Gary Howey’s Outdoors

Estelline, SD Reflections Memorial Park
“Reflections Park” was the idea of the Pomrenke family to pay it forward after their son Seth became ill in 2008 and the Estelline community and Legion Members helped them. Donald Zafft or DZ and...
Ice Fishing at 50 degrees By Gary Howey
There's something to be said about ice fishing when it's fifty degrees, it's not the type of weather you usually associate with ice fishing. For one thing, your hands and the rest of...
Coyote calling can be an unexpected adventure By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. Things don’t always go as planned when you are calling coyotes. Maybe that’s why I enjoy it so much. If you are calling in coyote-rich country such as western...
ICOtec Leads Wildlife Research Using Call Development with QUWF
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...