Mentored Youth Waterfowl Hunt is Oct. 22 at Clear Creek WMA

Youth ages 11-15 may register for the Ash Hollow Youth Mentored Waterfowl Hunt, scheduled for Oct. 22 at Clear Creek Wildlife Management Area near Lewellen.

In addition to an afternoon hunt, this daylong event includes learning stations, lunch, door prizes and raffles. There will be a drawing for a youth lifetime hunt permit.

Hunters, who must have completed a hunter education course, will be mentored by Nebraska Game and Parks Commission conservation officers. Space is limited to 25 hunters.

Youth must register by contacting Tamara Cooper at Ash Hollow State Historical Park at 308-778-7708 or tamara.cooper@nebraska.gov.

Hunter check-in begins at 8 a.m. at the Clear Creek WMA office. Then they will go through the following learning stations: firearm safety, decoy placement, zones of fire, blind safety, duck calling, trap shooting, dog demonstration, boating skills and safety, and waterfowl identification.

This free event is sponsored by Game and Parks’ Law Enforcement, Wildlife, Parks, and Fish and Wildlife Education divisions.

Portions of WMA closed for youth hunt

In order to keep the public, participants, and volunteers safe, no access will be allowed on portions of the WMA between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. Mountain time for this youth hunt. The areas of closure include all of the hunting blinds, the Special Hunting Area, and everything a half mile west of the Special Hunting Area. The rest of Clear Creek WMA will remain open to the public.

Updated Oct. 19, 2023, to include details on the portions closed to public hunting for the youth hunt.