Oct 10, 2025
Youth pheasant season includes Special Youth Hunts
The Oct. 18-19 statewide season includes pheasant releases at specific Special Youth Hunt sites.
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Plenty of holiday break mentored hunting opportunities exist for youth under age 18 through the Passing Along the Heritage Program.
Lake Wanahoo, in Saunders County, has seven separate units totaling 1,067 acres available for mentored youth hunting. They are available during the Thanksgiving and Christmas school breaks.
To locate and reserve a site, and obtain a permission slip, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov and search for “Passing Along the Heritage Program.” A mentor must possess a permission slip at all times of the youth hunt. Individual youth hunters may hunt PATH sites up to five times annually.
PATH provides Nebraska youth and their mentors access to hunt on private lands and selected public lands. Only youth under the age of 18 may hunt on these sites. The mentor is there to help the youth and ensure a safe hunting experience.
The program is made possible by a partnership between the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, National Wild Turkey Federation, National Shooting Sports Foundation and Nebraska landowners. The Lower Platte North Natural Resources District manages the habitat in cooperation with Game and Parks and Pheasants Forever.
