Okay, here’s your task for the week. Compile a list of all the people you have fished with and send me your results. Spending the last 5 minutes doing the same, I came up with 41 people after compiling a similar list a few years ago and remembering even more. …
By Jeff Kurrus Northwest Farms is located off of Highway 4 just west of Senatobia, Mississippi. A gravel road lined on both sides by a white picket fence more than 20 years ago led my cousin, dad, and I to a series of farm ponds where we bass fished what …
The plan is to make this year’s fishing trips different than any other. I am doing so because I find myself curious as to the fishing tactics of others, and I’m a little bit tired of doing things the way I’ve done them for so long. Traditionally, my springs and …
Followers of NEBRASKAland’s Afield and Afloat blog will be seeing new online additions to our team in an effort to provide you with excellent content on the web. These online additions include: Michael Forsberg’s From the Field- Former staffer turned acclaimed photographer Michael Forsberg will provide us with information on …
I have no idea how old I was. During these dreams, I really never do. But they always go back to me picking up a bat and trying to keep my hands inside the baseball. My stance is usually more upright too, giving me more power and plate coverage. Old …
Caption: A cavalryman from “Nebraska’s Own” Fifth U.S. Cavalry at Fort McPherson, near present-day North Platte… with some digital embellishment. NSHS RG0951-24 In his 1873 journal, a Third Cavalry army officer stationed at Fort McPherson, Nebraska described the colorful language of one of the civilian teamsters: “He could swear more in …
I cannot count the number of conversations I have found myself in with people about hunting and fishing. However, this goes beyond those whose free moments are filled with these activities. Instead, these conversations come from those you least expect it – a random shopper at a local supermarket, a …
By Jeff Kurrus For those of you who have been keeping up, or to you who are new to this blog, I am just finishing up a turkey hunting essay that I need a title for. I’m entirely open to ideas, and would rather use yours than my own because …
By Jeff Kurrus For those still with me, today was a good day. I think I found the general direction I want to go. At this stage, my essay will be anchored by a turkey hunt I had last year, and interrupted by general observations I have had of turkeys …
I have issues with my work thus far, those that have crept into my thoughts throughout the writing of this piece. 1) There’s a fine line between entertaining and cute. Cute is no good. Entertaining is. So when I am trying to write a piece that will convey the message …
