Nebraska wildlife management areas: every area with its own page

175 Game and Parks wildlife management areas open to hunting have a page here, 176,728 mapped acres in all. The largest are Calamus Reservoir WMA, Merritt Reservoir WMA, Medicine Creek WMA, Swanson Reservoir WMA and Clear Creek WMA.

Data updated October 2026. Areas: Game and Parks' property layer and the 2026-27 Public Access Atlas.

Map of Nebraska with the 175 WMAs that have a FilledTag page, sized by acres, over public land and deer unit lines — Each dot is an area with a page; bigger dots are bigger areas. Dashed lines are deer units.

Which WMAs are in Nebraska?

Area	Mapped acres	County	Deer unit	Species listed
Alexandria WMA	1,208	Jefferson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Alfon C. Haring Memorial WMA	313	Franklin	Republican
Arcadia Diversion Dam WMA	884	Custer	Loup West
Arrowhead WMA	317	Gage	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Aspinwall Bend WMA	146	Nemaha	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Ballards Marsh WMA	1,589	Cherry	Sandhills and Calamus West
Bassway Strip WMA	906	Buffalo	Buffalo
Basswood Ridge WMA	340	Dakota	Elkhorn
Bazile Creek WMA	3,972	Knox	Missouri
Big Alkali Lake WMA	930	Cherry	Sandhills
Bighorn WMA	1,270	Dawes	Pine Ridge
Blue Hole WMA	253	Buffalo	Buffalo
Bluestem WMA	362	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Bluewing WMA	315	Clay	Republican
Bobcat WMA	885	Brown	Keya Paha
Bohemia Prairie WMA	678	Knox	Missouri
Bordeaux WMA	1,769	Dawes	Pine Ridge
Bowwood WMA	320	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Box Butte Reservoir WMA	2,001	Dawes	Plains
Bramble WMA	92	Saunders and Dodge	Wahoo	Deer, Pheasant, Rabbit
Branched Oak WMA	2,868	Lancaster	Wahoo	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Buckskin Hills WMA	340	Dixon	Missouri
Buffalo Creek WMA	4,001	Banner and Scotts Bluff	Upper Platte
Bur Oak WMA	139	Seward	Blue Northwest	Deer, Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel
Burchard WMA	558	Pawnee	Blue Southeast
Burton's Bend WMA	63	Furnas	Republican
Calamus Reservoir WMA	9,939	Loup and Garfield	Calamus West
Cedar Canyon WMA	2,259	Scotts Bluff	Upper Platte
Cedar Valley WMA	868	Lincoln	Platte
Chadron Creek Ranch WMA	2,417	Dawes	Pine Ridge
Chat Canyon WMA	451	Cherry	Sandhills
Chester Island WMA	94	Lincoln	Platte
Chet and Jane Fliesbach WMA	424	Morrill	Upper Platte
Clear Creek WMA	6,112	Keith and Garden	Platte
Conestoga Lake WMA	394	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Cornhusker WMA	847	Hall	Buffalo
Cottonwood/Steverson WMA	2,918	Cherry	Sandhills
Cozad WMA	192	Dawson	Buffalo
Crescent Lake WMA	86	Garden	Plains
Darr Strip WMA	1,003	Dawson	Buffalo
Davis Creek WMA	3,158	Valley and Greeley	Loup East
Deep Well WMA	238	Hamilton	Buffalo
Diamond Lake WMA	296	Gage	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Divoky Acres WMA	162	Saline	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Dogwood WMA	429	Dawson	Buffalo
Don Dworak WMA	931	Nance	Loup East
Dry Creek WMA	319	Holt	Calamus East and Missouri
Dry Sandy WMA	192	Thayer	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
East Hershey WMA	40	Lincoln	Platte
East Odessa WMA	123	Buffalo	Buffalo
Elk Point Bend WMA	624	Dixon	Missouri
Elwood Reservoir WMA	864	Gosper	Buffalo
Enders Reservoir WMA	4,359	Chase	Frenchman
Father Hupp WMA	159	Thayer	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Waterfowl
Flathead WMA	255	Jefferson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Quail, Rabbit
Flatsedge WMA	80	Polk	Wahoo	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Fort Robinson WMA	637	Sioux	Pine Ridge
Four-Mile Creek WMA	106	Richardson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Fred Thomas WMA	203	Rock	Keya Paha
Frye Lake WMA	345	Grant	Sandhills
George D. Syas WMA	919	Platte	Loup East
Gifford Point WMA	1,490	Sarpy	Wahoo	Deer, Rabbit, Squirrel, Turkey
Gilbert-Baker WMA	2,439	Sioux	Pine Ridge
Goose Lake WMA	330	Holt	Calamus East
Grove Lake WMA	1,896	Antelope	Missouri
Guide Rock Diversion Dam WMA	534	Webster	Republican
Harold W. Andersen WMA	254	Howard	Loup East
Hershey WMA	133	Lincoln	Platte
Hickory Ridge WMA	557	Johnson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Hidden Marsh WMA	159	York	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Jack Sinn Memorial WMA	1,632	Lancaster and Saunders	Wahoo	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
James N. Douglas WMA	1,117	Johnson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Keller WMA	644	Brown	Keya Paha
Killdeer WMA	89	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Kinter's Ford WMA	210	Richardson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Kiowa WMA	521	Scotts Bluff	Upper Platte
Kirkpatrick Basin South WMA	416	York	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Kissinger Basin WMA	482	Clay	Republican
Larkspur WMA	163	Saunders	Wahoo	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Lee Rupp WMA	68	Platte	Loup East
Leonard A. Koziol WMA	389	Howard	Loup East
Limestone Bluffs WMA	481	Franklin	Republican
Little Blue WMA	295	Thayer	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Little Salt Creek WMA	255	Lancaster	Wahoo	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Lores Branch WMA	130	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel
