Hitting the ‘grand slam’ of NE upland game birds

Obermeier is the Upland Slam champ of Hamilton County

  • When Glenn Obermeier (right) bagged this year’s pheasant for the Upland Slam, he was hunting with his son-in-law and grandson, Ross and Graydon Golden from Florida. Many out-of-state hunters have completed the Upland Slam since its inception in 2018.
    When Glenn Obermeier (right) bagged this year’s pheasant for the Upland Slam, he was hunting with his son-in-law and grandson, Ross and Graydon Golden from Florida. Many out-of-state hunters have completed the Upland Slam since its inception in 2018.

    In baseball a “grand slam” refers to a home run hit in which all the bases are loaded leading to four runs total. Here in Nebraska an “Upland Slam” is when a hunter bags birds from four upland species in one hunting season. Three hunters from Hamilton County have completed that challenge at least five times over the past few years, and this year Glenn Obermeier of Aurora completed the Upland Slam …