April 2020 • Nebraskaland 31
What To Do in April
Pattern your shotgun
for spring turkey season
Throughout the month | Statewide
It's a good idea to make sure the shotgun shell load
you want to use this turkey season works well in
your shotgun, throwing out a uniform pattern of
pellets. Use a turkey target, safe backstop and eye
and ear protection. Start at 20-25 yards and move
back as you feel comfortable, checking for holes
and looking at the density of the pattern.
View grouse courtship dances
Throughout the month | Western and central
Nebraska and some southeastern locations
Strutting, stamping, leaping and whirling – greater prairie-
chicken and sharp-tailed grouse courtship displays are
sights to see. Males also utter a deep cooing call, referred
to as "booming," that may be heard a mile away. Viewing
opport unities include free, self-guided blinds on public
land and guided blind visits packaged with lodging and/or
breakfast.
Attend 'Reading
the Rocks'
April 4, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Schramm Park Education Center
Rocks that outcrop at Schramm Park
State Recreation Area display millions
of years of history. Come explore what
these rocks can teach us alongside
expert geologists, who will be on-site
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Find your own
fossils in the outcrop and explore hands-
on learning stations where you can
examine rocks and fossils.
Nebraska Game
and Parks
Commission
meeting
April 16-17
Niobrara State Park
GREATER
PRAIRIE
CHICKEN
ON
THE
VALENTINE
NATIONAL
WILDLIFE
REFUGE
PHOTO
BY
ERIC
FOWLER
SANDSTONE
OUTCROPPING
AT
SCHRAMM
PARK
STATE
RECREATION
AREA
PHOTO
BY
JEFF
KURRUS