Loup Bottoms WMA	85	Howard	Loup East
Margrave WMA	105	Richardson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Marsh Duck WMA	154	York	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Waterfowl
Marsh Hawk WMA	171	Fillmore	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Marsh Wren WMA	153	Howard	Loup East
Martin's Reach WMA	126	Hall	Buffalo
Mayberry WMA	201	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Medicine Creek WMA	8,639	Frontier	Frenchman
Memphis Lake WMA	106	Saunders	Wahoo	Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit, Squirrel
Meridian WMA	403	Thayer	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Merritt Reservoir WMA	9,104	Cherry	Sandhills
Metcalf WMA	3,272	Sheridan	Pine Ridge
Milburn Dam WMA	675	Blaine	Loup West
Montz Point WMA	901	Scotts Bluff	Upper Platte
Muskrat Run WMA	223	Lincoln	Platte
Myrtle E. Hall WMA	1,950	Loup and Custer	Loup West
Nick Lyman WMA	696	Rock	Calamus West
Niobrara Confluence WMA	1,220	Knox	Missouri
North Lake Basin WMA	362	Seward	Wahoo	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
North River WMA	651	Lincoln	Platte
Oak Glen WMA	635	Seward	Wahoo	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Oak Valley WMA	627	Madison	Elkhorn
Ogallala Strip WMA	461	Keith	Platte
Olive Creek WMA	363	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Osage WMA	766	Johnson	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Pawnee Lake WMA	668	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Pawnee Prairie WMA	1,119	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Pawnee Slough WMA	70	Lincoln	Platte
Peru Bottoms WMA	855	Nemaha	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Peterson Lake WMA	141	Rock	Calamus West
Peterson WMA	4,209	Sioux	Pine Ridge
Pine Glen WMA	961	Brown	Keya Paha
Pintail WMA	481	Hamilton	Republican
Platte WMA	233	Lincoln	Platte
Plum Creek Valley WMA	1,307	Brown	Calamus West
Ponderosa WMA	4,699	Dawes	Pine Ridge
Powder Creek WMA	465	Dixon	Missouri
Powder Horn WMA	275	Dodge	Elkhorn
Prairie Knoll WMA	120	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Pressey WMA	1,650	Custer	Buffalo
Rakes Creek WMA	315	Cass	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Randall W. Schilling WMA	1,760	Cass	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit
Rat and Beaver Lake WMA	242	Cherry	Sandhills
Red Fox WMA	372	Stanton	Elkhorn
Red Willow Reservoir WMA	5,217	Frontier and Red Willow	Frenchman
Red Wing WMA	317	Antelope	Calamus East
Redbird WMA	431	Holt	Missouri
Redhead WMA	172	Fillmore	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Waterfowl
Redtail WMA	317	Butler	Wahoo	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Renquist Basin WMA	107	York	Wahoo	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Rock Glen WMA	703	Jefferson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Grouse, Quail
Rose Creek WMA	652	Jefferson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Sacramento-Wilcox WMA	2,269	Phelps	Republican
Sandpiper WMA	159	Fillmore	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Waterfowl
Schlagel Creek WMA	611	Cherry	Sandhills
Shell Lake WMA	380	Cherry	Sandhills
Sherman Reservoir WMA	4,150	Sherman	Loup East
Shypoke WMA	160	Seward	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Smith Lake WMA	659	Sheridan	Plains
Sora WMA	307	Fillmore	Republican	Dove, Pheasant, Rabbit, Waterfowl
South Fork WMA	271	Richardson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
South Pine WMA	443	Brown	Calamus West
Spikerush WMA	195	York	Wahoo	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Stagecoach Lake WMA	206	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Straight Water WMA	238	Seward	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Waterfowl
Swan Creek WMA	155	Saline	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Swanson Reservoir WMA	8,059	Hitchcock	Frenchman
Table Rock WMA	420	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Taylor's Branch WMA	240	Pawnee	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Teal WMA	90	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Dove, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Thomas C. Matter WMA	148	Richardson	Blue Southeast	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Thomas Creek WMA	1,138	Keya Paha	Keya Paha
Triple Creek WMA	79	Otoe	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Twin Lakes WMA	1,224	Seward	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Two Rivers WMA	240	Douglas	Wahoo	Deer, Dove, Quail, Rabbit
Wagon Train WMA	456	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Wapiti WMA	1,863	Lincoln	Platte
West Gothenburg WMA	44	Lincoln	Platte
West Sacramento WMA	396	Phelps	Republican
White Front WMA	282	Clay	Republican
Wildwood WMA	484	Lancaster	Wahoo	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Wilkinson WMA	934	Platte	Loup East
Williams Gap WMA	2,432	Banner	Upper Platte
Willow Island WMA	76	Dawson	Buffalo
Willow Lake B.C. WMA	513	Brown	Calamus West
Wilson Creek WMA	42	Otoe	Blue Southeast	Dove, Pheasant, Quail, Rabbit
Wiseman WMA	380	Cedar	Missouri
Wood Duck WMA	1,831	Stanton	Elkhorn
Yankee Hill WMA	928	Lancaster	Blue Northwest	Deer, Dove, Pheasant, Quail
Yellowbanks WMA	673	Madison	Elkhorn

