Commissioners to consider changes to wild turkey season for 2023
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider recommendations for the 2023 wild turkey hunting season at its Aug 31st meeting at Fort Robinson State Park.
By News Channel NebraskaCRAWFORD, Neb. -- The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider recommendations for the 2023 wild turkey hunting season at its Aug 31st meeting at Fort Robinson State Park.
The meeting begins at 8 a.m. Mountain time at the park’s Buffalo Barracks, 3200 U.S. 20, Crawford.
The proposed changes to order for the 2023 turkey season are;
Limit Nebraska resident hinters to two spring permits and nonresidents to one.
Limit the number of spring permits available to nonresidents to 10,000.
Amend the daily nag limit to allow a hunter to harvest more than one turkey per calendar day during the spring season.
Shorten the Fall season from Oct 1st to Nov 30th.
Limit all hunters to one permit in the fall season.
The commissioners also will consider recommendations for a 2023 bighorn sheep hunting season. The orders recommend authorizing one lottery and one auction permit. The season would be from Nov 28th to Dec 22nd.
In addition, commissioners will draw the winner for the 2022 bighorn sheep lottery permit.
Commissioners also will consider recommendations to approve permitting of hunting in some state parks and state historical parks for the 2022 seasons, approve budget requests for the fiscal year 2024 and 2025, and approve the gift of the Fort Kearny Shooting Sports Association.
A complete meeting agenda can be found at https://outdoornebraska.gov/publicnotices/.
The proposed changes to commission regulations and orders can be viewed at http://outdoornebraska.gov/regulations/.