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It's been a memorable fall for Brian Prusa.
The 18-year-old senior nabbed a big buck on the opening morning of the deer rifle season and then quarterbacked Howells to a state football championship.
“They were both pretty exciting,'' Prusa said. “It was a good fall, all right.''
The teen has been going hunting with his dad, Jim, as long as he can remember. He used grandfather Leonard Prusa's rifle on land that his great-great-grandfather homesteaded in 1876.
“He's a lefty. He's retired from hunting and I get to use it because I'm left-handed too, so that's pretty cool,'' Prusa said.
The deer was standing at 75 yards and dropped less than 50 yards from where the original sod house was built.
It rough-scored 142, was 19¾ inside the rack and measured 12½ on the G2 tines. It was the biggest taken from the family farm south of Howells.
CALENDAR
Tuesday
• District III deer meeting, Tekamah, City Auditorium, 1315 K St., 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
• District VI deer meeting, Alda, Heartland Public Shooting Park, 6788 W. Husker Hwy., 7 p.m.
THURSDAY
• District IV deer meeting, Ogallala, Lake McConaughy Visitor Center, 1475 Highway 61N, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
• Missouri River Valley Paddlers Holiday Party, group members only, Nebraska Game & Parks classroom facility in Lincoln, 6 p.m. Potluck dinner.
• Omaha Hiking Club event at DeSoto Wildlife Refuge, 9:30 a.m. Hiking or snowshoeing, depending on snow. See http://members.cox.net/omahahikingclub/index.htm.
• Christmas at the Bowring meal and entertainment, Bowring Ranch SHP, 5 p.m., reservations required, park entry permit required, 308-684-3428.
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