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...
by Gary Howey | Nov 12, 2015 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary Howey-NE., South Dakota, Veterans
Its fall, the time of the years when trees, shrubs and grasses change from their summer colors to their beautiful fall coloration. The orange, yellows and reds are not the only colors appearing in the fields in October, as you will see rows of hunters orange color as...
