Preliminary reports reveal that 40,301 deer were harvested during the Nov. 10-18 Nebraska firearm season. That is a decline of 27 percent from the 2011 record firearm season harvest of 55,400.

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The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners will consider reducing 2012 antlerless deer hunting permits at their October 26 meeting in North Platte. Passage of the measure will reduce harvest pressure in areas with substantial losses from EHD.

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Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease continues to kill deer over much of Nebraska, spreading from the Missouri River to as far west as Garden County.

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The state saw a record November deer harvest in 2011, according to preliminary data from the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The harvest of 64,548 deer was an increase of 865 from last year.

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Plenty of permits remain for the upcoming November firearm deer hunting season, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Hunters are making final preparations for the Nov. 12-20 season.

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Early big game hunting is off to a good start across the state, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Pronghorn, elk, and deer hunters can expect a high rate of success in 2011.

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Nebraska is experiencing an increase in the number of deer testing positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), as well as a wider distribution, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. There were a record 51 positives in 2010.

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Nebraska deer hunters produced a big year in 2010, setting records for overall and antlerless whitetail harvest, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

The total deer harvest during the 2010 season was 88,034 (77,028 whitetails and 10,709 mule deer). While a record 37,967 whitetail bucks were killed, a record 39,198 antlerless whitetails also were killed – marking the first time the antlerless whitetail harvest surpassed whitetail buck harvest.

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Nebraska’s November firearm deer harvest set a record this fall, rising 18 percent over last year, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The 2010 November firearm deer harvest was 63,300, compared to 53,767 in 2009.

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The Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners approved the wider use of crossbows as big game hunting equipment at its Oct. 28 in Norfolk.
All restrictions on crossbows have been removed, including the disability provision and draw weight. The new regulations allow, starting in 2011, crossbows as legal archery equipment for big game (deer, antelope, elk, turkey, and bighorn sheep).

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A Nebraska bill aimed at recruiting the next generation of hunters has been signed into law by Gov. Dave Heineman. The new law creates an apprentice hunter education exemption certificate, allowing experienced hunters to take a newcomer hunting before the completion of a hunter education course.

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