by Gary Howey | Sep 22, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA, Nebraska, Turkey Hunting
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Sometimes, when you are turkey hunting, you get caught with your pants down. Well, not really. But when three birds burst out of cover in formation, 100 yards away, and you are standing in a harvested alfalfa field with only...
by Gary Howey | Sep 22, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Deer Hunting, Deer's senses, Gary Howey-NE., Tree Stands
The buck was at least two hundred fifty yards out and if something didn’t divert him, he would walk right into the shooting lane I had cleared during pre-season, well within bow range. As he dropped into a swale, I cautiously took my bow from the holder,...
by Gary Howey | Sep 15, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Bass Fishing, Big Spirit Lake-IA., Iowa D.N.R., Iowa Great Lakes, Minnesota, Missouri River, Ted Takasaki-SD-Freshwater Fishing HOF, Walleye Fishing
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal We are currently on the threshold of the best fishing of the year. I love the fall months, September, October, November. No, I could care less about the football season, even hunting plays second fiddle. Fishing is where it is at...
by Gary Howey | Sep 15, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Dove Hunting, Gary Howey-NE., Iowa, Nebraska
Well, it’s underway as I found out this week the dove migration has begun. The other evening my lab Mo Jo and I spent a couple of hours hunting doves on a small pond. It started out slowly, as it often does but by 6:00 pm, the doves were plummeting into the...
by Gary Howey | Sep 10, 2016 | Ducks, Nebraska, Nebraska Game & Parks, Waterfowl Hunting
Report Shows High Numbers of Mallards, Green-winged Teal for 2016 LINCOLN – Nebraska duck hunters will find good news in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recent 2016 waterfowl population status report. The report shows mallard numbers are near record highs and the...
