by Gary Howey | May 24, 2022 | Recipes
Daniel Kenworth, Contributor at Harvesting Nature First and foremost, I am a husband and dad, but I am also a plumber, an angler, and proud to say, a hunter. Though I started hunting much later in my life than most people who hunt, it has become a huge part of my life...
by Gary Howey | May 18, 2022 | THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK
1) What’s the most important part of managing a pond that you see overlooked? 1. Harvest of bass and crappie is the most important, an often-overlooked aspect of pond management. An owner can spend thousands of dollars stocking, fertilizing, liming, and feeding...
by Gary Howey | May 15, 2022 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Zebra Mussels
Zebra mussels are not large, but the damage they do to a body of water is huge, causing tremendous environmental problems as they expand their way throughout the upper Midwest. (Photo courtesy of the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks) It’s spring where spending...
by Gary Howey | May 9, 2022 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA
It was a wet foggy morning in Central Missouri near where the Ozark River empties into the Missouri when I encountered this curious doe. She crossed an open field walking like a ghost through the mist then entered the trees where I was set up for turkeys. It’s...
by Gary Howey | May 4, 2022 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Uncategorized
I find nothing more exciting than introducing someone to the outdoors. Howey called in a gobbler for this new hunter, with the first time he shot a shotgun, he took his first spring gobbler. (Gary Howey Photo) Turkey season is underway, running through the end of...