Join Hershy and I this Thursday from 6-7 pm on 1240 AM KFOR Lincoln for the Nebraska Outdoor Show. Our guest will be Boating Law Administrator Herb Angell who will discuss with us some of the safer boating practices and rules to remember for the upcoming season. Feel free to join …
Maybe it is because we as humans long for the great outdoors and a connection to our natural wild heritage. Maybe its just plain fun. Either way, camping is the ultimate family bonding experience! Days spent hiking, fishing, swimming, boating followed by nights under the stars in a comfy tent …
Thousands of us nuts love to invest hundreds of hours each year chasing the wild turkey across all the haunts it calls home. We do this for too many reasons to list here but one reason is because of the awesome culinary experience that wild turkeys, along with most wild …
We completed our last Expo of the season at Fort Kearny State Rec. Area last week and what a blast. Several hundred volunteers and Commission staff turned out for an educational event that impacted several thousand school kids and families. Schools and families could participate in rifle, shotgun, muzzleloaders, archery, …
Many of you will remember the first time Dad, Mom or Grandpa took you shooting. That gun represented represented everything that was wild along with your own freedom and coming of age. You were proud to handle it and even more proud when you hit the target! The look on …
Hershy and I had a chance to visit the Bighorn Sheep population in western, NE near the Wildcat Hills as the wind last week was blowing 60+ mph and the sheep were all on the south slope of the Cedar Canyon WMA. We were not disappointed! Another great success story …
Our second Expo, this time in Scottsbluff, NE, has just finished and Hershy and I, along with a whole host of other NGPC staff and dedicated volunteers, introduced nearly 500 youth and teachers to the shooting sports this week. We pulled into town around midnight last night and I already miss …
Not got your bird yet? Don’t worry! This is possibly the best part of the turkey breeding season…the rut! Turkeys are actively pursuing and breeding hens right now. Much of this breeding takes place in the first few hours of the morning right off the roost. You may have noticed birds …
So often that big tom you are calling to will just hang up 100 yards or so from your position. You want to just sneak up to him but that would be dangerous and likely a bust. You yelp, cluck, purr and he just keeps sounding off with that hair …
When talking to hunters, a number of questions usually revolve around tactics for getting closer to or finding more toms. One key element that deer hunters know is to hunt good food sources. Now, when you shoot that big tom and open his crop, you will notice it is likely empty. The toms are usually feeding very …
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