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Moist Thoughts Have Drifted Toward Morels

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 help but think how good all of this moisture is for  …. you got it — the morel mushroom! It may turn out to be a good more mushroom hunting/picking …

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Definitely Talkin’ Turkey on WOWT Outdoors

With thousands out Saturday for Nebraska’s popular spring shotgun wild turkey hunting season opener, I’m definitely gonna be talkin’ turkey on my Weekly Outdoor Report airing on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 (www.wowt.com)!  I’ll be offering a good season outlook, some hunting tips, and I’ll talk a little safety, too! I, of course, will be among you fellow spring shotgun turkey hunters in the field after yet another big gobbler like this one! The Weekly Outdoor Report on WOWT-TV/Channel 6 and www.wowt.com airs LIVE …

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Just Messin’ with the Turkeys

Okay, today I had more fun than should be allowed spring wild turkey hunting! I continue to do what I call are observation sessions with wild turkeys (even though I am toting crossbow equipment, calls, etc. to perhaps bag a gobbler if I feel like it during this archery period). I have purchased all three of my Nebraska spring wild turkey hunting permits and habitat stamp and know full well the season is a long one with outstanding numbers of …

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To the Art Show I Go for Radio

The folks at Mahoney State Park near Ashland, NE better brace themselves once more for the Great Outdoor Radio Show I host, because I’m comin’ to broadcast at their spring art show on Saturday! Below is a pic from a prior broadcast at the event with potter Paul Nichols of Bellevue, NE! Here’s the flyer about the art show. Buy your park permit and come to the Peter Kiewit Lodge! The Great Outdoor Radio Show I host, title-sponsored by Mahoney …

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GOIN’ FISHIN’ ON WOWT OUTDOOR REPORT

We’re gonna tell you why you should wet a line in eastern Nebraska’s smaller to mid-sized reservoirs this spring on The Weekly Outdoor Report airing on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 (www.wowt.com) Thursday night. We’ll be featuring a couple of them not far from Omaha. In fact, this smaller water body (see map below) fits that bill and we’ll chat about it. What water body is it? Think crappie and largemouth bass! The Weekly Outdoor Report on WOWT/Channel 6 and www.wowt.com airs …

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MISSION’S FISHIN’ ON GREAT OUTDOOR RADIO SHOW

With so many of us just itchin’ to get on the water and wet a line, the mission’s definitely fishin’ on my Great Outdoor Radio Show Saturday morning! My special guest on the program will be Omaha Scheels Fishing Expert Chris Sell. Chris has caught  a number of different species in a number of different waters on a number of different presentations. You’ll find him very informative! The interactive Great Outdoor Radio Show I host, presented by Mahoney State Park, …

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Lake Wanahoo Update on WOWT Outdoors

I’ll be giving you an update on Lake Wanahoo near Wahoo, NE on my Weekly Outdoor Report on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 this week. You’ll wanna tune in and find out how things are going there and get a status report on the fishery, I’m sure. Hint, hint … wink, wink … nod, nod … the pike in the lake are even bigger than a year ago when these pics were taken! The Weekly Outdoor Report on WOWT/Channel 6 and www.wowt.com airs …

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Photos from Hunt with the Huskers for Teammates

Just sharing some photos of today’s successful Hunt with the Huskers benefit event for the Teammates mentoring program which was held at the Oak Creek Sporting Club Controlled Shooting Area near Brainard, NE (www.oak-creek-club.com).  Glad to be a part of working this unique European-style pheasant hunt for Teammates (www.teammates.org)! Hope you enjoy the photos!

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Broadcasting from a Farmhouse Kitchen

You read it right, I’ll be broadcasting from a farmhouse kitchen this Saturday morning on The Great Outdoor Radio Show I host! I’ll be sitting at the kitchen table of the Kriz Family in Butler County near Brainard and broadcasting LIVE just prior to the annual “Hunt with the Huskers” event at the Kriz Family’s Oak Creek Sporting Club. The actual “Hunt with the Huskers” is a European-style pheasant hunt at Oak Creek which is a licensed Nebraska Controlled Shooting …

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