Please, do NOT attempt a prescribed burn without proper training and/or experience! With wildfires raging throughout the western states at the time I’m writing this, “proactive forest management” is being brought to light as a way to combat the deadly and destructive...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog

Deer Antler Growth by gary Howey
It’s been a pretty mild winter so far and with very little snow by mid-January, we’re able to get outdoors and recover from cabin fever and able do things outside. When it does arrive, it’s something we’ve been waiting on for a long time, with an opportunity to...

A new year 2022 By gary Howey
The Boat, Sports & Travel Shows held throughout the upper Midwest have everything an outdoor person is looking for, including boats, tackle, guides, hunting & fishing trips and a lot more. (Contributed Photo) As 2021 draws to a close, many of us will make...
The GAMEKEEPERS of Mosssy Oak GUIDELINES FOR MANAGING DOES BY: BOB HUMPHREY
By moving a certain number of antlerless deer from the population is an important component of a sound wildlife management plan. But which does should you remove and when is the best time to do it? Why Manage Does To a large extent, deer management is doe management....

Merry Christmas & a Happy and Healthy New Year From gary Howey
As Christmas is fast approaching with the New Year following right behind it, my family, our Team Outdoorsmen Productions members and I want to wish you all a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy, bountiful and healthy New Year. This is the time of year when we think back...

THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK-FOOLING DECOY-SHY DUCKS BY BOB HUMPHREY
The phrase “decoy-shy ducks” is a bit of an oxymoron. After all, ducks are gregarious, preferring the company of others of their kind. Decoys are meant to present that. Yet waterfowl seem to become warier, and ducks develop a knack for distinguishing decoys from the...

Those Rascally Rabbits By gary Howey
Beagles aren't the biggest dogs, but when they get on the trail of a Cottontail they really sound like a much bigger dog. As Team Member Bill Christensen and I stood at the end of the corn rows, with two combines working towards us, we were ready, waiting for a...

Only the big ‘uns get away Larry Myhre
My fishing partner and Team Outdoorsmen Productions member Larry Myhre, Sioux City, IA. Is one of those who uses a lot of old folk wisdom. One of these is the old saying that goes something like this: "Nothing makes a fish bigger than almost being caught.", Larry...