by Gary Howey | Nov 16, 2022 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns
This is the time of the year, when temperatures are low with snow on the ground when predators will come to a call. (Outdoorsmen Productions Photo) Predators, an animal that naturally preys on others, Coyotes, Fox, Bobcats, and Mountain Lions to name a few? As a...
by Gary Howey | May 9, 2022 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA
It was a wet foggy morning in Central Missouri near where the Ozark River empties into the Missouri when I encountered this curious doe. She crossed an open field walking like a ghost through the mist then entered the trees where I was set up for turkeys. It’s...
by Gary Howey | Feb 25, 2022 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Beaver, are continually building and creating dams to back up the water, allowing them to construct their dens underwater along the shoreline or to build a beaver lodge. (Contributed Photo) When I was younger, at home in Watertown, South Dakota, trapping was one of...
by Gary Howey | Feb 24, 2022 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Larry Myhre-IA
One of the charms of coyote hunting is the hunt itself. Always expect the unexpected. You won’t be disappointed and sometimes you’ll even get lucky. (Photo by Larry Myhre) Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Things don’t always go as planned when you...
by Gary Howey | Dec 4, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Authors son, Paul when he was young, helping to reset a coyote set after he and his Dad took a coyote from a hole set. (Gary Howey Photo) Growing up in Watertown, South Dakota, a block from the Sioux River with numerous muskrat houses sticking up out of the sloughs...