December 1
Bobcat
Bobcat hunting and trapping season
opens
December 1-31
Deer and Elk
Muzzleloader deer and public and private
land cow elk hunting seasons
December 2-23
Christmas at the Mansion
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park (SHP),
Nebraska City
December 3
Archery Fun Shoot
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
December 3
Archery on Fire
Platte River State Park (SP), Louisville
December 3
Fort Robinson Historical Christmas
Dinner
Fort Robinson SP, Crawford
December 3-31
Light Up the Fort
Fort Robinson SP, Crawford
December 4
Shootout at Salt Creek
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
December 4
Deer Processing Class
Sausage making, Fort Atkinson SHP, Fort
Calhoun
December 4, 11, 18
Best Shots Rifle Class
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
December 6
Learn to Hunt Predators
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
December 10-18
Deer
Boyer Chute National Wildlife Refuge deer
season
December 11
Deer Processing Class
Fresh venison cooking, Fort Atkinson SHP,
Fort Calhoun
December 11
White-fronted Goose
First segment of white-fronted goose
hunting season closes
December 14-31
Christmas Bird Count
Indian Cave SP, Shubert
December 16
Snipe
Snipe hunting season closes
December 17
Yule Log Quest
Platte River SP, Louisville
December 17
Christmas at the Bowring
Bowring Ranch SHP, Merriman
December 17-18
Deer
DeSoto December Muzzleloader deer
season
December 20
Duck and Coot
Duck and coot hunting seasons in Zone 2
Low Plains and High Plains (first segment)
and Zone 4 closes
December 22
Bighorn sheep
Bighorn sheep hunting season closes
December 27
Duck and Coot
Duck and coot hunting season in Zone 1
closes
December 31
Antelope and Deer
Hunting seasons close for archery
antelope and deer, the Mule Deer
Conservation Area, and statewide whitetail
buck deer
December 31
Fishing
Underwater spearfishing season and
archery fishing season for game fish ends
by Jerry Kane
Contact the Nebraska Game and
Parks Commission at 402-471-0641 or
visit Outdoornebraska.org for more
information. Visit huntsafenebraska.
org for a list of hunter education
classes and boatsafenebraska.org for
a list of boating safety classes.
20 NEBRASKAland • DECEMBER 2016
