PIERRE, S.D. - As winter approaches, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) reminds resident hunters of unique opportunities that could exist later this winter. GFP’s Wildlife Damage Management Program assists landowners with wildlife depredation abatement programs...
My father first introduced me to the sport of hunting through pursuing small game like squirrels, upland birds and waterfowl hunting. I can remember some of the hunts we used to have back in the 70s! My memory plays back days of thousands of mallards pouring over a...
Authors son, Paul when he was young, helping to reset a coyote set after he and his Dad took a coyote from a hole set. (Gary Howey Photo) Growing up in Watertown, South Dakota, a block from the Sioux River with numerous muskrat houses sticking up out of the sloughs...
The author, Gary Howey took several good size bluegills, fishing early season on a pond with a good five inches of ice, there were others locations on the pond where because of springs, beaver and flowing water that had only a couple of inches of ice. (Larry...
Managers of small properties (80 acres or less) will most often be lacking the “space” necessary to “house” many whitetails. Because of both biological and social carrying capacities you just can’t fit that many animals into a small area without putting stress on them...
Rabbit recipes from my “Cooking Gone Wild” Cookbook. Two rabbits Several Bacon slices This recipe also works well for Doves, Venison, Grouse and Quail 2...
Jeff Wilde and another hunter with the beagles the author and Dick Turpin hunted behind in a late season rabbit hunt (Dick Turpin Photo) As Team Member Bill Christensen and I stood at the end of the corn rows, with two combines working towards, we were ready,...
Trail cameras are essential tools for many hunters, having evolved over the last three decades from mostly mechanical, film-based still cameras into mostly electronic, digital imaging devices. Modern trail cameras are more effective, easier to use, and have many more...