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If your sights are set on big game hunting, go to the next level with our collection of big game hunting videos and articles. Made to inform and inspire your adventure of a lifetime, you’ll hear firsthand from the masters of high-altitude achievement, and begin your quest toward becoming a stronger & better-prepared big game hunter.

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Nicole Reeve Remembers Her Best Hunts

An official member of the Mossy Oak Pro Staff for 8 years, Nicole’s an admitted adrenaline junkie. “This spring I decided I would take a brown bear with my bow. For many years, I had wanted to hunt a brown bear. I thought there would be a huge adrenaline rush when I got in close to a dangerous animal like a brown bear. I like the excitement of the hunt, and I enjoy making eye-to-eye

Big Game, Predator, Mossy Oak, Bow

Jim Shockey Says He’s Never Road Weary and Has Plenty of Animals He Loves to Hunt

I've been very fortunate to have a large number of generous people who have offered me the opportunity to hunt with them on their properties and hunt for all types of game. I can’t possibly go on every hunt that I have the opportunity to go on in four lifetimes. Now, the hunts I do go on are hunts in places and for animals that I feel are really special.

Big Game, Small Game, Mossy Oak

Food Plot Variety Equals All Season Usage

If you have enough ground to devote to your food plot program, most managers would agree that a well diversified plot with a variety of plants to give your herd what they need regardless of the time or conditions is the way to go. Some of the plants you choose would be perennials; however, for attraction during hunting season it’s hard to beat a food plot full of luscious annuals.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Jim Shockey Explains Why He’s Joined the Mossy Oak Family

The main reason I didn’t wear camo was because I couldn’t find any camouflage clothing manufacturer that produced the type of clothing I needed and wanted to wear on my adventures. But when Mossy Oak and I got together, there was some real technological advances being made in camo clothing. Many of those high-tech camouflage clothes were being made by Under Armour. I saw the quality of adventure hunting clothes, and the technology of high-tech

Big Game, Small Game, Mossy Oak

What is your Fall Game Plan?

Every year I look back on the previous season and analyze how things went. As I have progressed as a bowhunter, it has been less about how many deer I harvested and more about what I have learned. This year is no different. I will begin to reflect on what happened during the last two to three seasons and evaluate what went right and what went wrong. What hunting scenarios seemed to produce the most

Big Game, Deer, Bow

Pat Reeve Explains How to Hunt New Ground

If you’ve seen the list of shows that will be on “Driven with Pat and Nicole” on the Outdoor Channel, then you’ve seen that we hunt all over the country and out of the country every year. I’m often asked, “How do you hunt a property you’ve never hunted before and take big bucks?”

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Pat Reeve on Growing Bigger Bucks on the Property You Hunt

By keeping trail-camera pictures of the bucks on the property you hunt each year, you can begin to see an antler pattern as the bucks grow. For instance, you'll see that certain bucks tend to express only an 8-point rack each season, a 7-point rack or a 6-point rack. When we see a buck like that, we’ll often put him on the hit list for the next season. As I mentioned, I’ll put the bucks

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Pat Reeve Tells Where To Plant Food Plots and Why

I prefer to plant all my food plots in the center of my property. The outside edges of my land are where the deer bed. A ridge runs through my 400 acres. I plant all my food plots either on the ridge or on the sides of the ridge. I want to draw all my deer to the center of the property with the food plots. This tactic has worked very well for me over

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak

How to Maximize Your Odds for Taking Older Age Class Bucks

Yesterday I explained that providing plenty of food and cover on your hunting lands year-round are the best ways I know to grow and hold older-age-class bucks on the property you hunt. The second-most important factor for keeping older-age-class bucks on your land, so you can harvest mature bucks every year, is to hunt the property the right way.

Big Game, Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

Where to Plant and Hunt for Big Bucks

Last year was probably the best year that Nicole and I ever have had filming adventure programs and taking big animals. We started off last year hunting mountain goats in the Yukon. Then we took mountain caribou, and I was able to take a black wolf. Those will be the first two shows that air this season.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak

Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland Tells Us about the Elk That Humbled Him

I started bowhunting when I was 12-years old. By the time I was full grown, I had taken a ton of whitetails with my bow, but I’d never had the opportunity to go elk hunting which was one of my dreams. I know many hunters dream of going to Africa and taking a Cape buffalo, an elephant or a lion with their bows. But for me, taking a bull elk that would weigh from 600

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Pre-Season Scouting For Deer Is More Fun Now Than Ever

Pre-season scouting for archery season really has changed for me. I have much more fun scouting before the early season than I once did. I enjoy putting out trail cameras, building food plots and hunting for deer with only my binoculars. I enjoy this pre-season scouting event more than I enjoy taking deer with a bow. I enjoy it so much now, because I get to share those experiences with my grandchildren.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Alps Outdoorz Turkey Chair

For those who love to turkey hunt, the disappointment of spring being gone is brutal. Though my mind is shifting to those fall mornings chasing whitetails, I still reflect on the many spring mornings spent listening for gobbles. This past spring, I had the opportunity to test and try new products while on many of these turkey hunts. One of those products was the Alps Outdoorz Turkey Chair in Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity.

Big Game, Deer, Gear, Mossy Oak, Bow

What to look for in deer hunting property

It is no secret that America's love for deer hunting is fueling the demand for quality deer hunting land. Across much of the country, many passionate deer hunters are in the market for a place that they can call their own-and hunt and manage the deer on that property as they see fit.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Properties

Save The Habitat. Save the Hunt. Initiative Makes Significant Impact Through First Year

The National Wild Turkey Federation's (NWTF) Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative was implemented just over one year ago and it's already making a difference. The Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative is an aggressive charge that mobilizes science, fundraising and devoted volunteers to combat some of the driving factors in the decline of wild turkey numbers, loss of habitat and the decrease in the number of hunters.

Big Game, Turkey, Conservation