74 Nebraskaland • May 2026
Portrait s from the Past
Raising pheasants, ca. 1957
My sisters and I raised ring-necked pheasants for 5 years near
Cedar Bluffs. Photographed is me with a Mongolian pheasant.
– Leonard Bouc, Mead
Mule deer hunting near Cozad, 1965
My uncle Alan Anderson (left) and his neighbor Keith Vogt
admiring Alan's mule deer. Keeping an eye on the situation
is farm dog, Snowball. This photo was taken on my
grandparents Ralph and Opal Anderson's farm in Roten Valley
in Custer County.
– Doyle Shea, Ankeny, Iowa
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