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DEER SEASON, DONE RIGHT.

Before you head into the whitetail woods, browse our extensive collection of deer hunting videos and articles. For beginners and experts alike. From thrilling hunts to helpful hints, there’s always something to learn from watching the country’s top whitetail hunters ply their craft — and whole a lot to enjoy.

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Best New Hunting Gear 2021

Mossy Oak is compiling a comprehensive list of new hunting gear for 2021. Our trade show season was a bit different this year, but we're still working to get the best new hunting gear from many of our partners for you to see. Keep checking in to see what's been added!

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Finding Shed Antlers: Top 3 Locations

Finding shed antlers can happen anywhere in a deer’s home range, usually encompassing hundreds, if not thousands of acres. But the odds are good; 90-percent or more of the antlers you discover are going to be found in one of three locations.

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The Agony and the Enjoyment of Self-Filming Your Hunt

A growing number of hunters throughout the nation are self-filming their hunts to run on some of the YouTube channels and networks that are devoted to hunts and hunters that you may not see on the larger television networks.

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Why and How to Self-Film Your Hunt with Steven Reinhold

An advantage that I have when I’m self-filming a hunt is that I can look at the footage that I’ve taken as the buck’s approached through the flight of the arrow, see where the broadhead has hit, and learn how he’s reacted after he took the arrow.

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9 New Year’s Resolutions for Hunters and Anglers

The New Year is an excellent opportunity to reassess your old routines and inject them with some new life.

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To Rattle or Not to Rattle During the Post-Rut in the North

I don’t rattle during the post-rut. If you think about the chasing, the fighting and the staying on their feet during both daylight and nighttime hours that bucks do, by the time a buck reaches the post-rut, he’s tired, beat-up and doesn’t want to fight.

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Mossy Oak's Top 10 Articles of 2020

These are the most popular articles from Mossy Oak in 2020. Deer hunting, land management, fishing and more.

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How to Use Deer Calls in the North During the Post-Rut

One important fact to remember is that deer are vocal 12 months out of the year. Now sometimes during the year, they’re more vocal than they are at other times, including a deer in the rut. In the post-rut, I don’t stop using rut calls.

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Chris Kirby Hunts Small Spots in New York State for Better Bucks

I hunt three different farms - one 40 acres, a 135-acre farm and a 240-acre farm. The real secret to consistently taking older-age-bucks is not to put too much hunting pressure on any one farm.

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How Chris Kirby and New Yorkers Hunt the Post-Rut

I make sure I’m well aware of cold fronts at this time of the year, because when there’s a cold front coming in, the bucks really start moving - hunting food and places to bed-down.

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Chris Kirby on Hunting New York State Deer

While hunting in western New York State, I pay a lot of attention to barometric pressure. When barometric pressure is rising, deer hunting is better than when the barometric pressure is falling.

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Treestand Safety: Fall Arrest & Recovery

If you're going to hunt from an elevated stand, ALWAYS wear an FAS. If you don’t or can’t you really only have two options: stay home or hunt from the ground.

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Trophy Report: Curtis Goettsch's Iowa Bow Buck

As bad as 2020 has been, when I am 20 feet above the ground in the fall, everything seems right with the world.

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Grider Coordinates the State of Alabama’s Adult Mentored Hunt Program – Part of the R3 Program

Justin Grider heads up the State of Alabama’s Adult Mentored Hunt Program and is the R3 Coordinator for the state.

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Eight Ways to Incorporate Wild Game in Your Holiday Dishes

Have family and friends who are hesitant to partake in wild game during the holidays? Here are eight ways to incorporate wild game in your holiday dishes.

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