by Gary Howey | Apr 2, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal A little preparation right now can put the odds on your side come turkey hunting season. And when it comes to hunting these wise, old birds, you need all the help you can get. After all, only one in five hunters fill their tag in...
by Gary Howey | Mar 26, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. GRAND ISLAND, Neb. | They came in at mid day on tired wings. Flock after flock after flock of large gray birds trailing long, black legs. They swung over the Platte River as if checking to see if it were still there. Then they...
by Gary Howey | Mar 19, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
I was keeping an eye on the weather, as we needed cold weather in order to get back into the dam we hoped to ice fish, but didn’t need any sub zero temperatures or heavy wind. I was looking at ice fishing a pond southwest of town, one that was in the middle of a...
by Gary Howey | Mar 19, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal Last summer was a milestone of sorts for two local fly anglers. They spent 10 days in the western part of Wyoming fishing for three subspecies of cutthroat trout in their native drainages. Most of their time was spent high in the...
by Gary Howey | Mar 12, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal With a week’s worth of warm weather in the forecast, Gary Howey, Hartington, Neb., and I decided it was “now or never” time to fish a farm pond we’d had our eyes on for quite some time. Gary had fished it years ago and had great...
