Nebraska
The expansive Sandhills, accessible over-the-counter archery mule deer, and Platte River waterfowl flyways.
Small Game & Upland Hunting in Nebraska
Official Regulatory Authority
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC)
Ring-necked Pheasant
Nebraska offers versatile pheasant hunting spanning the agricultural southwestern counties, the rain-water basin, and northeast river hills.
Through the Open Fields and Waters (OFW) program, hunters access hundreds of thousands of private acres enrolled in public walk-in hunting. Hunting pivot corners, milo stubble, and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) grass fields yields consistent three-rooster daily limits.
Greater Prairie-Chicken & Sharp-tailed Grouse
The iconic Nebraska Sandhills—the largest sand dune formation in the Western Hemisphere—provide world-class native prairie grouse hunting.
Vast grassy dunes, yucca flats, and blowout pockets in the Valentine and Halsey National Forests offer boundless public hunting. Mid-September openers allow hunters to walk miles of pristine prairie grassland behind pointing dogs.
Northern Bobwhite Quail
Southern and eastern Nebraska—particularly along the Republican and Platte river corridors—hold thriving wild bobwhite coveys.
Hunters work brushy river bottoms, plum thickets, and weedy field edges during November and December, enjoying heart-racing point-and-flush action.
Mourning Dove
Nebraska's September dove season is celebrated statewide, with hunters pass-shooting near stock dams, grain silos, and sunflower fields across public Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs).