Gary Howey’s Outdoors
5 “MUST-HAVES” IF YOU WANT TO SEE MORE WILD TURKEYS
Most wildlife species require the “F+W+C+S Formula” (Food, Water, Cover, and Sanctuary) functioning in an area for them to take up residence. For wild turkeys it’s a little more involved than that....
Drawing them In Exciting and Effective By Gary Howey
Nothing is more exciting than using a call to draw animals or birds in for a shot; it could be deer, waterfowl, crows or turkeys. When they turn and start moving your way, your heartbeat will...
At ice-out, crappies are the first to bite By Larry Myhre
The tiny red and white bobber tipped over on its side. That was the signal to set the hook.I lifted the rod tip and put tension on the line. I felt the fish struggling and I cranked it in, lifting...
6 Ways Wildflowers Play a Vital Role in Wildlife Management
1.They Attract Insects Wildflowers are the host plant for all sorts of insects, therefore your wildflower plots will be loaded down with Lepidopterans (moths and butterflies), Orthopterans...
Cutthroat trout are safe in impenetrable canyon By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal.It was the lure of native cutthroat trout swimming in a tiny, unreachable stream at the bottom of a rugged limestone canyon that brought us to this point.We...
Decoying Through the Ice Gary Howey
I was fishing on a farm pond northeast of my hometown and just had my Vexilar transducer placed into the hole over the top of six foot of water. The first thing I look for is the red marks on...
WEED-FREE FOOD PLOTS
A weed free food plot tucked into the woods somewhere is a beautiful sight. So how do you keep those pesky weeds out of your favorite spot? BioLogic’s new WEED REAPER GRASS CONTROL is designed to...
Farm pond ice trip yields bass, bluegills By Larry Myhre
Reprinted from the Sioux City JournalBOW VALLEY, Neb. | I could see the gate was open to the pasture that held the little farm pond that Gary Howey and I planned to fish. His pickup was parked near...