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NGPC: Deer harvest fell despite large cuts to antlerless permits; TeleCheck replacing many in-person checks
Summary
At a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission virtual winter meeting, staff reviewed lower deer harvests since 2019, major reductions in antlerless permits and a continuing shift to TeleCheck and season-choice permit discussions.
Luke Madoona, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission big game program manager, told participants the commission expects to manage "big game populations at levels consistent with social and biological carrying capacities" and described how staff uses public input, surveys, research and harvest reporting to set permits.
Madoona said preliminary results from the nine-day November firearm season show "just under 28,000 deer checked," about 2% below 2023 and roughly 25% below the five-year average; he added the statewide deer harvest is down about 36% from 2019. "Overall, statewide, antlerless tags... were reduced by 45% from 2023," he said, and the commission cut November firearm permit quotas by 13% and antlerless-only quotas by 37% ahead of the season.
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