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Nebraska Spring Turkey Opens March 25th

March 22, 2011.

From the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission:

Spring turkey hunting season opens across the state for archers and youth archers on March 25, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The season opens April 9 for youth shotgunners and April 16 for shotgunners. All spring turkey seasons close May 31.

A spring turkey permit or spring youth turkey permit allows a person to hunt with archery equipment during the archery season and a shotgun during the shotgun season. Each hunter may have as many as three permits. The bag limit is one male or bearded female turkey per permit.

A spring turkey permit and a Nebraska Habitat Stamp are required. Residents younger than age 16 do not require a stamp. While there is no minimum age requirement to hunt turkeys, there is a hunter education requirement.

In Nebraska, any hunter age 12 through 29 must complete firearm hunter education if hunting with a firearm or crossbow, or complete bow hunter education if hunting deer, antelope, elk, or bighorn sheep with a bow and arrow. In all cases, these hunters must carry proof of hunter education.

A hunter younger than age 12 must be accompanied at all times when hunting with a firearm or crossbow. Accompanied means under the direct supervision of a person who is at least 19 years old and has a valid hunting permit.

Accompanying persons age 19 through 29 must have completed firearm hunter education if hunting with a firearm or crossbow or have completed bow hunter education if hunting with a bow and arrow. The accompanying person must at all times be in unaided visual and verbal communication with no more than two hunters.

To find a list of hunter education classes or places where to pattern a shotgun, visit huntsafenebraska.org. Permits may be purchased at OutdoorNebraska.org.

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