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Nebr. Water wolves #7290063
06/20/21 05:57 AM
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The Nebr Game and Parks Commission approved a trapping season on otters. There is going to be a statewide quota of 75 otters. Once that number is reached, season will be shut down. Every year a lot are caught by beaver trappers. At least if otters are caught, they can be kept. To bad they aren't worth something.

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290067
06/20/21 06:07 AM
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How long do you think it will take to fill the quota?

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290084
06/20/21 06:52 AM
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I bet it won't take long. The season runs from Nov 1 to Febr. Would be surprised if it made it till Dec.

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290090
06/20/21 07:21 AM
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It won't take long...


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Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290108
06/20/21 07:54 AM
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Sounds like the wolf season we had a few years back. I think it took 4 days to make our quota. Not a enough time to let the make their travel patterns.

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290181
06/20/21 09:46 AM
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Unless you actually trap where they are relatively concentrated, the chance of an incidental catch is low. I have caught a few by accident here but only when doing beaver work. And I knew they were there due to all the sign. Trapping coons, rats, mink on the smaller creeks in NE Nebr. has showed no consistent otter sign in my 32 years here. Major river systems are another story. The Platte, Elkhorn, Loop, Niobrara, etc., and (of course) the Missouri hold a concentrated population where a person interested, could catch one. Don't know why the smaller water courses don't show any sign like they did when I lived and trapped otter in Minn. Guessing it could be the food as there are plenty of beaver colonies to provide cover here. Pulled some beaver traps (prematurely) this April as there was a lot of otter sign at one of my jobs. Thought to leave the pair alone long enough to pull off a litter if they could. Getting soft in my old age .LOL............ the mike

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290184
06/20/21 09:53 AM
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I had to stop trapping beaver on the Niobrara as the otters wouldn't stay out of the traps.


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Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290199
06/20/21 10:14 AM
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We have a limited season. Two per trapper butAfter 600 in the state have been reached you can't keep them.

Re: Nebr. Water wolves [Re: LDW] #7290209
06/20/21 10:23 AM
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Wildlife managers always play the safe game. They think they know roughly what the otter population is so set a quota. Truthfully, they have no idea if that quota is good or not. 75 across the whole state of Nebraska seems pretty low. Better management plan would be to set season dates with no limit. Do that for a few years. Average catch over a few years would be a better indication of true population.

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