by Gary Howey | Apr 14, 2017 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
The key to a successful turkey hunt is to know where the birds are going to be at a given point in the day, there’s no better way to do this than with your game cameras. I have certain places where I place my game cameras to pattern deer and these...
by Gary Howey | Apr 12, 2017 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Cabela's, Classic Cars-NE., Fort Kearny-NE, Gary Howey-NE., Kearney, NE., Larry Myhre-IA, Rowe Sanctuary-NE, Sandhill Cranes, The Archway-NE.
As we made our way along the half-mile trail in the dark to the photography blind at the Rowe Sanctuary near Kearney, Nebraska, the distinctive calls of the Sandhill Cranes echoed across the Platte River valley. Once you have heard their calls,...
by Gary Howey | Apr 12, 2017 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Calls, Gary Howey-NE., Larry Myhre-IA, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting
The gobble rang out across the creek bottom, up onto the road where I was using my shock calls to get a Tom to give away his location. As my call faded, a resounding gobble came from the tree-lined hillside adjacent to the creek From the direction the...
by Gary Howey | Apr 12, 2017 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Calls, Gary Howey-NE., Larry Myhre-IA, Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting
The gobble rang out across the creek bottom, up onto the road where I was using my shock calls to get a Tom to give away his location. As my call faded, a resounding gobble came from the tree-lined hillside adjacent to the creek From the direction the...
by Gary Howey | Apr 6, 2017 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Gary Howey-NE., Turkey Decoys, Turkey Hunting
For those of you, who like me, live for spring shotgun turkey hunting, our wait is almost over; it will not be long before we will be in the field. Archers have been in the field since March 25 in Nebraska and April 1 in South Dakota while the hunters...
