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How To Hunt Deer Accustomed to Their Surroundings

Deer become accustomed to the sights, smells and sounds around them. For instance, if an older-age-class deer sets up a residency close to three or four houses, I think he can distinguish the difference between the way the people who live in that neighborhood smell from a hunter who comes into the woods and has an odor different from the neighborhood folks.

Deer, How-To

The Sheer Luck Buck

In the 2006 and 2007 deer season, I was sitting in a tree late in the afternoon rattling and grunting because the rut was happening. Although I would like to say we had this buck patterned, that’s not true. I was able to take this buck that scored in the mid-160s because of sheer luck. I did have trail-camera pictures of him about a quarter of a mile from where we were hunting, and those

Deer, Bow

Bowhunting During Rifle Season Has Its Benefits

I never completely put my bow down and take only my gun. I designate the properties I have to hunt into either rifle or bowhunting lands. I’ll pick up a rifle and go hunt larger properties where my likelihood of seeing a big deer is greatest at more than 30 yards. Some of the places I’ve named for bowhunting only are where I just enjoy hunting with my bow. Other areas the landowner may restrict

Deer, Bow, Firearm

Deer Hunting in Texas: Big Deer, Big Antlers and Public Land

Some counties in Texas are nonrestrictive on the size of antlers a buck has to have before you can take him, and some counties are restrictive on how many points a buck has to have before you can take him. In those counties, you may only be able to take one buck that has two branched antlers or more, and the buck has to have an inside spread of the main beams 13 inches or

Deer, How-To, Bow, Firearm

Dressing for Subzero Weather

I am often asked, “How do you set up in a ground blind in subzero weather?” Since my family owns the land where I hunt, I've got two permanent ground blinds built. Those blinds are set up, so that one is in a deep ravine, and the other one is set up on a well-known deer travel area. I also use pop-up blinds, depending on where crops are planted.

Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Identify the Trees That Produce Nuts

During Georgia’s 2017 early archery season, I saw quite a number of young bucks that would be shooter bucks next year. But I didn’t take a buck with my bow. Instead I took a doe for my freezer. However, I’m still bowhunting, although gun season has opened in Georgia.

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

The Doe Hunt of a Lifetime

I had a tremendous hunt - really the hunt of a lifetime - on opening morning of the 2017 bow season in Texas. I got to my stand about 5:30 a.m., before first light. That morning, I saw three does and two young bucks. But the afternoon hunt was what made this opening day a hunt I’ll never forget.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Hunting Deer in North Dakota Weather

In the past, I’ve mostly hunted from tree stands, but this year most of my hunting will be from ground blinds - just to be able to stay warmer. For most of deer season, the hunter’s number-one concern is how to stay warm while hunting. We often have minus-zero temperatures in North Dakota and possibility of 100 inches of snow, all factors that discourage deer hunters.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow, Firearm

Alan Benton's Hunt for "Big Nine"

I was able to take Big Nine because I studied my trail-camera pictures every week. The only time we saw Big Nine at the beginning of deer season was after dark. However, I noticed as the season progressed, Big Nine would enter the green field somewhat earlier every day. Finally when the weather was right to hunt Big Nine, and I had a day when the wind was correct to hunt him, I moved my

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Small Properties Can Still Hold Deer

I started getting ready for bow season back in the summer. I put out trail cameras, and I created some supplemental food plots. Once the season arrived, I was ready to go. In Texas, we can hunt over feeders. So before deer season, all the landowners and the hunters who lease land put corn in their feeders. Although corn will attract deer, it doesn’t provide much nutrition for the deer. So, I plant fall food

Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Eclipse, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak, Bow

Using Mock Scrapes

For the highest concentration of buck pictures, place your cameras on active scrapes or create a mock scrape or two.

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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Deer, Turkey, News, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country Selected as Official Camo Pattern of QDMA

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) has selected Mossy Oak Break-Up Country as its official camouflage pattern. Effective immediately, QDMA and Mossy Oak will synergize their efforts to defend the attacks that come against the health of the nation’s white-tailed deer herd and the overall right to pursue them. Furthermore, they will work together to increase hunter recruitment and retention.

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

6 Tips for Using Deer Decoys

There aren’t many hard and fast rules when it comes to decoying deer; however, you can put the odds in your favor by using these tips.

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Preseason Scouting Tactics with Bob Walker

When we talk about preseason scouting for deer, we assume that everyone knows what the term preseason scouting means. However, that’s not necessarily true. Unless you know what to look for, where to look and why to look, you'll get very little information from scouting on how to find and take older-age-class bucks when deer season arrives.

Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic