Hunting Nebraska

[Cawnlu]

Anyone made the trip for Nebraska's rifle season? I know this is the bow hunting page but I figured there would be a few of you who have done this.

I've been hunting in Texas most of my life and I've been thinking about chasing some really big deer in the Midwest next year.

Pros and cons? Whose done it?

[LuBowhunter]

I have. Cons it’s a pumpkin patch. Deer aren’t big horn wise. Pros lots of deer, if you want meat it’s a fun hunt where you can kill 2 bucks. Lots of public in pine ridge unit. Lots of cool places and things t see. In one hunt I saw bighorn sheep, elk, mule deer, whitetail, antelope, and a mountain lion.


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[Pineywoods Paul]

I rifle hunted north central Nebraska from 2010 until 2015, near Mills, south of Gregory, South Dakota on the Keya Paya River. Absolutely loved it. My hunts were company sponsored with customers on an 18,000 acre operation owned by a family that also outfitted for pheasants and Spring turkey, Quality of bucks, hunting guides, and facilities was above average and so I don't claim this is typical for NE.


Open agricultural fields with brushy drainages and woodlots interspersed on larger farms. Bucks weighed 270 lbs or more at 4.5 years of age, does weighing in at 200 lbs not uncommon. Largely because of tough winters causing selective survival and agricultural food sources, these are among largest deer in North America.

I killed a wall hanger buck scoring between 140- 165 every year except one. Occasional 170-180 class bucks were harvested as well. Rut was raging during their 10 day season which seemed to be opening second Saturday in November though the following Sunday week.


We hunted box blinds, popups, and did some spot & stalks. Also drove around some until we spotted a buck tending a hot doe. Then would get out of vehicles and sneak closer to get shot with a shooting stick.

With intense rut happening it was hard not to see bucks on almost every sit. The alfalfa, corn, and bean fields were loaded with deer each evening and trails leading to them along drainages were money spots. This family knew the best places that produced year after year, so everyone got opportunities.

Weather ranges from 40's to sub zero blizzards on occasion at that time of year. Artic style Muck boots worked well for me, and dressing in layers with large fleece parkas and bibs.

Feel free to PM any questions as well.

[Cawnlu]

I rifle hunted north central Nebraska from 2010 until 2015, near Mills, south of Gregory, South Dakota on the Keya Paya River. Absolutely loved it. My hunts were company sponsored with customers on an 18,000 acre operation owned by a family that also outfitted for pheasants and Spring turkey, Quality of bucks, hunting guides, and facilities was above average and so I don't claim this is typical for NE.


Open agricultural fields with brushy drainages and woodlots interspersed on larger farms. Bucks weighed 270 lbs or more at 4.5 years of age, does weighing in at 200 lbs not uncommon. Largely because of tough winters causing selective survival and agricultural food sources, these are among largest deer in North America.

I killed a wall hanger buck scoring between 140- 165 every year except one. Occasional 170-180 class bucks were harvested as well. Rut was raging during their 10 day season which seemed to be opening second Saturday in November though the following Sunday week.


We hunted box blinds, popups, and did some spot & stalks. Also drove around some until we spotted a buck tending a hot doe. Then would get out of vehicles and sneak closer to get shot with a shooting stick.

With intense rut happening it was hard not to see bucks on almost every sit. The alfalfa, corn, and bean fields were loaded with deer each evening and trails leading to them along drainages were money spots. This family knew the best places that produced year after year, so everyone got opportunities.

Weather ranges from 40's to sub zero blizzards on occasion at that time of year. Artic style Muck boots worked well for me, and dressing in layers with large fleece parkas and bibs.

Feel free to PM any questions as well.

Awesome information, thank you! That's the kind of stuff I was hoping to learn. I'm seriously looking into doing that.