The dove season begins Monday. Since that’s a holiday, you can expect a lot more hunters in the field than you have seen the past couple of years. While that will make some areas crowded, the additional people also can help to keep the birds flying and improve success for those who can shoot.
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 marathon, gymnastics, springboard diving, the 100-meter dash, the discus (one of my personal favorites) and even beach volleyball are easily recognizable as Olympic sports. And my guess is that in the past two weeks, many of you have been burning the midnight oil to catch as much of the Beijing Games as possible.
Preseason scouting always has been an important part of the hunt preparation process, especially when it comes to hunting big game such as Nevada’s mule deer. Anyone who has spent at least one season in the field will understand that, even if they haven’t taken the opportunity to go scouting themselves. Nothing can replace time spent on the ground. Not even satellite imagery.
It was well past dark when we finally found the campsite we had been looking for. The directions Chris’ plumber had given him were easy to follow until we turned off the main road and began looking for the location he recommended. In the darkness, trees blended together and every clearing began to look the same. I suppose that’s why the outdoor gurus always tell you to make camp before dark.
Think back to the first time you went hunting or fishing. Can you remember who took you? Was it your father, grandfather, an uncle or a friend of the family?