APRIL 2018 • NEBRASKAland 39
Opposite, top: Jake Heard of Gretna holds up an antler shed
he found while turkey hunting last spring.
Opposite: A tom turkey walks through a field in Cass County.
Top: A pair of turkey hunters leave the woods near sunset in
Dawes County, no doubt planning their next time afield.
Right: On June 1, the day after the spring turkey season
closed, this tom turkey came within 20 yards of the author's
truck.
forth, making sure I got to see the whole show
for several minutes before finally lowering his
wings and continuing his pursuit of the hens.
It was June 1, one day after the hunting season
closed.
They just seem to know that they'll keep you
awake for the rest of the year.
But this year will be different. For we have
a four-man crew now – a gum-chewing,
fiddle listening, elementary-school-skipping
group of first-year, second-year, and lifelong
hunters who want nothing more than to settle
a score from the year before – as well as start
a new rivalry with another one of our favorite
Nebraska gamebirds.
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