In The Outdoors

Freelance writer Doug Nielsen is a conservation educator for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. His “In the Outdoors” column, published Thursday in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, is not affiliated with or endorsed by the NDOW. Any opinions he states in his column are his own.
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Bills take shots at youths’ rights

Some things one never forgets, like those special birthday gifts that keep on giving long after the cake and ice cream are gone and the celebration is over. For me, one of those gifts is the Marlin Model 60, a semi-automatic rifle my father gave me the day I turned 12.

As ice melts, trout fishing flourishes

C. DOUGLAS NIELSEN

March 7, 2013 - 2:07 am

Ice covering the reservoirs at the Kirch Wildlife Management Area has thawed and refrozen two or three times, but with temperatures now holding on the warm side, one probably can be safe in saying that ice-out officially has arrived and with it some of the year’s best trout fishing.

Hunting test holds dogs to high standards

C. DOUGLAS NIELSEN

February 28, 2013 - 12:00 am

To say that Sam is excited would be a gross understatement, and anyone who says Sam would rather be curled up on the couch or lying in the shade is out of touch with reality.

Now is time to secure right to hunt, fish, trap

By C. DOUGLAS NIELSEN / RJ

February 21, 2013 - 2:16 am

Last week, I wrote of the surprises that sometimes come out of the Nevada Legislature when it’s in session, and it didn’t take long to find one. On Monday, one of those surprises emerged on the floor of the State Senate with the introduction of Senate Joint Resolution No. 7, a surprise that could have far-reaching ramifications for the sportsmen and sportswomen of the Silver State.

Local wildlife coalition lobbies for sportsmen

DOUG NIELSEN

February 14, 2013 - 2:08 am

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