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Volume 96
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The Rut
BY JEFF KURRUS
Time Well Spent
What to Do in November
BY RENAE BLUM
An Upland Slam ... in Two Days
BY JEFF KURRUS
Twyla Hansen
The Intersection of Nature and Poetry
BY RENAE BLUM
Diving Nebraska
STORY BY CARA PESEK, PHOTOS BY ERIC FOWLER
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Cover: A white-tailed buck is in the midst of rubbing the last of
the velvet from his antlers as his body prepares for the rut.
Story on page 18. Photo by Jeff Kurrus.
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From Our Readers
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Letters, Comments, Etc. ..........4
Mixed Bag
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Threatened and Endangered – the Swift
Fox, Travel to Cass County, A Brief History of Horse
Railways, Upcoming Events and more ...............................6
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Rock Steady ................................................ 44
In the Kitchen
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Venison Chili ................................. 48
Portraits from the Past
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Readers' Photos ............. 50
The Last Stop –
Dogged Work
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