If you are in the process of planning a hunting trip, the first question you may ask yourself is where do I start my hunt? Even if you have hunted in the same area for years, things will change from one year to the next. The cropping system may have...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
Maple Syrup-Tap Sap & Boil, By Gary Howey
Where we call home, Nebraska & South Dakota, where patriotism is important to us with agriculture leading the way, it is not uncommon to see John Deere and Case IH farming equipment working the fields and traveling down our roads. While...
Late Winter-Early Spring Walleye Tactics By Gary Howey
It may have not arrived as quick as we had hoped it would, but there is no doubt that winter is winding down. This year, we had one of those winters like the ones I used to see where I grew up back home, in Watertown, South Dakota when the snowdrifts...
Tips For Patterning Your Turkey Gun
Have you ever patterned your shotgun? I mean really put it through the paces with several different manufacturers’ loads and shot sizes to determine what shoots the best through your gun? I can tell you that each gun is a bit different and something is going to...
Shallow water Perch Bite On Big Stone Gary Howey
The red line below my tungsten jig on my Vexilar locator rose up from the bottom slowly indicating a fish was moving up to my bait. Peering down into the clear water, I could see the perch moving up to the same level as my jig. I twitched my bait ever so slightly as...
Conservation Organizations Supporters of Wildlife By Gary Howey
What do local Whitetails Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, Ducks Unlimited, Quail Forever, National Wild Turkey Federation, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation have in common? They are all conservation organizations that support wildlife, habitat as well as numerous other...
Hourse Honks, High Pitched Quacks, the Call of the Snow Goose By Gary Howey
It started; the other day, when the racket above was not hard to miss, as the skies filled with birds and their high-pitched quacks and the horse honks of Snow goose heading north into the Dakotas. Snow geese, which migrate in huge flocks are very vocal,...
Prescribed Burning: Three Types of Fires
In the world of prescribed burning, three types of fires are used; a "backfire," "head fire," and "flank fire," and each type provides differing intensities for varying results. Backfire The slowest and easiest to control is a “backfire,” which burns into the...

