Nebraskaland Magazine
LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in August. Get more event details at Calendar.OutdoorNebraska.gov. Visit OutdoorNebraska.org for a list of hunter education classes and boating safety classes.
July 31-Aug. 2 – Learn to Hunt Camp, Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, Lincoln
Aug. 1 – Squirrel hunting season opens
Aug. 1 – Registration begins for Harvest Information Program
Aug. 1 – Family Fishing Event, Mormon Island State Recreation Area (SRA), Grand Island; Recharge Lake, York
Aug. 1, 8, 15 – Introduction to Shooting, Platte River State Park (SP), Louisville
Aug. 1, 15, 22, 29 – Wednesday Walkers, Fremont SRA, Fremont
Aug. 2. – Family Fishing Event, Windmill SRA, Gibbon; Holmes Lake, Lincoln; Skyview Lake, Norfolk
Aug. 3 – Final day for bighorn sheep lottery permit applications
Aug. 3 – Family Fishing Event, Iron Horse Lake, North Platte
Aug. 3-5 – Becoming an Outdoors-Family Camp, Ponca SP, Ponca
Aug. 4 – Family Fishing Event, Medicine Creek Reservoir, Cambridge
Aug. 4 – Kids’ Fishing Clinic, Calamus SRA, Burwell
Aug. 4 – Youth Shoreline Fishing Tournament, Louisville SRA, Louisville
Aug. 4 – Going Batty, Wildcat Hills SRA, Gering
Aug. 4 – National Park Service Mobile Ranger Station, Niobrara SP, Niobrara
Aug. 4-5 – Living History, Fort Atkinson State Historical Park (SHP), Fort Calhoun
Aug. 5 – Waterfowl Hunting/Cold Water Hypothermia Safety Class, Niobrara SP, Niobrara
Aug. 5-10 – Nebraska Star Party, Merritt Reservoir SRA, Valentine
Aug. 8 – Red Willow Family Fun Night, Red Willow Reservoir SRA, McCook
Aug. 10 – Family Fishing Event, Fort Kearny SRA Lake 6, Kearney
Aug. 10-12 – Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Powwow, Niobrara SP, Niobrara
Aug. 11 – Youth Shoreline Fishing Tournament, Memphis SRA, Memphis
Aug. 12 – Republican Valley Archery 3-D Shoot, Red Willow Reservoir SRA, McCook
Aug. 12 – Family Fishing Event, Terry’s Pit, Terrytown
Aug. 13 – 2018 fall turkey permits available beginning at 1 p.m. Central Time
Aug. 15 – Private land antlerless elk hunting season opens
Aug. 15 – Bullfrog season opens
Aug. 16 – Nebraska Game and Parks Board of Commissioners meeting, Valentine
Aug. 16 – Drawing for bighorn sheep lottery permit
Aug. 17 – Stargazing, Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland
Aug. 18 – Director’s Cup Archery Tournament, Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, Lincoln
Aug. 20 – Antelope archery hunting season opens
Aug. 24-Sept. 3 – Nebraska State Fair, Grand Island
Aug. 25 – Arrow Building and Broadhead Seminar, Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, Lincoln
Aug. 28 – Learn to Hunt Doves workshop, Nebraska Game and Parks Outdoor Education Center, Lincoln
Aug. 30 – Learn to Hunt bowhunting workshop, Eugene T. Mahoney SP, Ashland
