The current state record for wiper in Nebraska is 21-pound, 9-ounce fish taken from Lake McConaughy last June. Big Mac is known for consistently producing some nice wipers, but as with any body of water, a state record is rare. I actually think the next state record wiper will come from Swanson Reservoir.
It’s not too early to think about dove season, which opens Sept. 1. Doves are the most numerous game birds on the North American continent. Depending on whose population estimate you read, there are somewhere between 400 and 500 million doves. Less than five percent of the doves are estimated to be taken during the hunting seasons.
Nebraska hunters have an opportunity to harvest three different species of doves: the mourning dove, the Eurasian collared dove and the white-winged dove. I have taken all three species on my opening day hunt several times, but in the last couple of years, the Eurasian collared dove has been the most prevalent species where I’ve hunted.
Get your shotgun out and shoot a few practice rounds of trap, skeet or sporting clays. It is time to tune up your shooting eye. The season is just a little over a month away.
I mentioned this activity a while back, but the Calamus Kayak Adventure Race, originally scheduled for July 29, has been postponed until further notice. The cause of the postponement is a newly issued a health alert for a harmful algal bloom that was issued at Calamus State Recreation Area last Friday.
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