LINCOLN — A federal agency has banned prairie dog hunting on 24,000 acres south of the Platte River, the first formal protection for the animal in Nebraska. Instituted last week by the U.S. Fish ...

Eighteen years ago, I bought my oldest son, Josh, a Marlin 336 in .30-30 when he was 11. At the time, we weren’t hunting much open country and opted for the 170-grain round points offered by Remington ...