Leave Most of the Gadgets Home

Today, it is pretty easy for hunters to get loaded down with equipment. While we’re moving to a simpler lifestyle, sporting goods retailers, it seems, have built assembly lines and supply chains that can move the latest gadgets from field to checkout lines at magnum speeds.  My favorite outfitter is now a big box store with thousands of items for every kind of outdoor excursion.  … Continue reading Leave Most of the Gadgets Home

Another Cockamaimie Idea!

I got an email yesterday that Senator Ben Hansen (Blair), submitted a bill (LB1247)  on January 16th to open leased school lands to public hunting with an effective date of October 1, 2024!  Making more public and private lands available for hunting is often touted as a way to stem the shrinking population of Nebraska’s hunters, which today is just 9.4% of Nebraska’s population.  Unfortunately, … Continue reading Another Cockamaimie Idea!

Congratulations to Preston

Congratulates to Preston O’Dowd of Bennington, Nebraska on his harvest of an excellent whitetail.  Preston had hunted western Nebraska many times before, but this was his first visit to our ranch.  Preston had to work hard for this buck.  It was a hefty but skittish 4×4 pointer that didn’t give us many looks at him during daylight hours.  Preston described him as the largest buck … Continue reading Congratulations to Preston