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...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
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...
Poachers Stealing from us all By Gary Howey
Those that take game illegally, poachers are robbing us, the hunters as well as our state of valuable resources and something needs to be done to stop this. It's not just a problem for one state; it's one affecting all the states and one that needs to be...
I’m a “Fan” of Turkey Hunting By Gary Howey
It was twelve or so years ago, when I suggested to my hunting partner Larry Myhre that we should come up with some type of turkey fan that would help us sneak up on Gobblers. He thought it was a good idea, but said it sounded like work and he was looking...
I’m a “Fan” of Turkey Hunting By Gary Howey
It was twelve or so years ago, when I suggested to my hunting partner Larry Myhre that we should come up with some type of turkey fan that would help us sneak up on Gobblers. He thought it was a good idea, but said it sounded like work and he was looking...
Setting the Hook The Key to Landing more Fish By Gary Howey
It's said that a definition of a fisherman is a jerk on one end of a line waiting for a jerk on the other end. You know there’s some truth to that statement! If you don’t jerk or set the hook properly, you’re going to do a whole lot of jerking, not...