Renowned wildlife and American artist Terry Redlin left a tremendous legacy of beautiful art for generations to enjoy. On Monday, April 24, the anniversary of Terry Redlin's passing, the Redlin Art Center will add the original oil painting, "Sunrise", to the...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
Patterning Turkeys With the help of game cameras By Gary Howey
The key to a successful turkey hunt is to know where the birds are going to be at a given point in the day, there's no better way to do this than with your game cameras. I have certain places where I place my game cameras to pattern deer and these areas;...

The Song of the Sandhill Cranes By Gary Howey
As we made our way along the half-mile trail in the dark to the photography blind at the Rowe Sanctuary near Kearney, Nebraska, the distinctive calls of the Sandhill Cranes echoed across the Platte River valley. Once you have heard their calls,...
Tips for Tagging Gobblers By Gary Howey
The gobble rang out across the creek bottom, up onto the road where I was using my shock calls to get a Tom to give away his location. As my call faded, a resounding gobble came from the tree-lined hillside adjacent to the creek From the direction the...
Tips for Tagging Gobblers By Gary Howey
The gobble rang out across the creek bottom, up onto the road where I was using my shock calls to get a Tom to give away his location. As my call faded, a resounding gobble came from the tree-lined hillside adjacent to the creek From the direction the...
Getting ready for Spring Turkey By Gary Howey
For those of you, who like me, live for spring shotgun turkey hunting, our wait is almost over; it will not be long before we will be in the field. Archers have been in the field since March 25 in Nebraska and April 1 in South Dakota while the hunters...
Managing Whitetails with Minerals: Easy & Effective
Managing Whitetails with Minerals: Easy & Effective very simple but favorite management chore of mine in the spring is establishing new mineral sites. The anticipation of what might show up that year as the antlers begin to develop is always super high. I have...
Managing Whitetails with Minerals: Easy & Effective
A very simple but favorite management chore of mine in the spring is establishing new mineral sites. The anticipation of what might show up that year as the antlers begin to develop is always super high. I have even found myself in the past few years putting out...