Gary Howey’s Outdoors
One of Mother Nature’s Most Beautiful Art Forms A Deer antlers & its shed
The pedicle on the deer's head is where the antler grows from and where these antlers were shed, allowing the buck to grow their racks each year. (Dustin Lutt Photograph) ...
Late Season Pheasant Late Season Pheasant
It may be cold and windy, but hunters like Chuck Stone, from Watertown South Dakota know that some of the best pheasant hunting of the year will happen during the late season when the birds are in...
Early Season Ice Fishing & & Early Ice
First Ice can be very productive, and very dangerous, before venturing out, make sure you have good clear thick Ice. The author took this and several other crappies during first ice, with 4"...
Those Nest Robbing, Hen Killing, Egg Stealing, Chick Eating Varmints
Years ago, my son Paul and I trapped together, even when there was abundant habitat; we did our best to eliminate as many predators as possible, hoping we were helping the area wildlife....
Before putting it Away
This has been one of those years, where I was on the water very few times; first, it was radiation treatments beginning in late spring through most of the summer, so my fishing was...
Early Season Ice Fishing, Think Safety First.
It happens every year around the first of December, when people start calling the office asking about ice fishing and where they’re biting. With the cold temperatures that we’ve had over the last...
Ice Fishing just around the corner.
Today we have sunny skies 50 degrees, hard to believe it's the end of November. Whats really hard to believe is tomorrow we have 6" to 9" of snow predicted with rain and ice possible. I like ice,...
Staying Warm & Dry
When hunting in the late fall and early winter, being comfortable; warm and dry is very important and this column will deal with just that. Each year, the clothing manufacturers...
For Results, Use RAKS Mineral Supplement
I've hunted deer in several states and found that my better deer came from locations where they used deer mineral supplements. When I'm referring to mineral supplements, mineral licks,...
Fall Turkey
When most folks think about turkey hunting, it's the spring hunts where the hunter using calls and decoys brings the gobbler to him. In the spring, hunters are after the strutting...