponca SP, Ponca

Sept. 18 – Final day of participation in and postmark deadline for the Great Park Pursuit

Sept. 22 – Let’s Go Birding, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 22 – Star Party, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 23 – Woodcock hunting season opens

Sept. 23-24 – Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Family Camp, Camp Carol Joy Holling, Ashland

Sept. 23-24 – Pioneer History, Arbor Lodge SHP, Nebraska City

Sept. 24 – World Heart Day Hike, Johnson Lake SRA, Elwood

Sept. 24 – Nature Journaling Walk, Lake Ogallala SRA, Ogallala

Sept. 29 – Let’s Go Birding, Lake Ogallala SRA, Ogallala

Sept. 29 – Coffee and Canvas, Lake McConaughy SRA, Ogallala

Sept. 30 – Cider and Canvas, Lake McConaughy SRA, Ogallala

Sept. 30 – Firearm bull elk season opens

Sept. 30 – Public land antlerless elk season opens

Sept. 30 – Wheels of Transportation, Arbor Lodge SHP, Nebraska City

Sept. 30 – Beyond Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Nature Art, Windmill SRA, Gibbon

Sept. 30 – Statehood: A New Beginning, Rock Creek Station SHP, Fairbury

Sept. 30 – Birding on Bikes, Ash Hollow SHP, Lewellen

Sept. 30 – Nebraska Youth Smallbore Silhouette Invitational, Pressey WMA, Oconto

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 – Youth waterfowl hunting season in Zones 2 and 4

Sept. 30-Oct. 1 – Living History, Fort Atkinson SHP, Fort Calhoun

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