Filed under: conservation officers, Nebraska conservation officers, Nebraska hunting information, outdoor education, outdoor information, Outdoor Radio & TV Programs, outdoor radio talk show, outdoor recreation, Uncategorized | Tags: Ask the Conservation Officer, conservation officers, Greg Wagner, Greg Wagner's radio show, Jeff Clauson, Nebraska conservation officers, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska outdoor information, Nebraska outdoor laws/regulations, Omaha's ESPN Radio, The Great Outdoor Radio Show
Get your Nebraska outdoor law and regulation questions ready for Conservation Officer Jeff Clauson of Waterloo when he joins me for this Saturday’s Great Outdoor Radio Show airing on Omaha’s ESPN Radio 1620 AM from 9-10 a.m. CDT. The show can also be heard live on www.1620thezone.com
The phone numbers to call where you can ask your questions, are :
Locally 951-1620
Toll-Free, Nationwide 1-877-951-1620
Don’t be bashful. When it comes to outdoor activities, Jeff and I always say this: “There’s no such thing as a dumb question, only dumb mistakes made by not asking that dumb question.” Perhaps you have a question about some of the new deer hunting regulations here in Nebraska.
We look forward to chatting with you on the air!
Filed under: hunter/landowner relations, hunters, Hunting, Media Stories, Ne. Game & Parks Comm. online services, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission programs, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska outdoor events, news stories, outdoor adventures, outdoor information, outdoor recreation, Uncategorized | Tags: David Hendee, Hunting, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission online services, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission programs, Nebraska hunting, Nebraska hunting information, Omaha newspaper, Omaha paper, Omaha World-Herald, Omaha World-Herald outdoor information, Omaha World-Herald Sports Section, omaha.com, omaha.com outdoor page, omaha.com sports
My good friend and avid outdoorsman David Hendee, Outdoor Writer for the Omaha World-Herald newspaper, put together his annual hunting special in today’s edition (Sunday, September 19th edition) of the paper in the sports section. Nicely done, David! Buy a copy at your local newsstand (I’m old-school, I like to have a cup of coffee and read the paper in-hand).
Of course, you can also view the series of articles that David wrote here at this link, including his byline: http://omaha.com/section/sports07
Here David Hendee and I prepare to judge a wild game cooking competition.
See you out there, or perhaps at your local coffee shop, reading the paper.
Filed under: Fishing, Hunting, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska outdoor events, Special occasion, Uncategorized | Tags: Daryl Bauer, Fishing, fishing tips, hunting tips, Husker football, Nebraska Cornhusker Football Schedule, Nebraska fall fishing tips, Nebraska fishing, Nebraska fishing information, Nebraska football, Nebraska game day, Nebraska hunting, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska hunting season openers, Nebraska hunting tips
So, when is the absolute best time to go hunting or fishing in the fall here in Nebraska? I’ll tell ya’. There’s no debating the answer. It’s when the Nebraska Cornhusker football team is playing a game during the day on television(amid legal shooting hours for game animals/birds). Home games at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln even take more people away from the field or our waters here in Nebraska.
Now, don’t get me wrong here, I’m just about as big a Big Red fan as they come!
However, I am not as big a fan as Daryl Bauer in our Fisheries Division is. Check out the fan attire gone overboard. I’m not sitting next to him if he’s wearing those coveralls either! Sorry DB.
When asked if a Husker football game ever interferes with major Saturday hunting season openers such as firearm deer, my answer pointedly is “NO!” I’m in the field with my sons, brothers, nephews, cousins, friends, etc. Listen, if I would have forewent time in the field in 2008 during the firearm deer hunting season opener when Nebraska played K-State on Nov. 15th, my young son Noah would not have shot his first deer – this nice whitetail buck.
See you out there, DVR-ing the game, and not having to contend with many folks in the field or on the water!
Where is everyone on this WMA marsh? Oh, that's right, it's a Husker game day.
