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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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A Good Beginning

A good beginning to a fawn’s life is important and now is time to prepare for fawning season. There are several things we can do to get our fawns off to a great start. Make it easy for the doe to intake the necessary nutrition.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Conservation, BioLogic, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Taking Gobblers When There’s No Noise

Most turkey hunters prefer to hunt on days when there’s no wind, no rain and no noise. But any day you wear your Mossy Oak camouflage, it will keep you from being seen. But those are also the days when turkeys seem to be able to hear you scratch your head. More than likely, when you’re trying to call turkeys, you’ll have to move at some point.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Ernie Callandrelli Explains How to Take a Gobbler on a Windy Day

I hunt turkeys in big-sky states like Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, where the wind really howls. If you’re hunting under really-windy conditions, you have to start with a really-loud turkey call, like one of the Turkey Thug calls from Quaker Boy Game Calls. The real secret to taking turkeys on windy days is to call loudly, call often and keep your movement to a minimum.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

How to Take Tough Toms

I don’t call as much on rainy days, because turkeys don’t gobble as well when rain’s falling. I’ve had turkeys gobbling from the ground, and then they’ll shut-up as soon rain starts. Remember, when a turkey gobbles, he’s not only calling-in hens. He’s also notifying predators where he is located.

Big Game, Turkey, How-To

2013 NWTF Convention Pictures

Mossy Oak was pleased to be at the 37th Annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show and has a lot of pictures to share!

Big Game, Turkey

Illinois 2012-13 Archery Deer Harvest Totals 59,728

In the coming months, deer biologists will be reviewing all available data and making any needed program changes in order to ensure the continued well-being of Illinois' deer herd for this and future generations.

Big Game, Deer

Housing Whitetails

Why do whitetails live where they do? It’s simple; they have food and water nearby, there’s enough cover to make them feel safe and they are usually left alone. Quite often when managers wish to increase their deer numbers they begin by adding food plots to their property. However, if you don’t have enough “housing” to handle the bodies attending your “new restaurant” your results probably won’t be what you’re expecting. You must also give

Big Game, Deer, Conservation

2013 Turkey Call Round Up

Check out this year's line up of new turkey calls from Quaker Boy, Primos and M.A.D. From friction calls to mouth calls to box calls and even some accessories, there's bound to be something to add to your vest for more turkey hunting success.

Big Game, Turkey, Gear

The Injured Veteran Who Was Told He Couldn’t Hunt But Did

We had a young staff sergeant who had been shot in the neck and was a quadriplegic. He only could move his left arm, and used a power chair to get around. Someone told him his injuries would prevent him from hunting. When I met him, I said, “I don’t think so.”

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

A Blind Man Hunts Elk with PVA-ORHF and Mossy Oak

This fellow wasn’t just a serviceman who had lost his sight, he also has become a mentor for other blind veterans and is a published author. He’s a good mentor, because he believes there’s nothing he can’t do. When other soldiers say, “I’m blind, I can’t do that,” he says, “I’m blind, just like you are. I hunt, I go out in the wilderness, and I continue on with my life, and you can too.”

Big Game, Deer

Sportsman’s Condo Introduces DEER THUGS Blind

Designed with the help of the Mossy Oak Deer Thugs and Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, the new Sportsman’s Condo DEER THUGS blind takes the pop-up style ground blind to the next level in comfort and durability.

Big Game, Deer, News, Mossy Oak

Ladies Dressed in Mossy Oak Took Longbeards with Lew Deal of the PVA-ORHF

This past spring, we put on an all-ladies turkey hunt at Dee DOT Timberland near Jacksonville, Florida. The picture in most people’s minds of a wounded veteran is a man who’s been in combat and suffered a life-changing injury. But on this turkey hunt, we had one lady who had fought in the war, one whose husband had fought and died for his country and the spouses of two severely-wounded soldiers.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

QDMA Offers Deer Steward Online FREE for Military in Active Combat

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA), in partnership with Clemson University, is pleased to announce that the online version of its Deer Steward certification course will be free-of-charge (a $200 value) for active military personnel serving in combat zones in 2013.

Big Game, Deer

Mossy Oak Helps Disabled Veterans Hunt

I met the folks from Mossy Oak when at a shooting summit. I laid-out the plight of disabled veterans who wanted to hunt. Many outdoor companies were there, but Mossy Oak was the only one to stand-up and say, “Our company wants to help.” Mossy Oak was so interested that they flew me to the home office in West Point, Mississippi, where I met with Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, today the Senior Vice President of Media

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Day 5: Alex Rutledge Explains the Shot and the Missed Turkey

One of the toughest turkeys of the entire hunt is the gobbler that you’ve shot at and missed, or the gobbler that someone else has shot at and missed. To take this bird, you have to pay attention to what you’re doing, realize what’s happened before and after the shot, and understand where you think the turkey has gone after you’ve pulled the trigger, and he hasn’t fallen over dead.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm