by Gary Howey | Feb 25, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Calls, Gary Howey-NE., Turkey Hunting, Waterfowl Hunting
Nothing is more exciting than using a call to draw animals or birds in for a shot; it could be deer, waterfowl, crows or turkeys. When they turn and start moving your way, your heartbeat will quicken, your hands will start to shake and you will have trouble with your...
by Gary Howey | Feb 25, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Crappie, Jig Fishing
The tiny red and white bobber tipped over on its side. That was the signal to set the hook.I lifted the rod tip and put tension on the line. I felt the fish struggling and I cranked it in, lifting it out of the water and catching it in my hand.It was a black crappie,...
by Gary Howey | Feb 22, 2016 | Deer Hunting, Food Plots, THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK, Wildlife Habitat
1.They Attract Insects Wildflowers are the host plant for all sorts of insects, therefore your wildflower plots will be loaded down with Lepidopterans (moths and butterflies), Orthopterans (grasshoppers and crickets), Hymenopterans (bees, wasps, and ants), and others....
by Gary Howey | Feb 18, 2016 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal.It was the lure of native cutthroat trout swimming in a tiny, unreachable stream at the bottom of a rugged limestone canyon that brought us to this point.We were hiking down a side canyon, my cousin Denny Myhre and I, and things...
by Gary Howey | Feb 18, 2016 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Bluegill, Gary Howey-NE., Ice Fishing
I was fishing on a farm pond northeast of my hometown and just had my Vexilar transducer placed into the hole over the top of six foot of water. The first thing I look for is the red marks on my locator screen, indicating there are fish below me. If I do not see...
