DECEMBER 2018 • NEBRASKAland 37
By Chimney Rock
fishing, he puts considerable time and
resources into conservation efforts.
One annual project is helping organize
the banquet for the Pine Ridge chapter
of Ducks Unlimited, a group he has
served as chairman.
Always quick to take to the field with
a shotgun or fishing rod since his youth
in Sidney, Olson is devoting even more
time to the outdoors these days. He
says with a grin that he has spent "only
32 days" hunting in the pit last season.
Not too shabby, considering he makes a
90-plus-mile trip from Crawford to do
it each time.
His log shows that he has had a lot
of company. Last season alone, 54
different people took Olson up on an
invitation to hunt at his pit with its
picturesque south-facing view to the
Wildcat Hills.
"I like to give the experience of
goose hunting to people who otherwise
wouldn't be able to go," Olson said.
"Some people can't pay a lot of money
to do this sort of thing and I like to
give them the experience."
Even though Olson has made a
sizable investment with the lease and
gear, he does not ask for money from
