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Outdoor Notes
LINCOLN — The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission approved 2025-2026 waterfowl hunting season recommendations at its March 21 meeting in Ord.
Approved staff recommendations entail Tier I daily bag limit for ducks including no more than three pintails for the 2025-2026 duck season. This pintail bag limit will be determined annually based on population dynamics research and is not guaranteed for any season.
Also approved was a nine-day early teal season in both Low Plains and High Plains zones after the 2024 blue-winged teal breeding population fell below 4.7 million birds. There had been a 16day season in the Low Plains Zone in recent years.
The approved 2025-2026 Nebraska waterfowl season dates are:
Early Teal:
Low Plains – Sept. 6-14 High Plains – Sept. 6-14 Daily bag limit – six; Possession limit – 18
Youth, Veteran, and Active-Duty Military:
Zone 1 – Oct. 4-5 Zone 2 – Sept. 27-28 Zone 3 – Oct. 18-19 Zone 4 – Oct. 18-19 Daily bag – Same as regular season
Duck and Coot:
Zone 1 – Oct. 11-Dec. 23 Zone 2 – Oct. 4-Dec. 16 and Jan. 7-28 (High Plains) Zone 3 – Oct. 25-Jan. 6 and Jan. 7-28 (High Plains) Zone 4 – Oct. 25-Jan. 6 Daily bag – Tier 1: six ducks, with restrictions; Tier II: three ducks, any species, any sex; Possession limit – three times the daily bag limit
Dark Goose:
Platte River Unit – Oct. 28-Feb. 9 Niobrara Unit – Oct. 28-Feb. 9 North Central Unit – Oct. 4-Jan. 16 Daily bag limit – five; Possession limit – 15
White-fronted Goose:
Statewide – Oct. 4-Dec. 14 and Jan. 25-Feb. 9 Daily bag limit – two; Possession limit – six
Light Goose Regular Season:
Statewide – Oct. 4-Dec. 31 and Jan. 25-Feb. 9 Daily bag limit – 50; Possession limit – none
Light Goose Conservation Order:
East Zone – Feb. 10-April 15 West Zone – Feb. 10-April 5 Rainwater Basin Zone – Feb. 10-April 5 Daily bag and possession limits – none
