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Nebraska hopes to manage mountain lions like any other game animal. (Courtesy Nebraska Game and Parks Commission)
By Steve Rogers, OutdoorChannel.com
Outdoor officials in Nebraska are set to vote on draft regulations for a limited mountain lion hunting season in the state.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will vote May 24 in Chadron, Neb. The proposed season would allow hunters to kill three mountain lions during two open seasons in the Pine Ridge area, an escarpment between the Niobrara River and the White River in the far northwestern corner of the state.
"The commission intends to manage mountain lions like we do other game animals like deer, elk and bighorn sheep, and that may include a limited harvest," Sam Wilson, a mountain lion expert for the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, told the Journal-Star in...