Nebraskaland Magazine

I’ll be previewing Indian Cave State Park’s big Spring Outdoor Adventure Day taking place this Earth Day Saturday on my WOWT-TV/Channel 6 Weekly Outdoor Report. There will be lots of fun things for you and your family to see, do and even sample! Ever been to Indian Cave State Park about 90-minutes south of Omaha? Look below, it’s gorgeous! The Weekly Outdoor Report on Omaha’s WOWT-TV/Channel 6 and on its website @  www.wowt.com airs LIVE on Thursday nights at 6 …

Nebraska’s spring turkey season has been in full swing for awhile now, time to give you my first report! My kids and I started doing some scouting a couple, three weeks ago.  I will always tell you that in my opinion the key to being successful taking spring gobblers is not expertise on the calls, fancy decoys, or the ability to reach out and stick ’em with an arrow or hit ’em with a load of shot at ranges longer …

LINCOLN, Neb. – Nebraska is one of 22 states where fishing could be a little more exciting this year. It is participating in the Cabela’s Fish for Millions contest. The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission recently tagged many fish in public waters. Anglers who catch those tagged fish from May 4 to July 7 will have a shot at up to $2 million in cash and nearly $275,000 in prizes. Every tagged fish will be a winner. Anglers must register …

LINCOLN, Neb. – The Midwest Regional Cass County Championship of the World Disc Golf Tournament will be held May 5 at Eugene T. Mahoney State Park. Check-in is at 8:30 a.m., a players’ meeting at 9:30 a.m., and the first of two rounds of competition begins at 10 a.m. There will be a cash prize in the professional division. Register at shopoutdoornebraska.ne.gov/Events. Call 402-944-2523 for more information. A park entry permit is required.

It has been a slow start to spring, and not much is blooming yet in eastern Nebraska woodlands, but that doesn’t mean nothing interesting is going on…  read more here: http://prairieecologist.com/2013/04/15/a-weekend-walk-in-the-woods/

In the process of planning your Nebraska outdoor vacation?  Being a lifelong Nebraskan coupled with my 34-plus years of  well-traveled Game and Parks experience and enormous amount of time spent in the field, I think I can help you or at least show a place in Nebraska where you have not been that may intrigue you! You’re invited to join me to join me at the Ak-sar-ben Aquarium.Outdoor Education Center in the Schramm Park SRA just south of Gretna, NE from …

Bringing Fort Hartsuff back to life, 67 Civil War re-enactors from Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa gathered this past weekend, April 13-14, to portray Fort McPherson in 1867.  In this semi-immersive event, re-enactors lived, ate and slept like 19th century Union soldiers and civilians to offer visitors an accurate representation of military life post-Civil War. Superintendent Jim Domeier of Fort Hartsuff reported approximately 530 visitors for the weekend— a great turnout despite the cold, wet weather. “I was very pleased with …

If you are one of our youth fishing instructors ( http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/education/programs/youth_fishing/ ), I imagine you probably have already seen this.  For the rest of you, there is a lot of information here you might be interested in as well. To all of our volunteers, I have said it before, but want to say it again, THANK YOU for all you do!  Much of what you see listed in this newsletter would not get done without your help!

Just sharing some various images from the opening weekend of Nebraska’s Spring Shotgun Wild Turkey Hunting Season for you to enjoy. Now, you’ll know why I love spring wild turkey hunting here in the Cornhusker State so much!

What a great day of turkey hunting – although I chose to leave my bow at home and just shoot with my camera, it was an awesome day in the blind. I almost like to shoot things with my camera just as much as I do with a bow, gun or what have you. I guess it doesn’t really matter – when you have hunted game for 30-plus years it’s a nice change to view wildlife through the lens of …