Mountain Lion Season To Expand

Nebraska’s mountain lion country will ring in the new year with the busiest hunting season to date for the species, including the first regulated hunt in the Wildcat Hills region.

Mountain lion season is divided into three units and begins Jan. 2. The season ends immediately in each unit when its limit, or a sub-limit of females, has been met or when the season closes at the end of February. If limits aren’t met, an auxiliary season will be conducted March 15-31.

It will be Nebraska’s largest harvest to date if hunters are successful. Most action will occur in the Pine Ridge of northwestern Ne...