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…
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My First Year
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
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
Recruiting Women Hunters
Recruiting Women Hunters – The Fastest Growing Segment As we continue to see a decline in the participation of hunting, one customer segment that many of us have started to focus on is recruiting women hunters. Currently, women are the…
Tagged with: hunting, mentoring, outdoors, shooting, sportswomen, women
Posted in Hunting, News and Resources, R3 Task Force
Posted in Hunting, News and Resources, R3 Task Force
Youth Hunter Education Challenge
Youth Hunter Education Challenge A Huge Success During this time of year most of our members and supporters are taking to the field in pursuit of big game. We sincerely hope that you had a successful time in the field.…
Tagged with: banquets, conservation, hunting, mentoring, outdoors, shooting, volunteer, youth
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Volunteer Spotlight – Marty Weverka
Volunteer Spotlight – Marty Weverka Our volunteer spotlight is on Marty Weverka who has been a retail store leader for about 20 years. Not to mention, he has been married for 15 years. Him and his wife, Jaime, have 3…
Tagged with: conservation, fundraising, hunting, mentoring, outdoors, sportsmen, turkey, volunteer, volunteers, youth
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Posted in News and Resources
Outdoor Memories
Outdoor Memories: It’s About…Family, Friends, and Lifelong Skills Have you ever thought about what your hunting endeavors mean to you? When you look back on your fondest outdoor memories, do you remember who was on the hunt, the inside jokes,…
Food Plot Planted
Food Plot Planted at Wagon Train SRA The 2018 Lincoln Branch Project is now complete! This project turned out to be a three acre food plot at Wagon Train SRA, located two miles east of Hickman. The exact location of…
Tagged with: banquets, brassicas, conservation, food plot, fundraising, hunting, land access, mentoring, volunteer, volunteers, youth
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Posted in Banquet News, News and Resources
Teach Children to Hunt
Teach Children to Hunt & Help Save Our Heritage The outdoor industry promotes outreach especially to our youth and next generations. As hunters, we accept our knowledge and outdoor skills to be beneficial. Others may have no concept therefore they…
Tagged with: archery hunting, conservation, hunting, mentoring, outdoors, shooting, sportsmen, sportswomen, youth
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Posted in News and Resources, R3 Task Force
Mentor A New Hunter
Mentor a New Hunter – Preserve Our Passions Have you ever wondered what it would be like to mentor a new hunter who is a millennial (someone who is between the ages of 23 and 36)? Are you worried that…
Tagged with: hunting, mentoring, millenials, outdoors, shooting, women, youth
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force
Posted in Hunting, R3 Task Force