Will give a quick report today on some of my adventures over the Thanksgiving holiday. My wife and I ventured west to spend the long weekend with my son, aunt, cousins and their families. We had a great time, ate a lot of good food, played games, told stories, hunted and fished. Yes, I said fished. . . . On ice. Now, I hesitate to even mention that because there is hardly any ice in the state that is safe …
Read More »Hunting and Fishing Day
I hear that tomorrow is National Hunting and Fishing Day. Sounds like a great idea to me! As a matter of fact, with our diversity of hunting and fishing opportunities, I believe Nebraska is the perfect place to spend some time outdoors doing both! Fall is the perfect time to do that. Let me offer my kid’s recent adventures as proof. . . . Last weekend both of my kids were in western parts of Nebraska. First, I got a …
Read More »Big game harvest records set in 2016
LINCOLN, Neb. – Big game hunters had a record year in Nebraska in 2016 with all-time high harvest marks set for mule deer bucks, cow elk and total elk. Deer – A total of 58,126 deer were harvested in 2016, including 11,184 mule deer. Mule deer buck harvest increased 4 percent to 9,257, breaking the previous record set in 2009. Record mule deer buck harvest occurred in the Frenchman, Plains, Platte and Upper Platte units. Whitetail harvest totaled 46,942 deer, …
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