Timing is important in so many things we do, from a musical beat to hitting a baseball to timing the stock market. The better you can anticipate the pulse, peak or sweet spot the better you’ll do. This holds true in turkey hunting, possibly more so than when hunting...
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My First 2018 Spring Gobbler, “It was Self Defense” By Gary Howey
Our calls echoed through the thick cedars, nothing, not a sound, no response, we called again and the Tom which was not very far away gobbled. Then a hen appeared along the brush filled fence line moving east away from us with the gobbler following close...
TURKEY HUNTING TIPS: USING FUNNELS
It’s often discussed in deer hunting forums about how hunters can use diversions to direct or funnel deer toward particular areas. Turkeys can be directed in the same fashion. If you are hunting along a food plot, you can use brush piles along the perimeter to...
Preventing Snake Bites
Of all the dangers we face in the outdoors, there are few that instill more pure dread and abject fear than the limbless serpents. Fortunately, the odds of encountering one are as slim as the reptiles themselves, and the chances of being bitten are slimmer still....
For Better Fishing Fish Water Releases Gary Howey
When I was a guide and tournament angler, I needed to use everything I could to help me catch fish when fishing was tough. There were numerous things affecting the bite, shutting the bite down or making it extremely hard to get a bite. Some...
Archery Honors Up for Grabs at 2018 GFP-NASP 3D Tournament
Pierre, S.D. – Young people from across South Dakota will show off their skills at the National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) State 3D Tournament May 4 and 5. The 3D Tournament uses life-size game animals as targets. The 3D Target Tournament will be held at...
Walleyes throughout the Season By Gary Howey
Open water anglers have been not so patiently waiting for the ice to come off the Missouri River reservoirs, and once it does, a mass migration towards the river begins as vehicles pulling boats head out to take advantage of the "Pre-Spawn" bite and the first...
Early Open Water on Lake Francis Case By Gary Howey
For those anglers in northeastern South Dakota and other parts of the state who have been anxiously waiting for the waters of the Missouri River reservoirs; Lake Oahe, Lake Sharpe, Lake Francis Case and Lewis & Clark to open up, it will not be long. ...