January 1
First Day Hike
Ponca State Park (SP), Ponca; Platte River
SP, Louisville; Chadron SP, Chadron;
Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland; Buffalo
Bill Ranch State Recreation Area (SRA),
North Platte; Fremont Lakes SRA, Fremont;
Wildcat Hills SRA, Gering; Ash Hollow
State Historical Park (SHP), Lewellen; Fort
Kearny SRA, Kearny; Buffalo Bill Ranch
SHP, North Platte.
January 1
Light Goose Hunting
Statewide light
goose hunting season closes
January 4
Growing Up WILD Workshop
Lincoln
January 1-5
Christmas Bird Count
Indian Cave SP, Shubert
January 7
Concealed Carry Class
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
January 8
Shootout at Salt Creek
Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor
Education Center, Lincoln
January 8
Duck and Coot Hunting
Duck and coot hunting seasons close in
Zone 3, Low Plains and High Plains Units
January 9
Spring Turkey Hunting First day of
spring turkey hunting permit sales
January 9-29
Duck and Coot Hunting
Duck and coot hunting seasons in Zones 2
and 3, High Plains Unit
January 14
Cold Day, Warm Hearts
Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland
January 15
Deer Hunting
Youth, Landowner, Season Choice and
River Antlerless, and Gifford Point WMA
deer hunting seasons close
January 19
Crow Hunting
Special Public Health
Hazard Order crow hunting closes
January 19
Growing Up WILD Workshop
Lincoln
January 20
Dark Goose Hunting
Dark goose hunting
season closes in North Central Unit
January 20
Commission Meeting
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
meeting, Lincoln
January 20
Crow Hunting
Crow hunting season opens statewide
January 21
Sausage Making Class
Fort Atkinson SHP, Fort Calhoun
January 25-February 12
Light Goose Hunting
Statewide light goose hunting season
January 25
Growing Up WILD Workshop
Chadron
January 26
Growing Up WILD Workshop
Omaha
January 26
Project WILD and Aquatic WILD
Educator Workshop
Chadron
January 31
Hunting Seasons Close For:
November late doe/fawn antelope, fall
turkey, pheasant, quail, partridge, grouse
and squirrel
February 4
Birds and Binoculars
Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland
February 4-12
White-fronted Goose Hunting
White-fronted goose hunting season
February 5
Cowboy Poetry and Music Jam
Bowring Ranch SHP, Merriman
February 10
Growing Up WILD Workshop
Lincoln
February 12
Dark Goose Hunting
Dark goose hunting season closes in East,
Platte River, Panhandle and Niobrara units
February 13
Light Goose
Light Goose Conservation
Order hunting begins
February 11
Pheasants Forever State Habitat
Meeting
Kearney
February 28
Cottontail and Jackrabbit Hunting
Cottontail and jackrabbit hunting seasons
close
February 28
Hunting and Trapping Seasons Close
For:
Bobcat, raccoon, Virginia opossum,
long-tailed weasel, mink, red fox, gray fox
and badger hunting and trapping seasons
close
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 • JANUARY-FEBRUARY 2017
