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VERY INTERESTING READ ABOUT DEER HUNTING IN THE U.S.

September 2, 2011 In The Wild Greg.Wagner No Comments

As you know from reading this blog, me, my family and friends thoroughly enjoy deer hunting here in Nebraska! So, after perusing this document from the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service about deer hunting in our country that was sent to me by Nebraska Master Bowhunter Education Instructor Gary Brunberg of Omaha, I knew I …

SUPER SIMPLE GRILLED DOVES

I have used this easy grilled dove recipe for years and wanted to pass it along to you – the dove hunter – with our Nebraska dove hunting season getting underway tomorrow morning. Make those shots count! Enjoy!  Wagner’s Super Simple Grilled Doves: 15 doves cleaned and de-feathered 8 jalapeños 3 pkgs of thick …

LANDOWNERS: THINK S.A.F.E.!

For my fellow Nebraska landowners, it’s time to think S.A.F.E.! That acronym stands for the State Acres For (Wildlife) Enhancement.  An additional 25,000 acres have been allocated for this program to conserve wildlife habitat in Nebraska. This means that those of you who have expired or expiring USDA Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) tracts or who have acres not …

WATCH FOOTBALL, THEN SCOUT FOR DOVES

Pssst … Shhh … I haven’t told my wife Polly this yet, but on our way back from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas tomorrow, after watching our son Micah play football for Concordia University, I’m gonna scout for doves on a few wildlife management areas. The dove hunting season opens in Nebraska on Thursday, …

NEW PUBLIC ACCESS ATLAS FOR HUNTING AND FISHING AVAILABLE

Yep, that’s the cover shot of it and copies are in! Hot off the press, the new 2011 Public Access Atlas for Hunting and Fishing in Nebraska is now available for pick up here at the Omaha Office of the Game and Parks Commission at 1212 Bob Gibson Blvd. Of course, the atlas is obtainable online …

WEED IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD FOUR-LETTER WORD

SOURCE: Nebraska Pheasants and Quail Forever conservation organization @ www.NebraskaPF.com Should I or shouldn’t I … The age old question about weeds and weed control – Every year about this time, landowners are faced with the question about what to do about annual weeds. Not noxious weeds, but things that show …

WHAT LATE SUMMER MEANS TO ME …

Through photos, here is what late summer means to me when it comes to Nebraska’s outdoor scene … Enjoy (as I have and always do)! 

NEWS ANCHOR PUT TO WORK AT FORT ROB

See Omaha’s popular WOWT-TV/Channel 6 News Anchor and my good friend John Knicely put to work at Fort Robinson State Park in northwest Nebraska by clicking this link:  Check it out.

JOIN ME IN JOHNSON

I can’t wait until Saturday afternoon when I make the trip from Omaha to Johnson, NE to see old friends, make new ones and promote outdoor activities & shooting sports for youth at a fundraiser being held by the Lewis & Clark Sportsman Club at the American Legion building there in …

GOIN’ FROGGIN’ AND TURTLIN’

You are not gonna wanna miss my Weekly Outdoor Report on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 when we go out froggin’ and turtlin’ on Thursday evening at 6 p.m. during the sportscast! Yep, them ‘Swamp People’ in Louisiana on the History Channel ain’t got nothin’ on us Cornhuskers, cause we’re in our swamps …

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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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