by Gary Howey | Aug 30, 2025 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Dove Hunting
On Thursday September 1st, hunters throughout the upper Midwest will be out in the crop fields, set up around stock dams when they open the 2025 Mourning Dove hunting season. Doves, migratory birds found throughout the United States, are the most popular game bird...
by Gary Howey | Aug 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
When you’re new to deer hunting, it can seem hard to figure out your first hunt. More than likely, you’ve read up on it and watched some YouTube videos on hunting. Over the many years that I’ve hunted deer, with my bow and my rifle, I’ve has very decent luck,...
by Gary Howey | Aug 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
IF YOU OWN OR CONTROL YOUR DEER HUNTING AREA, THERE ARE A FEW THING YOU CAN DO TO IMPROVE YOUR DEER HUNTING AREA. THE FIRST THING I DID WAS TO LOCATE DEER TRAILS, AREAS WHERE THE DEER WERE COMING INTO AND OUT OF MY LOCATION. THOSE THAT SHOWED PROMICE, WITH NUMEROUS...
by Gary Howey | Aug 15, 2025 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Jig Fishing, Missouri River
Jigs work throughout the year on all species of fish, yet, there are some thins a jig fisherman can do to up his odds and catch more fish. We’ve used them in the Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter through the ice to catch walleyes, Panfish, smallmouth Bass, Catfish and...
by Gary Howey | Aug 15, 2025 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Channel Catfish, Missouri River
He stood quietly in the doorway of my office. A small, wiry old man wearing dirty bluejeans and a white T-shirt stained with weeks of sweat, dirt and who knows what else. He was about as tan as a white person can get, and from his leathery cheeks two week’s worth of...
