by Gary Howey | Oct 18, 2025 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns, Northeastern South Dakota, Of the Outdoors Columns, Pheasants, South Dakota, Watertown, S D
GROWING UP IN THE SIXTIES IN WATERTOWN, S.D., PHEASANTS WERE EVERYWHERE AND WE DIDN’T HAVE TO GO FAR FROM TOWN TO GET OUR LIMITS. THIS YEARS SOUTH DAKOTA PHEASANT SEASON OPENS OCTOBER 18, 2025, STARTING AT 10:00 AM. WALKING INTO THE WHEEL INN IN WATERTOWN FOR...
by Gary Howey | Sep 24, 2025 | Redlin Art Center, Terry Redlin Art Center-SD, Terry Redlin-Wildlife artist Deceased
REDLIN’S LAST PAINTING “EVENING ON THE ICE” WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE REDLIN ART CENTER IN WATERTOWN, S.D.THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH. TERRY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AT THE AGE OF 70. SHORTLY AFTER HIS DIAGNOSIS, HE ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM...
by Gary Howey | Dec 16, 2023 | Fishing line, Uncategorized
This year’s ice fishing is off to a slow start, because of the warm weather. A few years back Team Outdoorsmen Productions team member Cory Ewing, Waubay Guide Service with several of the nice perch taken from the Glacial Lakes of South Dakota. Those of us...
by Gary Howey | Jan 1, 2023 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Ice fishing has really changed over the years, when the author ice fished with his daughter, Mieke (Howey) Slaba, a teacher from Wagner. SD. The art of hard water fishing has come a long way, since my brother AJ and got into the sport, back then, you had to be one...
by Gary Howey | Sep 21, 2022 | "Of the Outdoors" Columns
Pheasant numbers may be down, but it will not stop die-hard pheasant hunters from hitting the field opening day. Over the last several years, due to the disappearance of our habitat, our pheasant hunting in northeast Nebraska is very minimal not all that long ago,...