LINCOLN, Neb. – Regulations for hunting in designated zones of state park areas for the 2012-2013 seasons has been approved by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. The park areas, which will be posted with signage, and approved hunts are: Branched Oak State Recreation Area (SRA) – Archery deer, Nov. …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Jacob Hueftle, 22, of Broken Bow, pled guilty in federal court on April 4 to two counts of interstate transportation of illegally killed deer. Following an investigation in which Hueftle and nine others committed scores of game violations, he made a plea agreement and paid a $10,000 …
LINCOLN, Neb. – A viral disease is killing deer along the Platte River and possibly over a much wider area, according to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. There have been reports of dead deer in and near the river in eastern Nebraska. Epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EHD) is a hemorrhagic …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission will train bow hunter education instructors Aug. 23 in Norfolk. Apprentice volunteer instructors will be trained at Norfolk Printing Company, 302 Phillips St. Training begins at 6 p.m. Register by Aug. 22 at huntsafenebraska.org, then click on “Become a Volunteer Hunter …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The following is a listing of Nebraska Game and Parks Commission events and important dates in August: Aug. 1 – Becoming an Outdoors-Woman muzzleloader workshop, Platte River State Park (SP), 402-471-5547. Aug. 1 – Wild About Elk, Wildcat Hills Nature Center, 308-436-3777. Aug. 1 – Squirrel hunting …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Life at an 1820s military post will be depicted at Living History Weekend at Fort Atkinson State Historical Park on Aug. 4-5 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Visit with re-enactors portraying soldiers, laundresses, coopers, blacksmiths, butter makers and others. The weekend will feature a discussion of the Monroe …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Game and Parks Commissioners will consider staff recommendations for 2012 waterfowl and crow hunting regulations when they meet July 27. The meeting begins at 8 a.m. at Game and Parks’ Lincoln headquarters, 2200 N. 33rd St. A public hearing for the waterfowl recommendations will begin …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Family Fishing Night at Omaha’s Benson Park Pond on July 24 will have an added attraction: fly-fishing. In addition to the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s standard fishing activities, Trout Unlimited members will give fly-fishing demonstrations and instruction. A limited number of fly rods will be available …
LINCOLN, Neb. – The Cowboy Recreation and Nature Trail segment from Norfolk’s TaHaZouka Park to the west end of Battle Creek has reopened to public use. Completed work on that 11-mile stretch includes the replacement of one bridge and repair of a nearby wash-out, repair of another bridge, and trail …
LINCOLN, Neb. – Four juveniles were injured July 16 when a collision took place on Jeffrey Reservoir involving two personal watercraft and a johnboat. One of the injured was treated at the scene. The other three were transported to Gothenburg Memorial Hospital with minor injuries. Two of those three were …
