Another mountain lion limit reached in Nebraska; one Panhandle unit remains

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The 2025 mountain lion hunting season in Nebraska’s Wildcat Hills Unit closed Sunday after three cats were killed.

The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said regulations require the unit to be closed once the annual harvest limit of three mountain lions is reached.

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The Pine Ridge Unit remains open, with three mountain lions killed as of Sunday. The harvest limit there is 12 cats, with a sublimit of six females.

The Niobrara Unit met its limit on Thursday.

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An extra hunting season would be added from March 15 to 31 if the limit in the Pine Ridge Unit is not reached.

This is the state’s eighth mountain lion season, with the first one opening in 2014.