recommendation for northern nebraska

[Adam Hess]

Hi everyone.

 

Found this forum and gotta say -  I LOVE IT! I just started learning how to hunt last summer.

 

Anyways, I was gonna be in northwestern nebraska this weekend, and have been looking for places to fossil hunt. One place I saw was the badlands go into the northern part of nebraska near ashfall (which I guess you CANNOT collect it). I've been looking for a publically accesssible place to go to where it is allowed. Does anyone know a place they can recommend? I'm thinking just that general quadrant of the state or so for some mammal fossils.

 

Thanks

[grandpa]

Hello Adam and welcome to the forum from Austin, Tx.

[MarcoSr]

US BLM and US Forestry lands don't allow vertebrate collecting without a permit which you can only get with a huge amount of paperwork if you have a PHD and are associated with a Museum.  The rest is private property where you need owner permission to collect.  Owners typically have trespassers arrested.

 

The Heritage Ranch allows collectors for a fee.

 

https://ourheritageguestranch.com/activities/fossil-hunting/

 

 

Marco Sr.

 

[Adam Hess]

Hmm.... Blizzard today, mon, and tues means I guess this won't be happening anymore heh.

[fossilhunter21]

Hi, Adam. 

Yes, I also saw that... Oh well...  

 

Not looking forward to having another blizzard... Maybe it won't be as bad as what they say...

 

Not sure if this interests you or not, but there are quite a few nice museums around here. By the weekend the roads should be good enough to drive on. But who knows...

 

Cheers and Shalom,

 

-Micah