Gary Howey’s Outdoors
Early Season Ice Fishing-Safety First By Gary Howey
It happens every year around this time of the year, when we have calls at the office asking about ice fishing and where they’re biting.With the colder temperatures we’ve had so far this winter,...
You Should Start your Ice-Fishing Now By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City JournalWith the current weather we are having, it would seem ice fishing will be a long time coming.However, from now until the lakes and ponds freeze over with at...
Platte P.V.A. Veterans Pheasant Hunt Those that asked little and gave a lot By Gary Howey
As a Veteran, I feel privileged to spend time with other veterans and this season, I've had several opportunities to spend time in the field with many of them.On this trip, Platte, S.D. is our...
Ice fishing on West Okoboji, the early years By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal My introduction to ice fishing was traumatic. You see, I learned the fine points of ice fishing for perch from a bunch of old guys, none of whom could sleep...
Muzzleloaders The old and the new! By Gary Howey
December is just around the corner and for those of us who enjoy hunting, have another opportunity to hunt deer, this time using with our muzzleloaders. Muzzleloader permits in Nebraska, are...
Lets revisit my promise to the fishing Gods By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal The story I’m about to tell you is true . It’s springtime. The year is 1968. I’m kneeling on the bank of Nebraska’s Verdigre Creek. I’m staring at an earth worm...
Where to Hunt Bucks in the “Second Rut”
To know which tactics will best serve you during late season it’s best that you “take your herd’s temperature.” That means you need to know the “status” of the herd. Everything will hinge upon...
The Future of Hunting By Gary Howey
Just this last week, we were coming down the highway when an SUV came down the highway with a deer carcass strapped on its luggage rack. It was not a huge deer; it was just a dead deer hanging off...
Why not begin collecting vintage fishing tackle By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal While I’ve never considered myself a “collector” of old fishing tackle, it sure seems like I have “accumulated” an awful lot of vintage tackle over the years. I...
Veterans, Pheasants and South Dakota A winning combination Gary Howey
Its fall, the time of the years when trees, shrubs and grasses change from their summer colors to their beautiful fall coloration. The orange, yellows and reds are not the only colors appearing in...