5 Core Trail Camera Uses for Deer Managers If you follow these five core uses for trail cameras you can turn your cameras from a recreational toy to a gamekeeper’s tool. Use your trail cameras to help make management decisions this season. Read More Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
How Cody Robbins Found His Monster Mule Deer Bow Buck My huge mule-deer buck lived about two miles from my house, and I’d never seen him until one day, my wife, Kelsey and I were driving down a road on July 18, 2011, headed toward our ranch. Read More Deer, Bow
Your Guide to How Hunting Tags Work Hunting tags give you the right to kill a specific animal during hunting season. The luck of the draw is a huge factor, so it’s best to apply early. Read More Big Game, Deer, Turkey, How-To
Pope & Young Now Ranks Velvet-Antlered Mule Deer Bucks Having the world-record mule-deer buck taken with archery equipment is not nearly as important to me as keeping that animal exactly the same way he was when I harvested him. Read More Big Game, Deer, Bow
3 Whitetail Management Strategies There are generally three categories of herd management: Traditional Deer Management, Quality Deer Management, and Trophy Deer Management. Let’s look at the differences. Read More Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Get The Most Out Of Using Deer Scent Mid to late October through the November rut is an excellent time to try these different scent tactics, and I promise you they still work. Read More Deer, How-To
Trophy Report: Natalie Kesper’s Iowa Buck My daughter, Natalie, has been on a hot streak! In three years, she has killed three bucks that hunters three times her age only dream about. Read More Deer, Firearm
Free Printable Shooting Targets Successful hunting starts with preparation and that includes sighting in your rifle or shotgun using anatomically correct targets. Get your free printable shooting targets here! Read More Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Firearm
How to Keep Older Age Buck Deer on Your Property with Mark Drury Four requirements are needed to have older-age-class bucks staying on and coming back to your property: food, cover, water and lack of intrusion. Read More Deer, Bow
The Deer Hunting Problem with No Solution One of the biggest fears that many hunters have about planting food plots, managing timber stands and putting trail cameras out is that hunters on neighboring properties may take the bucks that they’ve been photographing and raising. Read More Deer, Land Management
Liquid Micronutrient Applications for Food Plots Liquid forms of micronutrients can be applied to the soil as well as the plants themselves. One study showed a liquid soybean application of micronutrients resulted in a 50-percent absorption by the plant within 2-10 hours. Read More Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic
What to Plant, When to Plant It and How to Pattern Buck Deer with Mark Drury You may be wondering how I’ve figured out what to plant where, and I’ve done this by studying the photos from my Reconyx trail cameras each season. Read More Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic
How Mark Drury Manages Deer 365 Days a Year on His Properties To have older-age-class bucks on the property you hunt, you have to put in time on the land starting in February and continue to improve the land and the herd all year long. Read More Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
How Mark Drury Consistently Takes Big Buck Deer Every Year I think if you’re serious about deer hunting, you may want to consider having various places where you can lease or buy land for less money than you’ll have to spend buying one large property on which you manage deer. Read More Deer, Land Management
Wildlife Bridges There are countless benefits of having wildlife corridors on your property. The key is understanding where they should be and creating a plan that develops practical habitat that is wildlife friendly. Read More Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers