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Seward County Pheasants Forever, Seward, NE (2026)

02/14/2026

Our chapter just received this award at the Nebraska State Habitat Meeting in Kearney. Hat's Off Seward County!

08/30/2024

Seward County Pheasants Forever joins in celebrating 50 years of Hunter Education!

𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: Gary Bales has been a hunter education instructor for 4 years. Before becoming a certified instructor, Gary served as an assistant instructor for several years helping teach classes and learn more about becoming an instructor. He also serves as a board member for the Seward County Pheasants Forever chapter, and has volunteered as a mentor for the chapter’s youth mentor hunts and was one of the first mentors to participate in the Next Steps mentor hunt program with Nebraska Pheasants Forever.
𝗨𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆: I haven't been teaching long enough to have many crazy stories, however my best memories of hunter education are from before I was an instructor. I raised four girls, and I attended hunter education with each of them. It turned into a father-daughter experience that we all enjoyed, and I was able to learn from several different instructors over the years as well.
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝗱? My best friend's father, Kim Wiemers, took me under his wing when I was a kid after my parents divorced and my father moved away. He signed us up for hunter ed in McCook where we grew up and took a bunch of us kids from the neighborhood to the class. He sat through it with us and even took the test at the end. We all gave him a hard time when we scored better than he did! He then proceeded to take us hunting, fishing, and camping for the next several years. Those were some of the best times of my life. He has since passed, but I have many fond memories of that time with him and my buddies. Hunting has always been an important part of my life, and I want to pass it along to the next generation.
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗽𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗱𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀: Don't wait until you think you know everything there is to know to venture out into the field. Learning is so much a part of the hunting experience. Be sure you know how to safely handle your firearm or bow, but then don't be afraid to learn, try, fail, and try again! Better yet, find a hunting buddy and learn together! You may not harvest game at first, but you'll never regret spending time in the field and learning along the way.