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There are still plenty of deer permits available in 17 units for the 1999 deer hunting season and hunters may purchase them over the counter at Game and Parks Commission permitting offices across the state.
Permits are being sold on a first-come, first-served basis throughout the remainder of the permitting process from offices in Alliance, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Bassett, Kearney, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte and Omaha.
Hunters are allowed two permits that allow the harvest of an antlered deer (buck-only or either-sex permits), including muzzleloader and archery permits. Second firearm permits of this type may be purchased now.
Two additional permits can be obtained that allow only the harvest of antlerless deer. Hunters who do not yet have a permit of this type can purchase one at any time. .
Permits for the DeSoto Early Antlerless, DeSoto Late, Blue, Buffalo, Elkhorn, Frenchman, Frenchman Antlerless, Loup East, Missouri, Plains, Platte, Republican, Sandhills, South Republican Late, Wahoo and Statewide Buck Only management units are sold out.
The number of permits remaining as of September 9 were:
West Republican Late 588
Platte Whitetail .248
Calamus East 830
Calamus West 285
Keya Paha 119
Loup West 550
Pine Ridge 97
Upper Platte 139
Frenchman Whitetail 383
Blue Southeast Late Antlerless 1313
Fontenelle Antlerless 92
Mid Platte Late Antlerless 101
Keya Paha Whitetail 359
Blue Southeast 601
Lower Platte Special Antlerless 321
Sandhills Antlerless 317
Archery and muzzleloader permits are available to residents and nonresidents from May 3 through the end of the season. These permits may be purchased at Commission offices in Alliance, Ak-Sar-Ben Aquarium, Bassett, Kearney, Lincoln, Norfolk, North Platte and Omaha, and at Chadron State Park, Fort Robinson State Park, Wildcat Hills State Recreation Area, Calamus Fish Hatchery and on the Commission^s web site at www.ngpc.state.ne.us/
Uploaded: 9/12/1999
Uploaded: 9/12/1999