It's December, when in a somewhat normal year there's good ice in northern South Dakota and Minnesota. Well, I'd have to say that this isn't even close to a normal year. In our area the last week of November and first week of December, we've had very few cold...
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Your cell phone is a powerful photo tool By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Preserving your outdoor memories has never been easier. Or less expensive. Film? Processing expense? What’s that? We are in the digital age. Your photos can be downloaded to a computer, cropped, edited and enhanced with any of a...
Early Season Ice Fishing, Safety First Gary Howey
It's November when in a normal year with cold weather when people those die hard ice anglers are looking for a place to ice fish. Not this year, as the weather we've in early November was so unseasonably warm, we haven't had to field many questions about...
Rod building is a hobby worth the effort By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Building fishing rods is a productive way to spend winter evenings. A few hours of work will result in a rod better than anything you can buy off the rack. Of course it will take you a few rods of practice to reach that level, but...
Mother Nature and Waterfowl Hunting On the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation Gary Howey
It was early November, but surely didn't feel like it, as it's not often we see the warm 60 to 70 degree temperatures we've seen so far this month. Higher temperatures are great for most outdoor activities, however, for those of us who've been...
Briar and Bow Archery marks 40th anniversary By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Ritch Stolpe has a way of putting things in perspective. “I retired at the age of 25 and opened an archery shop for something to do,” he smiles. This year he is celebrating 40 years in business. His shop, Briar and Bow Archery,...
Mild weather gives waterfowl an edge By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal SISSETON, S.D. | There are few better ways to spend part of a day than to be tucked into a layout blind waiting for the geese to fly. Even if they don’t. There were a bunch of them sitting on sandbars in Dry Wood Lake just behind...
PDR Hunt 2016 by Gary Howey
"It's not about the harvesting of a deer as much as telling the story each kid has of overcoming significant limitations". Clark, S.D. We at Outdoorsmen Adventures television had the privilege to send our film crew to Clark, South Dakota in September to film at the...