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SHOOTING SPORTS AND OPEN PHONES ON THE BROADCASTS

On this week’s outdoors-related broadcasts it’s about shooting sports and open phones! First, on my WOWT-TV/Channel 6 Weekly Outdoor Report out of Omaha, NE, we’re heading to the Roger G. Sykes Shooting Sports Complex within the boundaries of Platte River State Park  near Louisville, NE  for some target shooting fun with family! Channel 6′s outdoor report airs …

MORE ON THE LAKE WANAHOO OPENER

Click the following link for another article on the Lake Wanahoo Opener yesterday written by my good friend and outdoor writer David Hendee of the Omaha World-Herald newspaper: http://www.omaha.com/article/20120428/SPORTS07/704289853/-1#hendee-wanahoo-makes-a-splash-with-anglers

LAKE WANAHOO OPENER

  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  

SNEAK PEEK OF WANAHOO ON THE WATER

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 …

NEW BIG GAME BROCHURE ONLINE

  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 …

WANAHOO, RVS FEATURED ON BROADCASTS

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 …

OLD SCHOOL TURKEY HUNTING, HENS ARE NESTING

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 …

THE NEW APACHE CAMPER CENTER TV COMMERCIAL

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 …

WHY I THOROUGHLY ENJOY SPRING WILD TURKEY HUNTING

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 …

IMPORTANT, PERTINENT DESOTO NOTES

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 …

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Greg Wagner serves as the  public information officer in the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Omaha Office. On a weekly basis, you can catch him with various broadcast, print, social, or electronic media outlets creatively conveying natural resource conservation messages as well as promoting outdoor activities and destinations in Nebraska.

Greg's e-mail address:  greg.wagner@nebraska.gov

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