Acres measured by FilledTag from Game and Parks properties (WMAs, recreation areas, parks). 93 more areas on the agency's map have no page of their own: small ones next to a bigger area are named on its page, and the rest have too little published about them to fill one.

What rules apply on every WMA?

Unless otherwise posted, big game hunting is allowed on all wildlife management areas.
Hunting is allowed on most state recreation areas beginning the Tuesday following Labor Day, with hunting prohibited within 100 yards of any public use facility or activity area.
Nebraska state parks, wayside areas, hatcheries, reserves and state refuges are closed to hunting unless otherwise posted.
Use of ATVs and UTVs is not allowed on public lands unless specifically permitted by the managing agency.
Portable tree stands may not be installed, used or left in place Feb. 1 through Aug. 15; permanent stands attached with nails, screws, bolts or wire are unlawful.
Camping is allowed unless posted; fires only in fireplaces, grills or fire rings Game and Parks provides.
Target shooting is allowed on most WMAs outside the metro areas unless posted.
Dogs are not allowed on WMAs May 1 through July 31, except in authorized dog training areas.

Source: Game and Parks' 2026-27 Public Access Atlas, page 4; Game and Parks' 2026 Big Game Guide, page 29.

Questions hunters ask

What is the largest WMA in Nebraska?

Calamus Reservoir WMA at 9,939 mapped acres, then Merritt Reservoir WMA (9,104), Medicine Creek WMA (8,639) and Swanson Reservoir WMA (8,059).

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Sources: Game and Parks' 2026-27 Public Access Atlas; Game and Parks properties (WMAs, recreation areas, parks). FilledTag is not part of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission.

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