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A Nebraska wildlife group has proposed that a bull elk grace Nebraska’s next animal-themed license plate.

The Nebraska Big Game Society this fall asked Chadron State College graphic design students to create a license plate design featuring one of Nebraska’s big-game animals.

One student utilized the image of a bighorn sheep, and seven others designed theirs using elk, said Jon Thomas, executive director of the nonprofit Nebraska Big Game Society.

Chadron State senior Riley Ellis’ wide-antlered elk, with the Nebraska grasslands and a vast blue sky in the background, won the society’s approval.

“All the designs were great,” Thomas said. “We have eight, and the other seven are just equally as awesome.”

Thomas said it was his understanding that the society must have Nebraska legislative support for the design in order to allocate the proceeds for educational purposes, which is the society’s intention. So it will take months before the design can be taken to the Department of Motor Vehicles for its scrutiny and approval, he said.