LINCOLN — On the heels of Nebraska’s second mountain lion hunting season, state officials have started preparing for a third hunt next year.
The Game and Parks Commission announced proposed regulation changes for the 2020 season on Friday. A public hearing on the proposal is set for June 21 at a commission meeting in Alma, Nebraska.
Sam Wilson, the manager of the agency’s furbearer and carnivore program, said the changes largely involve housekeeping items, such as changing dates to match the 2020 calendar and clarifying the requirements for inspection of animals killed during the hunt.
The major pieces would remain the same. Hunting would be allowed only in the Pine Ridge area of northwest Nebraska, where the big cats are most prevalent. That area would be divided into units north and south of U.S. Highway 20.
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