If you’re like me, you probably saw numerous bald eagles in Nebraska this winter and early spring — if not on the wing then in photographs circulating the Internet. The bald eagle’s resurgence is a true conservation success story. Today, though, I find it appropriate to give a little publicity …
[ Submitted by Commissioner Mick Jensen] After my last turkey hunting excursion to Lynch, Nebraska with Commissioner Fisher, I decided to try again with friends from Atlanta, Georgia and Minneapolis, Minnesota. After getting permission from Gene and Kelsey Timperely, we headed back to ranch country. Andy Smith had joined me …
Nebraska’s fish and fishing guru Daryl Bauer of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s Fisheries Division comes to your airwaves Saturday morning on The Great Outdoor Radio Show. We have much to talk about when it comes to fishing here in the Cornhusker State this spring, don’t we? Absolutely! I …
[ Submitted by Christy Christiansen-Outdoor Education Specialist NGPC ] As an avid outdoor educator, I have taught myself to never pass up an opportunity to learn something new. I got one of those chances recently when I teamed up with Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s (NGPC) Fisheries Division for the …
On the opening morning of Nebraska’s popular Spring Shotgun Wild Turkey Hunting Season, I bring (who I believe to be) the Grandmaster of Wild Turkey Hunting to you on my one-of-a-kind Great Outdoor Radio Show presented by Mahoney State Park. Who is the Grandmaster of Turkey Hunting? It’s this man! …
As some have already seen, the female laid a second egg midday on this cold and snowy April 11th. After the female laid the egg, the male tended to the clutch-in-progress. He was not providing much in the way of good views of the eggs. The second eggs came as …
“While I’m there” means making a photo anytime you can, regardless of how much time you have. A lot of the photos I get are happenstance, going to or from a place where I plan to shoot. Below are a couple of recent examples. JK
[ Submitted by Christy Christiansen-Outdoor Education Specialist NGPC ] As an avid outdoor educator, I have taught myself to never pass up an opportunity to learn something new. I got one of those chances recently when I teamed up with Nebraska Game and Parks Commission’s (NGPC) Fisheries Division for the …
I realize Nebraska does not spring to mind when anglers think of the top fishing destinations on the continent. I realize even more that it does not rank high on the list of places to go catch the “king of North American freshwater sport fish”, the muskie. Maybe that is …
In the last 24 hours the Omaha-metro area has recorded at least an inch of rain in most locations and more precipitation is continuing to fall! As I glance around our Omaha Office location of Game and Parks, it appears that the grass started greening up almost overnight! I can’t …
About 150 peopled ventured out to the first ever Wanahoo Eagle Extravaganza on Saturday. The event featured the lake’s nesting pair of Bald Eagles. Activities were provided, spotting scopes were set up to view the eagles, Raptor Recovery Nebraska brought live raptors (a Barn Owl and a Broad-winged Hawk) …
For many reading this the spring turkey season may not really get underway until early this Saturday morning – the opener of the regular shotgun season. For me the season kicked off last month when I could begin chasing the birds with my bow and then got really interesting this …
When it comes to giving a tour of the Bighorn Wildlife Management Area south of Whitney, I doubt many people are as suited for the job as Greg Schenbeck. Schenbeck, a Nebraska Game and Parks Commission biologist with headquarters at the Ponderosa WMA field office near Crawford, has a leading …
To be honest, I was beginning to wonder whether the Peregrine Falcons were going to breed this year. As I have mentioned, the birds had the first egg on 26 March last year. It is not surprising that activity is a bit later this year, but going on more than …
