7-year-old Teal Peterson, son of Dane and Gerri Peterson of Mullen, with his first turkey that he shot last month.
Jacob Walker bullfrog hunting.
Brendon Walker with a Sandhills northern pike.
Koby Walker with a bass he caught.
Tim and Tammy Jones are both Mullen area natives who now live in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Tammy submitted this photo of their first fly fishing trip in Colorado.
Tiffany Hardy Zlomke of Dodge, Nebraska, sent this photo of her son Braxton. She said he would kiss the fish and throw them back in.
Wade Daugherty, son of Alan and Brandi Daugherty from Valentine, with a perch he caught at the refuge. Wade is the great-grandson of Jan Furrow.
Tisha Hardy Dykstra of Thedford submitted these photos of her sons Tylynn (above) and Trevor (below.)
Trevor Dykstra
10-year-old Austin Deibler’s first deer, taken south of Valentine.
Brandon Newman with a Merritt Reservoir catfish.
Jackson Newman with a Merritt Reservoir bluegill.
7-year-old Hayden Deibler shot his first turkey in April.
6-year-old Caleb Deibler’s personal best largemouth bass, taken north of Mullen.
Mendy Stichka said, “Fishing with my dad (Jim Folk) who is 80 years old, never gets old.”
Kelly Froning, Jan Furrow’s great-granddaughter, from Cody, Nebraska, holding her dad Richard’s fish at the refuge.
Jasper Roseberry, age 13, with his 2020 Cherry County whitetail shot opening day.
“Nothing like a day on the lake with these two,” Jennifer Peters said of her husband Todd and dad Chuck Anders.
“Nothing like a day on the lake with these two,” Jennifer Peters said of her husband Todd and dad Chuck Anders.
4-year-old Tatum Deibler with her first fish of the summer.
Grandpa Bryan Crisp and grandson Riggin Hollenbeck.
Dave Major of Valentine with a 42” northern pike taken Nov. 6, 2020, at Lake Oahe north of Pierre, South Dakota.
4-year-old Daryl Ann Deibler caught the largest brook trout (14”) while her family was camping in Medicine Bow Forest, Wyoming, this summer.
Chad Myers’ 2020 mule deer.
8-year-old Yasmine Alarcon enjoying a nice day out fishing.
Tate Kvanvig with his 2020 deer.
Jedd Kraus.
Tom Witt’s daughter, two sons-in-law and a friend shot 22 geese and 4 mallards on Nov. 13, 2020, near the Middle Loup River Ranch Guest House east of Thedford.
7-year-old Teal Peterson (pictured with his dad, Dane) caught his 16th species of Nebraska fish with this gar this summer.
Jason Kraus with his first whitetail.
Jason Kraus with his first mule deer.
Jasper Roseberry, age 13, sharing his love of fishing with Lanham Volz, age 2, at Merritt Reservoir in July.
Joseph Deibler with a Merritt Reservoir catfish.
Justin Kraus.
Mia Flores-Green with her catch at Merritt this summer.
Kassidy Roseberry with a bluegill she caught at a Sandhills lake in northern Cherry County. The smile says it all!
Jasper Roseberry with a largemouth bass he caught in a Sandhills lake in northern Cherry County.
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