The Great Outdoor Radio Show

11/27/2025

From my fields to yours: "Happy Thanksgiving!"

11/26/2025

On Great Outdoors TV this week, we cover helpful hints for you on preparing/cooking wild game this holiday season. Join Melissa Fry and me for this informative, fun segment during the 8 a.m. hour of First News Saturday on Omaha's KETV NewsWatch 7. Video replays available on www.KETV.com (By the way, those venison (deer) jalapeno snack sticks are good!)

11/24/2025

The season for gratitude and reflection is upon us.

Thanksgiving week is when we remind our families, friends and close associates how much they mean to us and express our sincere appreciation for what positive things we have been given in life.

While you are considering what you are thankful for, don’t forget about Nebraska’s outdoor scene.

Read "So Grateful" here:

Greg Wagner reflects on the natural world and the things he's most grateful for in outdoor Nebraska during the Thanksgiving season.

11/22/2025

Podcast of today's Great Outdoor Radio Show talking taxidermy and more with Mike Wolford of Northwoods Taxidermy in Elkhorn, NE can be heard here: https://www.myboomerradio.com/podcast/gw/

11/21/2025

Enjoying my firearm deer hunting view, watching wild turkeys in the distance and appreciating the cover crop of cereal rye on this harvested, no-till cornfield.

11/21/2025

On this week’s Great Outdoor Radio Show, we answer your questions about taxidermy. Mike Wolford of Northwoods Taxidermy in Elkhorn, NE is my special guest. Listen from 9-10 a.m. Saturday on Omaha/Lincoln Boomer, Fremont’s Big Dog and Bluffs Country radio stations or online at www.MyBoomerRadio.com Call the show at 402.553.1490

11/20/2025

It’s the final stretch of Nebraska’s popular firearm deer hunting season and we’re covering safety and more on Great Outdoors TV. Watch it with host Waverle Monroe and me Saturday during the 8 a.m. of First News on Omaha’s KETV NewsWatch 7. Video replays of the Great Outdoors segment are available on www.KETV.com

11/17/2025

A trophy deer is what the hunter wants it to be. It is personal, very personal.

For many of us who deer hunt, it is not what the animal looks like. Rather, it is the memorable experience of an enjoyable hunt with a family member or friend. That is the measure of success and the lasting trophy.

Read "Trophy Deer: In the Eye of the Beholder" here:
https://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/blogs/in-the-wild/trophy-deer-in-the-eye-of-the-beholder/

11/17/2025

Beautiful evening firearm deer hunting in the southeastern Nebraska woods and was fortunate to harvest an adult white-tailed deer doe. I am thankful! My son Micah Wagner was part of the experience.

11/14/2025

Nebraska Conservation Officer Rich Berggren of Waterloo covers the gamut about this year's firearm deer hunting season for you on a prerecorded Great Outdoor Radio Show. Listen from 9-10 a.m. Saturday on Omaha/Lincoln Boomer, Fremont's Big Dog and Bluffs Country radio stations. Hear it online through an app or get a podcast of it via a show link at www.MyBoomerRadio.com

11/13/2025

We preview the big 2025 Nebraska Firearm Deer Hunting Season on this week’s Great Outdoors TV segment. Join Waverle Monroe and me for it Saturday morning during the 8 o’clock hour of First News on Omaha’s KETV NewsWatch 7. Video replays of the segment are available on www.KETV.com

11/12/2025

If you are a deer hunter, taking quality photos or video with your harvested deer is one of the most important things you can do. To show proper respect to the animal and to best preserve the memory of your hunt, here are tips to help you take the best possible images with your deer: https://magazine.outdoornebraska.gov/blogs/in-the-wild/taking-quality-images-with-your-deer/