Auxiliary Season Mountain Lion Permit Information From NEG&P
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Applications to convert a Season 1 Pine Ridge Unit permit to an Auxiliary Season
mountain lion hunting permit will be accepted by the Nebraska Game and Parks
Commission from March 2-5.
Only residents who held a 2026 Pine Ridge Unit mountain lion permit but did not
harvest a mountain lion during Season 1 are eligible to apply for the Auxiliary
Season.
An Auxiliary Season will take place because the harvest limit of 12, or female
sublimit of six, was not reached during Season 1, which was open Jan. 2-Feb. 28. Ten
mountain lions were harvested during Season 1 in the Pine Ridge Unit — five males
and five females.
Two permits will be drawn from received applications for the March 14-31 Auxiliary
Season and only will be valid for the Pine Ridge Unit.
From 1 p.m. Central time on March 2 through 11:59 p.m. on March 5, eligible Pine
Ridge Unit permit holders may apply at
in person at Game and Parks district offices or by calling agency headquarters at
402-471-1985. [
] There is no fee to convert to an Auxiliary Season permit. The bag limit for each
permit is one mountain lion. Applicants will be notified of their draw status on
March 6.
The Auxiliary Season will close once the overall limit of 12 or female sublimit of
six is met or the season end date is reached. Mountain lions harvested during Season
1 apply to the limits. The Niobrara Unit closed Jan. 6 after the harvest of three
females, and the Wildcat Hills Unit closed Feb. 14 after one male and two females
were harvested. No Auxiliary Season in the Wildcat Hills or Niobrara units will
occur.
Hunting with dogs is allowed during the Auxiliary Season. All other mountain lion
hunting rules remain the same.
Once open, the status of the season will be posted on Game and Parks’ mountain lion
harvest season webpage
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]) and 1-800 number that hunters are required to check before hunting mountain lions
each day.
To read more mountain lion hunting regulations, go to
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