When fur prices were decent, many trappers and hunters, spent time in the field hunting and trapping predators, like authors son, Paul Howey who helped his dad remove this coyote from the predator population. (Gary Howey Photo) Upland game populations, like other...
Mineral licks, like this RAK lick, if placed in areas deer travel, can help create a healthy herd. This buck hit this lick several times a week and before it could be refreshed, goes deep in the ground to get the minerals it’s needing to grow to its full...
I got an outdoors catalogue in the mail the other day. Right at the top of the front cover in bold letters were the words, “DO IT YOURSELF.” That kind of took me aback for a little bit. You see, I don’t think many outdoorsmen make much of anything anymore....
The Aberdeen area of South Dakota has always been good pheasant hunting as the CRP, sloughs and tree belt provide perfect habitat for pheasants. (Photo by Casey Weismantel) You can feel it in the air, see it as the trees begin to change color and lose their leaves,...
Types of Tree Stands The following is a description of some of the more well known types of tree stands: Fixed position stands – these stands are designed to be placed on a tree trunk and remain secured in that spot. Vertical ladder stands – this type of stand...
Deer have keen senses; this buck was on full alert, using all its senses, had spotted us just before it bolted into the heavy timber. (Outdoorsmen Productions Photo) The buck was at least two hundred fifty yards out and if something didn't divert him, he would walk...
Denny Geurink, award winning writer, television Host- Producer and Big Game Guide, Michigan stands beside his record book 10-foot 3-inch Grizzly he took while guiding in Russia’s Siberia.(Gary Howey’s Photo) Can you imagine coming face to face with an eleven feet tall...
As summer makes the turn into fall, walleyes and other fish feed heavily, feeding heavily before the winter months. Larger jigs with chubs, seem to out produce the smaller baits during the fall season. (Team Outdoorsmen Adventures Photo) It’s that time...