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 moments...
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Gobblers In the Wind By gary Howey
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...
Weather and how it affects Fishing By gary Howey
Howey caught this walleye just before a cold front moved in, by slowly dragging a jig along the bottom and by knowing what the weather is going to be, you can adjust your presentation in order to catch walleyes. (Larry Myhre Photo) It’s important that anglers...
THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK BY BILL GIBSON CATEGORY: DOG TRAINING
Wounding game is an inevitability that every bird hunter encounters. Many times we wound a bird and it sails down, but still very much alive. We immediately cast our dog to increase the chances of successfully retrieving the bird. Stunned by the dog’s abilities, we...
Wisdom from a River Rat By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal He stood quietly in the doorway of my office. A small, wiry old man wearing dirty bluejeans and a white T-shirt stained with weeks of sweat, dirt and who knows what else. He was about as tan as a white person can get, and from his...
Fishing the Spawn By gary Howey
The male bass arrives in the spawning area before the females as they have to locate and prepare the nest where they spawn. (Contributed Photo) Early Bass spring fishing is divided into three periods: Pre-spawn, Spawn and Post-spawn. Many anglers’ fish all of...
HIGH MOUNTAIN SEASONINGS SMOKED TURKEY
Ingredients: 1 Boned Wild Turkey Breast Hi Mountain Seasonings Game Bird and Poultry Brine Kit Hi Mountain Seasonings Rib Rub Olive Oil Optional: Wireless Thermometer Directions: In a non-metal container, prepare the Hi Mountain Seasonings Game Bird and Poultry Brine...
Fenix Rechargeable Mini Pocket Flashlight By gary Howey
Over the years, there has been numerous improvements in flashlights going from the large hand size that took the big D-cell batteries, with the one I had worked when it felt like it, needing to be slapped it against my leg to make it come back on. The Fenix...
It’s the Snows By gary Howey
This is the time of the year when you’ll hear “hundreds” of Snow Geese migrating north and because of the Special Conservation season, hunters have until May As we were coming back from Watertown, approaching the Missouri River north of Vermillion, the sky was...
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