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Nebraska CWD Positive Counties, 1999-2025
BIG GAME
CUSTODY/TRANSFER TAG
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
Law Enforcement Division
Date:
Owner Name:
Phone Number:
Permit # or Seal #:
(If big game)
Estimated Pounds:
Species Donated:
# of animals donated:
Signature of Donor:
Recipient Name:
Date of Transfers:
This tag must remain with the game or fish being
transferred to another person until it is consumed.
NOTICE
Game or fish taken in Nebraska must not be held in cold storage or home
freezer longer than specified in season regulations. All game or fish take
within or outside the state and placed in cold storage must be tagged. Game
or fish taken in other states and brought into Nebraska may legally be put in
cold storage, if properly tagged and identified.
SPECIES AMOUNT DATE TAKEN
For more information, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov.
drones) any time to hunt, recover, drive, molest, chase, or harass game birds or game animals is
illegal.
CUSTODY TAG
Any person transferring game, fish or parts thereof to another person must provide a custody tag
(See below).
Big Game Diseases
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
A fatal, neurologic, prion
disease, chronic wasting
disease impacts deer and elk
in Nebraska. Prion diseases
are caused by misfolded and
infectious proteins. CWD has
been detected in free-ranging
cervids globally, including 36
U.S. states and 71 Nebraska
counties (See map).
Since 1997, the Nebraska Game
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