Nebraskaland Magazine
I am currently in the field enjoying spending quality time with family and friends during Nebraska’s 2015 firearm deer hunting season (despite some of our ever-changing Nebraska weather conditions, HA!).
We are seeing improved numbers of white-tailed deer on our farm and the adjacent farms that we hunt in southeastern Nebraska and had success on the opening weekend.
My 18 year-old son Noah, a high school senior, who has enjoyed playing football at Omaha’s Creighton Prep High School, sums up his firearm deer hunting experience in this rather unique way.
Deer hunting for me is a quiet, intensely personal sport I share with my Dad. It’s one that has no grandstands, no spectators, no concession stands. It’s one that takes you away from the Smart phones, big screen TVs, XBox games and a lot more. It gives me a great opportunity to talk to my Dad without being interrupted.
Deer hunting forces you to slow down, focus, be still and patient, and observe nature in a very close way.
The wildlife we see and hear sitting in a treestand or ground blind makes deer hunting so special — the chatter of a fox squirrel, coyotes yipping in the distance and watching those “crazy” wild turkey flocks.
There are no home field advantages in deer hunting like there are in football. In fact, every time I go deer hunting, I see it as an away game against the toughest of competitors – white-tailed deer – who have keen senses and know their home field intricately.
The hours of this unique sport are measured by the path of the sun, rather than by a scoreboard clock and that’s one of the many things I like about it!
Deer hunting is like no other sport I have ever experienced, it’s more of a lifestyle, and it’s hard to describe how incredible it is!
