by Gary Howey | Nov 26, 2015 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary Howey-NE., Muzzleloaders
December is just around the corner and for those of us who enjoy hunting, have another opportunity to hunt deer, this time using with our muzzleloaders. Muzzleloader permits in Nebraska, are unlimited, and purchased on-line or from Nebraska permit vendors. The...
by Gary Howey | Nov 26, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA, Verdigre Creek-NE.
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal The story I’m about to tell you is true . It’s springtime. The year is 1968. I’m kneeling on the bank of Nebraska’s Verdigre Creek. I’m staring at an earth worm wriggling free of the detritus that had broken from the bank as I had...
by Gary Howey | Nov 24, 2015 | Deer Hunting, THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK, The Rut
To know which tactics will best serve you during late season it’s best that you “take your herd’s temperature.” That means you need to know the “status” of the herd. Everything will hinge upon temperatures, if you have snow and whether or not there are does left that...
by Gary Howey | Nov 19, 2015 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary Howey-NE., Mentoring, Youth
Just this last week, we were coming down the highway when an SUV came down the highway with a deer carcass strapped on its luggage rack. It was not a huge deer; it was just a dead deer hanging off the top of the vehicle. As it approached, I thought to myself that...
by Gary Howey | Nov 19, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Antique Tackle, Larry Myhre-IA, Vintage Fishing Tackle
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal While I’ve never considered myself a “collector” of old fishing tackle, it sure seems like I have “accumulated” an awful lot of vintage tackle over the years. I recently came across five large cardboard boxes with “Old fishing...