Go Big Red! Click here for the official Cornhusker football schedule: http://www.huskers.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=100&SPID=22&SPSID=3
Filed under: Doves, Hunter Education, hunters, Hunting, Nebraska hunting information, outdoor education, outdoor information, Uncategorized | Tags: banded doves, dove biology, doves, mourning doves, Nebraska dove hunting, Nebraska doves, Nebraska hunting, Nebraska upland game bird hunting, upland game bird hunting, upland game birds, wings of doves
A mourning dove being banded.
Nebraska’s dove hunting season opener is fast approaching! It is this Wednesday, September 1st. At Game and Parks, we want to remind you 14,000 dove hunters who harvest some 320,000 doves during the season annually, that you are the critical link in assuring the success of dove banding studies. By reporting any banded doves harvested, you add valuable information which will help us manage this important migratory bird resource.
Note the leg band.
If you harvest a banded dove, please call 1-800-327-BAND (1-800-327-2263) to report the band number. Bands can also be reported by accessing the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Laboratory web site at www.reportband.gov. You can keep the bands and will be provided a certificate identifying the age and sex of the bird, as well as the date and location the bird was banded.
Some of you who hunt doves will be asked to provide us with some dove wings. This is also very important.
Wings from harvested doves can be used to determine the age ratio of doves in the fall population. This ratio, expressed as the number of juveniles per adult, allows biologists to determine an index to recruitment, or breeding season success, of doves. A high level of recruitment is necessary for mourning doves to maintain stable populations.
We thank you for helping the dove resource by furnishing band info and, if requested, wings from doves you harvest. Enjoy your dove hunt! Shells, yes shells, bring lots of shells.
See you out there!
Filed under: hunters, Hunting, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska outdoor events, outdoor information, Pheasant, special events, Uncategorized | Tags: National Pheasant Fest, National Pheasant Fest 2011, Nebraska pheasant hunting, Nebraska pheasants, Pheasant Fest, Pheasant Fest in Omaha, pheasants, Pheasants Forever
I’ve been working with some folks on the promotion of the National Pheasant Fest event that is coming back to Omaha’s Qwest Center, January 28-30, 2011. Hunters, pheasant lovers, landowners, resource professionals and others – mark your calendars NOW! Remember what fun we had when Pheasant Fest was held here in January of 2005? Boy, I sure do! The event was held at the Qwest Center and included 325 exhibitor booths. This event had a $2.5 million impact on the city of Omaha! Time to prepare and get pumped up for the return of this big shindig in January!
For those of you asking: What exactly is Pheasant Fest? Well, Pheasant Fest is a spectacular trade show that will focus on wildlife conservation, upland game bird hunting, dog training, and wildlife habitat management and restoration.
In connection with the trade show, Pheasants Forever will hold seminars on habitat improvement, pheasant hunting, shooting sports, wild game cooking, dog training, conservation and lots more! Here’s a link to click to get more information: http://www.pheasantfest.org/
Hunting dogs are a big part of the National Pheasant Fest.
See you there, at the Qwest Center, January 28-30, 2011. Oh and shhh … Nobody tell my wife, I’ll be talking to the hunting dog experts about buying a new pup ….
Filed under: bird decoys, Hunting, Nebraska hunting information, outdoor adventures, outdoor business, outdoor information, outdoor radio talk show, Turkey, Uncategorized, Waterfowl | Tags: bird decoys, Greg Wagner, Greg Wagner's radio show, hunting decoys, JIm Druliner, Omaha's ESPN Radio, outdoor radio talk show, SilloSocks, SilloSocks Decoys, The Great Outdoor Radio Show, waterfowl decoys
Don’t miss my conversation with hunting business entrepeneur Jim Druliner of Omaha, NE with his unique SilloSocks waterfowl and bird decoys
on my Great Outdoor Radio Show.
