PHOTO BY: Tony Campbell Many hunters and novice land managers assume that summer is a time of limitless, green, high-quality forage for deer – the ultimate season for whitetails. There are lush green foods high in nutrition everywhere they turn. Unfortunately, it’s...
Team Outdoorsmen Productions Joel Vasek, Geddes S.D. with a big bass, he took from a stock dam near Geddes, When I first moved into Nebraska, discovered most of the anglers did the majority of their fishing was done on the Missouri River and since I didn’t have a...
1) What’s the most important part of managing a pond that you see overlooked? 1. Harvest of bass and crappie is the most important, an often-overlooked aspect of pond management. An owner can spend thousands of dollars stocking, fertilizing, liming, and feeding...
Zebra mussels are not large, but the damage they do to a body of water is huge, causing tremendous environmental problems as they expand their way throughout the upper Midwest. (Photo courtesy of the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks) It’s spring where spending...
It was a wet foggy morning in Central Missouri near where the Ozark River empties into the Missouri when I encountered this curious doe. She crossed an open field walking like a ghost through the mist then entered the trees where I was set up for turkeys. It's moments...
I find nothing more exciting than introducing someone to the outdoors. Howey called in a gobbler for this new hunter, with the first time he shot a shotgun, he took his first spring gobbler. (Gary Howey Photo) Turkey season is underway, running through the end of...
Howey caught this walleye just before a cold front moved in, by slowly dragging a jig along the bottom and by knowing what the weather is going to be, you can adjust your presentation in order to catch walleyes. (Larry Myhre Photo) It’s important that anglers...
Wounding game is an inevitability that every bird hunter encounters. Many times we wound a bird and it sails down, but still very much alive. We immediately cast our dog to increase the chances of successfully retrieving the bird. Stunned by the dog’s abilities, we...