001.12 Novice Hunter Education Programs 001.12A Special events permitted by the Commission for novice hunter education programs may be held on private land for upland game birds between September 1 and March 30 of each year. 001.12A1 All participants in any novice hunter education event shall be of the ages 12 through 15 and must have successfully completed a recognized hunter education course. 001.12A2 Adults accompanying youth will not be allowed to harvest game. 001.12A3 All novice hunter education events shall be organized by a conservation organization or the Commission. 001.12A4 The organizing entity for each novice hunter education event shall apply for a permit from the Commission. The application shall state the species to be harvested, sponsoring organization, contact person for the event, number of participants, source of birds obtained from a licensed nonresident breeder, a Game Breeding and Controlled Shooting Area Permit holder or Captive Wildlife Permit holder and requested dates. Application forms are available to submit such information to the Commission. 001.12A5 The organizing entity for each novice hunter education event shall provide, with their permit request, the rules proposed for governing the hunt. 001.12B Organizations sponsoring novice hunter education events shall provide birds obtained from a licensed nonresident breeder, a Game Breeding and Controlled Shooting Area Permit holder or Captive Wildlife Permit holder, shall mark them with bands approved by the Commission, and shall retain receipts/sales tags in their possession. The Commission may waive the banding requirement if birds are obtained from Commission sources. 001.12C All birds taken during permitted novice hunter education events shall be accompanied by custody tags.
Citation: 163 Neb. Admin. Code Ch. 4, 001