My hour-long outdoor talk radio program, which has been on the air nearly 12 years, is broadcast LIVE each and every Saturday morning from 9-10 a.m. CDT on Omaha’s ESPN Radio/KOZN – 1620 AM “the zone” and online at www.1620thezone.com Check out the video I uploaded from Jim’s Sillosocks website www.sillosocks.com for a preview of the show content for Saturday:
See you out there, hangin’ out with Jim and his SilloSocks decoys during the various waterfowl hunting seasons. Get ready … Take ’em!
Filed under: Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Permits, outdoor information, Special occasion, state fair, Uncategorized, Youth | Tags: Nebraska events, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Permits, Nebraska outdoor information, Nebraska State Fair, Nebraska State Fair Goers, Nebraska youth, Nebraska Youth Lifetime Hunting and Fishing Permits, state fair, things to do
A short note to let you know that we at Game and Parks will be at the Nebraska State Fair in Grand Island. The fair runs August 27-September 6. Click this link to the fair’s website: http://statefair.org/fair/
Our 20 ft. Game and Parks booth will be in the 4-H/FFA Exhibition Building. We’d love to have you visit us!
I’ve provided a link for a map of the fairgrounds: http://www.statefair.org/fair/generalinformation/documents/2010_StateFairMapVF.pdf
Stop by and enter your Nebraska youth 15 and under in a drawing for half-price lifetime hunting and fishing permits for the Husker State.
Get your fall hunting questions answered there, too!
See you out there, at the fair!
Filed under: Deer, hunters, Hunting, Landowners, Ne. Game & Parks Comm. online services, Nebraska big game hunting, Nebraska farmers, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska ranchers, private lands, Uncategorized | Tags: deer, deer hunters, deer hunting, landowners, Nebraska big game hunting programs, Nebraska deer hunters, nebraska deer hunting, Nebraska farmers/ranchers, Nebraska game and Parks Commission online resources, Nebraska hunting, Nebraska landowners, Nerbaska big game hunting
Exciting news and a ‘must read’ note for you Nebraska deer hunters and landowners from my good friend and conservation compatriot Kit Hams, Big Game Program Manager for the Wildlife Division of the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission in Lincoln … Great job, Kit and wildlife staffers! … Read on …
Everybody:
The antlerless deer hunter program is running now. People are signing up. You can get to the site by going here: http://outdoornebraska.ne.gov/antlerless/AntlerlessForms/Default.aspx
The information on the home page should be useful as should the FAQ page.
Bottom line, we are very excited about the possibility of increasing hunter access to land where landowners need more antlerless deer hunters. We hear from many hunters who have difficulty finding land to hunt. We also hear from Landowners that hunters only want to shoot bucks or that they don’t feel comfortable in telling hunters to shoot does. This program has the potential to address both problems with a mutually beneficial solution by helping the landowner find antlerless hunters.
In short, Hunters sign up online and provide the following information: Name, address, phone number, email, counties and months in which they are willing to hunt and weapon types they would like to use.
Landowners search the data base by county and make contact with the hunter. The landowner will only see the hunter’s first name, contact information and hunting preferences (county, month, weapon).
We hope that many hunters and landowners take advantage of the program. With 136 days of deer seasons, 250,000 permits and bonus tags that allow antlerless deer harvest, we have more than enough days and permits to control deer herds. This is one more tool to help.
Kit Hams
Big Game Program Manager
Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
402-471-5442
Kit.Hams@nebraska.gov
See you out there, working with landowners and targeting antlerless whitetails again this fall! GW.
Filed under: Hunting, Ne. Game & Parks Comm. online services, Nebraska hunting information, outdoor information, public lands, Scribd, Uncategorized | Tags: Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission on Scribd, Nebraska Game and Parks Commission online services, Nebraska hunting, Nebraska hunting information, Nebraska outdoor information, Scribd, Scribd.com
We at Game and Parks now have our new 2010 Nebraska hunting publications on Scribd – the world’s largest social reading and publishing site.
Here’s a direct link to our Game and Parks section on it:
http://www.scribd.com/document_collections/2571948
See you out there, using my laptop and checking our stuff out on Scribd!
In the Wild with Greg Wagner 