4 Nebraskaland • December 2023
Cover: A bighorn sheep ram
carries its impressive headgear
at Williams Gap Wildlife
Management Area in the
Wildcat Hills of Banner County.
JUSTIN HAAG, NEBRASKALAND
This page: In the beginning
stages of its eastward journey
across the state, water of
the North Platte River flows
over rocks as the sun sets
behind Scotts Bluff National
Monument.
JUSTIN HAAG, NEBRASKALAND
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Volume 101 No. 10
December 2023
F E A T U R E S
20
CLASH OF THE BIGHORNS
Photos and story by Justin Haag
26
OUTDOOR NEBRASKA
What to Do in December
By Renae Blum
28
DEAR POTENTIAL GOOSE HUNTERS
Story and photos by Jeff Kurrus
34
NO SPITTING
By Patricia C. Gaster, History Nebraska
36
KNOWING THE RISKS OF WINTER
By Julie Geiser
D E P A R T M E N T S
8 Your Nebraska
12 In the Field
38 Mixed Bag
48 Portraits from the Past
50 The Last Stop
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