by Gary Howey | Aug 26, 2026 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Dove Hunting, Eurasian Collared Doves, Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Hunting Dogs, Morning Doves
As the sun rises on Thursday September 1, in South Dakota and throughout the upper Midwest, look for hunters set up on their favorite pond, around sunflower, millet, wheat or CRP fields and near shelter-belts to take a shot at dove hunting. Take a shot, may not be the...
by Gary Howey | May 11, 2026 | Uncategorized
OVER THE YEARS, I’VE HAD NUMEROUS DOGS, SOME WERE JUST PETS, WITH MOST OF THEM BEING MY HUNTING PARTNER. MY FIRST HUNTING DOG WAS A BRITNEY SPANIEL, NAMED CALICO, I WAS WORKING AT A GAME FARM IN NE NEBRASKA AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO BE PAID FOR MY LABORS, THE OWNER...
by Gary Howey | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized
How to pick a perfect hunting dog according to DU, is to seek an experienced breeder with proven blood lines. The pup should have positive generic traits, when purchasing a pup not just because of confirmation, color, titles or size. The pups are generally...
by Gary Howey | Jan 16, 2023 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Uncategorized
Dogs are man’s best friend, especially if you’re a hunter, as Duke was to me, he had a good nose and let very few if any birds get away. (gary Howey Photo) I’ve always had a dog, as a kid, a lab, just a plain old dog, that brought us kids a lot of enjoyment. When I...
by Gary Howey | Apr 18, 2022 | THE GAMEKEEPERS OF MOSSY OAK
Wounding game is an inevitability that every bird hunter encounters. Many times we wound a bird and it sails down, but still very much alive. We immediately cast our dog to increase the chances of successfully retrieving the bird. Stunned by the dog’s abilities, we...
