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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will consider 2025-2026 waterfowl hunting season recommendations at its March 21 meeting in Ord.
The meeting begins at 8 a.m. at the Trotter Event Center, 127 Trotter Ave.
Staff will recommend the Tier I daily bag limit for ducks include no more than three pintails for the 2025-2026 duck season. This pintail bag limit would be determined on an annual basis based on population dynamics research and is not guaranteed for any season.
They also will recommend 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 16-day season in the Low Plains Zone in recent years.
The 2025-2026 Nebraska waterfowl recommendations 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
Also on the agenda is a staff recommendation that the commissioners approve a resolution to allow the agency director to sign future agreements with the Nebraska Department of Transportation concerning funding the surfacing of a section of the Cowboy Trail near Chadron.
Commissioners also will consider a right-of-way easement request from Omaha Public Power District, for the installation of new power poles and overhead lines at Louisville State Recreation Area.
Staff will give a review of the permit system from 2024, an update on the walleye spawn, and a habitat presentation.
To view a complete agenda, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov and search for Public Notices.
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