As I write this, there is less than 48 hours before the opening of the pheasant & quail season – and I can hardly wait. I realize that this fall’s outlook may not be the best for either species, but it hasn’t dampened my spirits any. Anticipation of the hunt is …
“So close, yet so far” – Whoever coined this phrase must have been a bow hunter. I had been perched in my treestand for about an hour, and already witnessed several fox squirrels and a raccoon use the well worn deer-trail that forked just 15 yards in front of me, …
I often get asked what my favorite type of hunting is. Honestly, I don’t think I could pick just one species which is usually the intent of the question. Comparing one type of hunting to another is actually pretty tough. There’s the pleasure of seeing a good dog work a …
There are few things as amazing as watching a Nebraska marsh wake-up in September – teal season is the perfect excuse to do just that. With some free time this morning that’s exactly what I set out to do. The hope was yesterday’s cool down pushed more teal into central Nebraska …
…While writing this I was informed that the Commissioners have approved the proposed 2011/12 waterfowl hunting seasons at this morning’s meeting which includes the special teal seasons – time to dust off those decoys!…now back to my original post… Reading the September/October 2011 issue of Ducks Unlimited’s magazine has got …
With 10 days before the September 1 opener, the doves winging around are looking a lot tastier to me. I can even hear the sizzle of the grill with each dove that passes by within 25 yards. With a few days, and a weekend, before the real fun gets started here …
Each year, at about this time, I head to the backyard and drape pieces of camouflage across the branches of a certain white pine. Sure it causes some interesting conversations among my neighbors – but the purpose goes beyond the celebration of the upcoming hunting seasons. Archery deer season is …
…I have longed maintained that hunting involves the entire family – even if all the family members don’t actively hunt…just ask the Mom who has to get Junior ready for his first pheasant hunt, the big sister that shuttles her younger, bow-hunting sister around, or the chef that turns the …
…with a spring turkey permit still in my pocket, my personal goal this week was to spend a few mornings chasing turkeys – it didn’t last long… …the alarm went off at that ‘way-too-early’ time Monday morning and it was with some internal-struggle that I finally got out of bed…the wind wasn’t …
…this past Saturday afternoon found all four of us – Emma (5 yrs), Logan (7 yrs), Leslie (age withheld) & Me – in a ground blind hoping to strike up a conversation with a lonely tom turkey…not long into our sit, and without hearing any turkey music, a hen came …
