Gray wolf confirmed in Nebraska – for only third time in more than a century
Genetic testing showed the animal, killed by hunters, originated from a population of wolves found in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan.
Nebraska hunter makes most of state’s lone bighorn permit
The ram, with a gross score of 170-2/8 on the Boone and Crockett scale, was a trophy caliber sheep.
Nebraska woman severely injured in apparent mule deer attack
A responding conservation officer, who later shot and killed the deer, said the animal showed no fear of him.
Michigan hunter’s mule deer is a Nebraska record
The deer, which was taken by bow and scored 197-4/8, reportedly is the second largest typical mule deer entered into the Nebraska records regardless of method of take.
Nebraska study: ‘We hope to understand the factors limiting mule deer in the state’ [video]
Data from this study will help determine survival rates and mortality factors, habitat use, home range size and movements of adult female and fawn mule deer in southwest Nebraska. Another goal of the study is to understand why mule deer population density changes so abruptly in the study area.
Record number of bald eagle nests in Nebraska
LINCOLN, Neb. — In 2017, a record 209 active bald eagle nests were estimated in Nebraska by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission. Bald eagles were on federal and state endangered species lists as late as 2007 and 2008, respectively. In a little more than a quarter-century the species has gone from a nonexistent breeding
In Nebraska, bighorn sheep research efforts get a boost
More than 50 bighorn sheep are carrying new equipment to help the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission track and aid their populations, with hopes of finding the answers to the struggling species’ survival.
For first time, CWD finds way into five southwestern Nebraska counties
Chronic wasting disease found in 203 deer tested during 2017 firearms season; detected for the first time in Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Frontier and Franklin counties.
No record-setter, but another nice Nebraska bighorn
CRAWFORD, Neb. — Nebraska’s limited bighorn sheep season wrapped up recently when the second of two permit holders harvested a ram near Fort Robinson State Park’s Cheyenne Buttes. Jack Nemeth of nearby Chadron, who won the permit by lottery, said he was not looking for the “biggest, baddest ram” in the state, but rather a
