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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(1) It shall be unlawful to hunt with a rifle within a two-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, to hunt without a rifle or trap any form of wild mammal or wild bird within a one-hundred-yard radius of an inhabited dwelling or livestock feedlot, or to trap within a two-hundred-yard radius of any passage used by livestock to pass under any highway, road, or bridge.
(2) This section shall not prohibit any owner, tenant, or operator or his or her guests from hunting or trapping any form of wild mammal or wild bird within such radius if the area is under his or her ownership or control. This section shall not prohibit duly authorized personnel of any county, city, or village health or animal control department from trapping with a humane live box trap or pursuing any form of wild mammal or wild bird, when conducting such activities within the scope of the authorization, within such radius if the area is under the jurisdiction of the county, city, or village.
(3) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least one hundred dollars upon conviction.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 37. Game and Parks § 37-523. Wild mammal or wild bird; hunt or trap; unlawful in certain areas; violation; penalty - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-37-game-and-parks/ne-rev-st-sect-37-523/
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