by Gary Howey | Aug 6, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
When I was a kid, growing up a block away from the Big Sioux River in Watertown, South Dakota, each spring, there was always the spring carp and buffalo runs which brought hundreds of these rough fish up river to spawn. We speared them, which was...
by Gary Howey | Jun 18, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
As a kid growing up, the author Gary Howey spent numerous hours along the Sioux River, only a block from our house, building forts, as these kids are doing, fishing and just goofing around. As long as we were home in time for meals and respected our parents and...
by Gary Howey | Mar 20, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Gettysburg guide and Watertown Native Chuck Krause and Gary Howey with a mixed bag, left to right a smallmouth bass, sauger, walleye and northern taken during the spring bite on the Missouri River near Gettysburg. (Larry Myhre Photo) Spring, arrives the...
by Gary Howey | Mar 4, 2020 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
Snow goose numbers have exploded, where they are destroying their Tundra habitat and because of this, the Light Goose Conservation order was established, where now, during the spring season, electronic calls, unplugged shotguns along with no daily or possession...
by Gary Howey | Sep 24, 2019 | Gary’s Thoughts from the Field
I’ve hunted for as long as I can remember, cherishing every trip and the memories these trips created! My first hunting trips were with my brother A.J. as we went out with our BB-guns to see if we could shoot a few sparrows and black birds. On one trip, we even...