Anyone who undertakes a serious look at the history of wildlife conservation in North America will recognize that two of the greatest landmarks in natural resource management had their beginnings in the heart of the Great Depression.
In The Outdoors
Freelance writer Doug Nielsen is a conservation educator for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. His “In the Outdoors” column, published Thursday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NDOW. Any opinions he states in his column are his own.
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The Nevada Striper Club’s mission is to “Bring fisherman together and provide a family based social setting. Our goal is to enhance fishing skills and promote the sport of fishing through camaraderie and friendly competition.”
If one had to identify a single personality trait that all outdoorsmen have in common, it would have to be loyalty. We are loyal to destinations, to our friends, to specific outdoor stores and especially to the product brands we use in the field.
The roman-nosed buck was wide with good mass on its main beams and tall eye guards. From a distance, he at first looked to be a big two-point, but as the buck drew closer, I counted four points on one side and three on the other.
Whether one is looking for an elk, antelope or mule deer, there is something special about a hunting season’s opening day. Something hunters look forward to experiencing from the moment they learn they have drawn a big-game tag.
Nevada’s waterfowl hunting seasons opened Saturday in the Northeast Zone, an area comprised of Elko and White Pine counties.
Nevada’s most popular upland game birds long have been the Gambel’s quail and the chukar partridge. The No. 1 spot among bird hunters is often the subject of debate, though anecdotal evidence tends to lean toward the chunky chukar partridge.
Amateurs were randomly paired with one of the pros as a co-angler, but each angler fished for his own five-fish bag. Pros competed against pros and amateurs against amateurs.
As with big game, the key to turning game birds into a tasty meal is taking care of them in the field. You want to keep them clean, cool and dry.
One of the great things about spending time in the outdoors is the opportunity it provides to observe first hand some of the unique behaviors animals display at various times of the year.
Fort Mohave Indian Reservation in the Mohave Valley is one place to go when dove season opens Sept. 1.
Since northern pike are a topline predator, they have an immediate impact on existing fish populations wherever self-appointed bucket biologists release them.
With Nevada’s big-game hunting seasons underway, some hunters are wondering how the wildland fires this season will impact them when they go afield in the coming days and weeks.
If something unusual happens twice in one year, can you consider it a new trend? Probably not in the normal world, but in the realm of fishermen I think you probably can.
On Tuesday nights, the public Rifle-Pistol Center at the Clark County Shooting Complex is a woman’s domain. So too is the Education Center next door, and participants in the Annie Oakley Women’s Shooting Program like it that way.