Cover: A fox pup sits outside its den
in a Lincoln backyard.
ERIC FOWLER, NEBRASKALAND
This page: A burrowing owl stares
down the photographer.
LUKE KATHOL
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Volume 99 No. 4
May 2021
F E A T U R E S
20
WESTERN FIREWORKS
Story and photos by Justin Haag
26
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in May
By Renae Blum
28
BUFFALO BILL'S
BIG HOUSE
By David L. Bristow
32
WEATHERING TURKEYS
By Todd Mills
34
YOUR CAMERA DOESN'T
SEE LIKE YOU DO
Part 1 of 3
Story and photos by Chris Helzer
40
THE BEACHES OF
BRIDGEPORT
Story and photos by Justin Haag
42
OUR FASCINATING
AND FEARLESS FOXES
By Sam Wilson
50
WALLEYES
Five Top Places to Catch Them
By Julie Geiser
52
A THORNY SUBJECT
Story and photos by Justin Haag
D E P A R T M E N T S
6 Your Nebraska
10 In the Field
54 Mixed Bag
64 Portraits from the Past
66 The Last Stop
O N T H E W E B
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