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No Deal on Early Teal
On the opening Saturday of early teal season, Charles and Charity hustled the kids to the babysitter as soon as she would take them and headed to a friend’s pond to make their first attempt at sitting over decoys for … Continue reading
Posted in Waterfowl Hunting Trips
Tagged duck hunting, early teal season, Hunting Nebraska, Platte River, teal hunting
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Nebraska Sandhills Opener 2012
Saturday, September 1, 2012 Charles, Charity and the dogs started opening day at the usual opening day spot, which is a half-mile wide, flat valley with a set of high dunes to the north, running east to west, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Upland Hunting Trips
Tagged grouse hunting, Hunting Nebraska, Nebraska Sandhills
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Coon Picante
As any reader of this blog may ascertain, versatility in the field is an attribute that I admire. Yes, the purity of working a quail off a point defines refinement and poise. However, witnessing a dog hammer a gritty furbearer … Continue reading
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Use Enough Gun and Watch Where You Aim That Thing
Robert Ruark knew what he was talking about when wrote the seminal piece on big-game hunting in Africa, Use Enough Gun. Sure, you can kill tough game with light rounds, but if you want to consistently be successful in difficult situations, … Continue reading
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Tagged Hunting Nebraska, pheasant hunting, Quail, SKB Shotguns, Southeastern Nebraska
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Hard Hunting: Sandhills Pheasant
Late season hunting is always hard, or at least harder than those magic days in October. The birds are educated and the dogs have to work through thinner, drier cover. You walk the same coverts, but the results are not … Continue reading
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Tagged grouse hunting, Hunting Nebraska, Nebraska Sandhills, pheasant hunting
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Unexpected Fun
Sometimes your best times in the field are completely unplanned. Last Saturday was a striking example of that semi-accurate truism. The events that led up to one of my most pleasant Nebraska bird hunting surprises were set in motion earlier … Continue reading
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Tagged Hunting Nebraska, pheasant hunting, SKB Shotguns, Southeastern Nebraska
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The Stay-At-Home Wingshooter
The area outlying the Omaha metro may not be blessed with the best wild pheasant numbers, but there are some fine preserves to enjoy the fresh air, sunshine and shooting. For the past year, Charles and the dogs have been … Continue reading
Nebraska Pheasant Opening Weekend 2011
Opening Day, Saturday, October 29th We were a little surprised to see a fellow pheasant hunter with a truck bed full of dog boxes joining us at the Bellevue Quik Trip to collect the morning coffee, as the forecast was … Continue reading
Tales of the Rooster: North Dakota 2011
Saturday, October 15th We arrived at our cabin in North Dakota around 2 PM on Saturday and artist Carl Melichar of Countryside Art Gallery in Mayer, Minnesota was there to greet us. Carl has taken an interest in painting all … Continue reading
North Dakota Pheasants 101
Legendary. North Dakota’s state slogan holds true in so many different histories, pheasant hunting being one of them. A seasoned sharptail grouse and duck hunter from the Nebraska Sandhills, I bagged my first pheasant in North Dakota on Saturday the … Continue reading
