Wow how things have changed in the world and the state since the last time you received this newsletter. First, we hope all are doing well and staying safe in these crazy times we are all facing. The last time…
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Things Have Changed
Tagged with: 2A, COVID-19, hunting, Nebraska, nebraska legislature, outdoors, second amendment, sportsmen, sportswomen
Posted in Legislation, Nebraska Sportsmen's Foundation
Posted in Legislation, Nebraska Sportsmen's Foundation
Nebraska R3 Summit
On Saturday, August 17th, over 120 individuals gathered to talk about the future of hunting, angling, and shooting sports at the Nebraska R3 Summit. As many know, the number of people participating in these time honored activities, is declining. As…
Tagged with: angling, conservation, hunting, nebraska game and parks, r3, r3 summit, reactivation, recruiting, retention, shooting sports
Posted in News and Resources, R3 Task Force
Posted in News and Resources, R3 Task Force
Projects Completed
Projects completed, multiple fall hunting seasons are now open and the weather is changing quickly. We’re in the best part of the year and it feels great! We really hope to see some pics from the field this year coming…
Tagged with: auction, banquet, conestoga lake, conservation, food plots, hunting, kaup forage & turf, pla mor ballroom, projects, raffles, sportsmen, trees stands, treestands, wagon train lake, youth
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
New Hunter Experiences
If you would have told me a year ago that I would become a new hunter, I wouldn’t have believed you. Fishing maybe, but not hunting. I’m originally from New York City, where hunting is not a very popular thing…
Tagged with: hunting, Nebraska, new hunter, sportswomen, spring turkey hunting, turkey hunting, women
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force
Mushroom Gravy Deer Chops
Mushroom Gravy Deer Chops made for a most phenomenal tasting dish! Thanks to our good friend, Dan Marcum, for providing us with the recipe! It was so good we decided we should share it with you. Mushroom Gravy Deer Chops:…
Sweat Equity
Though we always work and prep for our Annual Sportsmen’s Night held in January, this time of year is for sweat equity. We’ve been working towards several projects this year that will benefit local public land properties and they are…
Tagged with: archery, conestoga lake, conservation, directors cup, food plot, hunting, lincoln, pawnee lake, wagon train
Posted in News and Resources
Posted in News and Resources
My First Year
My First Year With Hand Me Downs It was 2018 and this was my first year truly pursuing a spring turkey. I had bought a used blind in 2017, was using someone else’s gun, bought an inexpensive call from our…
Tagged with: hunting, mentoring, outdoors, sportswomen, spring turkey hunting, turkey, turkey hunting, women
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force
Busy Quarter
Busy Quarter Here at the Big Game Conservation Association we have had a very busy quarter. The last couple of months have been filled with banquets, meetings, donations and a lot of volunteer involvement. We just wrapped up our 3rd…
Tagged with: banquets, conservation, fundraising, hunting, outdoors, sportsmen, sportswomen, volunteer, volunteers
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Sportsmen Night
Sportsmen Night A Huge Success With the New Year, the Lincoln branch celebrated 2019 with their 5th Annual Lincoln Sportsmen Night held at the Pla Mor Ballroom. For the second year in a row we were hit with snow the…
Tagged with: banquets, conservation, food plot, fundraising, hunting, mentoring, outdoors, sportsmen, sportswomen, turkey, volunteer, volunteers, women, youth
Posted in Banquet News
Posted in Banquet News
Hunter Swanson
Hunter Swanson – 2019 BGCA Scholarship Recipient Hunter Swanson is a senior at Arapahoe High School in Arapahoe, Nebraska. An avid outdoorsman, he has grown up in an environment that taught him the true importance of wildlife and habitat conservation.…
Tagged with: conservation, hunting, legislation, mentoring, outdoors, sportsmen, volunteer, youth
Posted in Legislation, News and Resources
Posted in Legislation, News and Resources