Buffalo , MO: "All of the habitat work, Memorandums of Understanding and claimed acres of restoration mean nothing if the populations of wildlife, in our case upland game, are not positively influenced with healthy population growth" states Craig...
Gary Howey’s Outdoors Blog
Learning from Past Experiences! By Gary Howey
I remember while growing up in Watertown, SD, about all the things there were to do and how I wanted to try to do all of them! I also remember that several of these things weren’t what I really should have been doing. My folks were always there to...
Late winter action slows, even on farm ponds By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal I didn’t need to look at a calendar to know that it was the month of February. My depth finder was lit up like a Christmas tree with fish signals, but nothing was happening. A tiny 1/100th-ounce jig was hanging on fresh, two-pound...
6 Hot Spots For Finding Shed Antlers
6 Hot Spots For Finding Shed Antlers Shed hunting is all the rage now-days. People train their dogs specifically to find sheds, there are clubs and organizations devoted to the sport and shed hunting has become so popular that guided week-long “shed hunts” in...
Figuring Out Spring Fishing By Gary Howey
To me, it seems like this has been one long winter and unfortunately, there's a lot of it left! It hasn't been overly cold, but the wind has been blowing a lot. I like winter to a point, for ice fishing and predator calling, but each year, it seems like I like...
Studying Missouri River fisheries is his job By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal ONAWA, Iowa — Monitoring the Missouri River fishery is the job of Ryan Hupfeld, Missouri River fish management biologist. Hupfeld was named to the position last fall after Van Sterner, fisheries biologist, retired. While much of...
Tackle Tips, Getting into the sport of Fishing By Gary Howey
At the seminars and on my web page, there are many questions on what type of tackle is needed to get into the sport of fishing. The information in this column will give you information on the basic tackle needed if you are thinking about going...
Change tactics for ‘educated’ coyotes By Larry Myhre
The dying rabbit screams were echoing off the hills on the other side of the valley. It was colder than a well digger's heart and I was beginning to think this stand was going down as another exercise in futility. Then I heard the drumming sound of galloping...