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 16, 2015 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field, Iowa
I can’t wait until old man winter releases his grip on the upper Midwest and spring arrives when I can hit the woods to begin another season to pursue spring turkey. This will be my forty-first season where I hope to add my 104th bird to my turkey log. This...
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...
by Gary Howey | Feb 19, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the Sioux City Journal. The sun was beginning to paint a pink tinge on the eastern horizon. I sat near the top of the ridge, hunkered down into a small cedar tree. In front of me, about a block away the ridge line dropped away, and a stand of oaks...
by Gary Howey | Feb 5, 2015 | "Siouxland Outdoors" Columns
Reprinted from the SiouxCity Journal. It came charging in. It’s paws pounding the frozen soil so hard it sounded like a horse on the gallop. My thumb found the safety on my .243. I turned my head to see what was running in, and stared right into the face of a coyote...
