A quick blog post to share an article with you done by our friends at the Lincoln Journal Star newspaper on the Lake Wanahoo Opener this morning: http://journalstar.com/news/state-and-regional/nebraska/boaters-line-up-early-for-lake-wanahoo-opening/article_c5703367-4786-5add-9103-2fed831ac8f7.html
The big, new Lake Wanahoo just north of Wahoo, NE – the state’s newest reservoir – opens to fishing, no-wake boating and camping this Saturday morning, April 28th, at 8 o’clock. Despite a cool weather forecast, the excitement for the opener of this 662-water acre reservoir is building! Let me tell you that in …
A quick blog to let you know, fellow Nebraska big game hunters, that the new 2012 Nebraska Big Game Hunting Guide brochure is now available to you online here: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/hunting/guides/biggame/pdfs/biggame.pdf Check it out and the note the changes for this year. I’m excited for big game hunting this fall here in …
For television this week, there’s no doubt that Lake Wanahoo just north of Wahoo, NE will be center stage on my WOWT-TV/Channel 6 Weekly Outdoor Report. This beautiful 662-water acre reservoir built for fish opens to fishing and camping at 8 a.m. this Saturday, April 28th. Find out more about Wanahoo and see video of …
Nice gobbler #2 called in and bagged after dinner yesterday evening accompanied by my oldest son Zach in northern Douglas County here in Nebraska. Worked this bird with calls for some 25-30 minutes before he strutted in to within shotgun range. No blind, no decoys. Old school – camouflage clothing and and …
After receiving permission from our current deputy director and my immediate supervisor here at Game and Parks, I recently cut a new Apache Camper Center TV commercial for my good friends David and Nancy Sothan on the 45th Anniversary of their Nebraska business. I was given great freedom to put my own personal touch on the commercial thanks to …
Here’s a quick pictorial essay of why I thoroughly enjoy spring wild turkey hunting in Nebraska (despite the wrath of Mother Nature and her re-positioning my staked-down blind yesterday with gale-force winds here in eastern Nebraska). To me, spring wild turkey hunting in Nebraska means so many things. It is my excuse to slow-down, look …
Some important, pertinent notes to pass along to you regarding DeSoto Refuge … Read on … DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Blair, NE begins its fishing, boating, hiking and bird watching season on Saturday, April 14, 2012; this date is a one -year exception to the normally advertised annual opening date …
With a record high issuance of spring wild turkey hunting permits in Nebraska expected this year, the shotgun turkey season opening Saturday, not to mention all of the morel mushroom hunters, hikers, etc., the woodlands of Nebraska could be busy! So, safety and defensive hunting strategies are paramount for us spring turkey hunters to use! Below you will …
Sharing an article about ticks that ran in today’s edition of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper. I was interviewed by Bob Glissmann who did a nice, thorough job writing it! Here it is: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120410/NEWS01/704109941
