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great opportunity to get my young dog on birds. It was also
a great fi eld experience that I can apply to hunting walk-in
public hunting areas. Furthermore, the hunt was good for my
husband's more-experienced dog as a tune-up for the rest of
the upland season. For our family, it was a great way to spend
time in the fi eld together making lasting memories.
The hunting season on controlled shooting areas is an
extended one that runs Sept. 1 through April 15 every year,
which gives hunters more time in the fi eld. New hunters,
especially, might fi nd the extra time useful to gain experience
and to train their dog.
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For more information about controlled shooting areas in
Nebraska, visit OutdoorNebraska.gov/csa/.
Opposite: The author's dog, Tikka, retrieves her fi rst pheasant on this family hunting trip to a controlled shooting area.
Above: Poking fun at each other, brothers-in-law Galen Kreifels, left, Dillon Geiser and James Erickson make it look like Geiser
shot all the birds.
Tom Geiser checks out the feathers on a bird he shot at
Camp George.
