Gary Howey’s Outdoors
Making a Difference For Wildlife By Gary Howey
On a recent trip, I stopped at a cafe and sat down with a group of locals having coffee. Not long after I sat down, the main topic of our conversation turned to hunting and how it changed...
Mid-Season Pheasants South Dakota Style By Gary Howey
Lady, Gary Kubicek's lab worked out in front of us as did some of Joel Vasek's dogs and by the way, they were acting, we had better be ready as they were on a bird. The...
Creating Funnels
Whitetails are lazy animals and will almost always take the path of least resistance. An example would be a creek crossing. Both bucks and does would much rather cross the creek in a spot where the...
Making a Difference For Wildlife By Gary Howey
On a recent trip, I stopped at a cafe and sat down with a group of locals having coffee. Not long after I sat down, the main topic of our conversation turned to hunting and how it changed...
Mountain Lion sightings
Mountain Lion sightings are become a common thin in the Midwest as they are being caught on Game Cameras in southern South Dakota, northern Nebraska and northern Iowa and in numerous other...
Now you see it Now you don’t By Gary Howey
As legal shooting time begun to fade, the Mule deer buck came out about three hundred yards down in the draw. My camera operator who zoomed in on the deer earlier indicated it was a good buck,...
Scent Trail Techniques: Fooling Mature Bucks
When leaving a scent trail in a straight line you’ve only got a fifty-fifty chance the buck will follow the trail in your direction. Half of the time they follow it in the wrong direction, even with...
Signs, Signs Everywhere is Signs By Gary Howey
It was opening day of the Nebraska rifle deer season that found me setting on a terrace in a pasture, armed, not with my rifle, even though I had permit, but with my camera. I was...
2017 Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Opener By Gary Howey
Jack, the DeBruyckere's English Setter methodically worked his way through the thick CRP cover, as he picked up the running birds scent he would pause and then move forward slowly as he...
Return to Zippel Bay Gary Howey
As I walked from the log cabin, the calm waters of Zippel Bay mirrored the colors of the Northwood's trees lining the far shore line. In the distance, the beckoning call of...