Annually September 1 marks the first official wing-shooting season of the fall. It is celebrated by many of us firing 3-shot salutes to the little gray-winged speedsters we call doves – and missing. Mourning doves are the most hunted gamebird in the U.S., with more shotgun shells being shot at …
The 2012 spring turkey season is over – has been for 4 days now. I guess I knew it would come, but why did it have to come to an end so quickly? If I were to sum up my spring season in one word it would have to be …
Memorial Day has reminded me of those that have helped make the Good Life possible and allowed us to chase our outdoor adventures with the zeal in which many of us do… I am a Nebraskan by choice – and it was a good choice. If you have an itch …
So there were four of us in the turkey blind that morning – all four of us. My 6-year old daughter was fast asleep, 8-year old son was calling birds while my wife and I enjoyed the show. First a couple of jakes flew down not 70 yards away. A …
Ok, so here we sit on the eve of the opener for the 2012 Shotgun Spring Turkey Season in Nebraska and the weather folks aren’t predicting what us turkey hunters had in mind. They’re saying maybe some wind and rain – perhaps even some nasty stuff. Now, as an addicted …
Many life lessons are taught at summer camp – and perhaps a myth or two as well. Such things as how wet you really can get when you tip your canoe and that daddy long-legs really aren’t the most poisonous spider on the planet – heck, they are not even …
Each year, after the end of deer season, the metro-area archery mentors and their young hunters gather for an evening of celebrating the past season and feasting on the fruits of the program. This year’s event may have been the best yet – plenty of good eats and memories to …
I don’t think you should be able to call yourself a true pheasant hunter until you are carefully taking possession of a long-tailed, pointy-spurred, January ringneck from your trusty four-legged spaniel. This rooster was not the result of an accidental encounter in an easy-to-walk, short-grassed field that a group of …
Calling all predators. This week Conservation Officer Stacey Lewton will be in-studio to talk about coyotes, foxes and bobcats and the skills needed to match wits with Nebraska’s most cunning predators. The Nebraska Outdoors Radio Show runs every Thursday from 6 to 7 p.m. (CST) on KFOR 1240 AM in Lincoln …
Rooster! This week is all about upland birds, and pheasants in particular. NGPC Biologist Scott Taylor will be in-studio to discuss current populations, management challenges and programs of the NGPC aimed at increasing upland bird numbers. If you are a pheasant enthusiast, you will want to be part of this conversation! …
