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Waverly man wins Nebraska bighorn permit lottery

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MCCOOK, Neb. (AP) – A 28-year-old Waverly man has won the lottery for a Nebraska bighorn sheep permit. Tyson Ritz is a deer hunter who has won the right to hunt and kill a bighorn during the season that runs Nov. 29-Dec. 22. The lottery drawing took place Tuesday at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission meeting in McCook. The nearly 1,800 applicants paid $25 to enter the lottery. The money is used for the state’s bighorn sheep management program. Ritz likely will be hunting his bighorn on public land at Fort Robinson State Park in northwest Nebraska.

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