Mountain lion season ends in Niobrara Unit

The 2026 mountain lion hunting season in Nebraska’s Niobrara Unit closed Jan. 6 when the harvest sublimit of three females was met.

The mountain lion season remains open in the Pine Ridge and Wildcat Hills units. The Pine Ridge has a harvest limit of 12 lions with a sublimit of six females. To date, two females have been harvested. The Wildcat Hills Units has a harvest limit of three lions with a sublimit of two females. To date, no lions have been harvested.

Season 1 in all three units began Jan. 2. If the harvest limit or female sublimit in the Pine Ridge or Wildcat Hills is not reached by t...