Land Management

REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

Watch and read along as some of the world’s most knowledgeable and experienced hunting land managers show you proven strategies for turning your property into a hunting paradise. Get expert tips on everything from seasonal food plot placement and plant species selection to the state-of-the-art equipment that helps you to tend it.

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Holding Wild Turkeys: The Missing Link

Some gamekeepers have roost trees, water source, mast crop, food plots and bugging areas all going for them, yet wonder why they don’t have turkeys but their neighbors do. The answer is probably "grit!"

Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Obsession, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm

Trapping Beavers, Coyotes and Bobcats

My partners and I have some landowners we were trapping for who were having problems with beavers flooding much of their hunting lands. When they asked us to trap beavers, we agreed and bought some Conibear traps. We learned that trapping beavers was a lot of hard work. You have to break the dam, which takes about three hours, set the trap and catch the beaver. But then those beavers left will return and have

Predator, Land Management

Advantages of Supplemental Feed for Deer

Read our feed for deer blog post at Mossy Oak and know why providing a year-round source of supplemental nutrition for your whitetail herd is very important!

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Hunting and Trapping Predators as a Family

My purposes for trapping are two-fold. I use trapping and predator hunting to improve our hunting lands for wildlife and to spend quality time with my children. Our children aren’t just spectators in our trapping, they’re also participants. All three of them can set dog-proof raccoon traps and cage traps. There’s nothing more fun for us and them than running our traplines. On those trapping excursions, we spend quality time with our children, and we’re

Predator, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Understanding Patterns and Calling for Predator Hunting

I once caught five bobcats out of the same trap placed in the same location. The following year, I caught four bobcats in that same trap. So, I learned that you can pattern predators much like you pattern deer. Year after year, predators will return to some of the same places where you’ve caught them previously. Predators are much like cockroaches and wild hogs – you can beat their numbers back, but you’ll never entirely

Deer, Turkey, Predator, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

GameKeepers Can’t Overlook the Importance of Water for Deer

As GameKeepers, we often emphasize planting and habitat management, but we can’t forget the importance of having plenty of water on the property we’re managing for deer and turkeys. Although wildlife gets much of its water from the foods they eat, in drought conditions, the deer can become very stressed or may have to travel long distances for water.

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Establish a Deer Management Plan as a Team

Managing deer hunting pressure on your land is key to the number of bucks you can hold on your property, no matter how large or how small the land is. If we identify a buck we’d like to take in a certain part of our property, we don’t hunt that buck except when the wind, the weather and the hunting conditions provide us with the best opportunity to see and take that buck.

Deer, Land Management

Mossy Oak Properties of the Heartland Adds Kansas office

Mossy Oak Properties of the Heartland is pleased to announce the opening of Mossy Oak Properties of the Heartland-Ross Land Sales, LLC in Council Grove, Kansas. Matt Ross, a lifelong resident of Kansas, will own and operate the Flint Hills based brokerage. He brings a passion for the outdoors blended with a business background to his new venture. “To say that I am excited for this opportunity would be a monumental understatement,” said Ross. “Being

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

You Can Grow Bigger Deer Through Management

My family and I can attest that managing your property can absolutely improve your hunting. When I first started hunting these two, 150-acre farms, I might see one to three bucks per year, all year, on both properties. The bucks we spotted back then didn’t have brow tines for some reason. The farm we leased wasn’t producing any bucks bigger than a basket rack. Today, the bucks we harvest on that leased farm score between

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Frost-Seeding Food Plots

Know what the benefits of frost-seeding deer food plots are by reading our post on the Mossy Oak hunting blog. Check out the latest snow-seeding techniques!

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Planting Food Plots on Smaller Properties

Many people believe that to be a GameKeeper you need a lot of land. But for the last 15 years, my family and I have been involved in planting food for wildlife and improving habitat on two 150-acre properties. We try to do as much as possible to improve the habitat, including creating cover for deer bedding areas, making sure the deer have plenty of water and providing more food. However, providing more food is

Deer, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Hog Hunting in Alabama

In many places, hunters are trying their best to eliminate hogs. Despite their efforts, they're finding that feral hogs are much like coyotes and cockroaches: you can shoot as many as you care to, but you’re never completely rid of them. Today, we have hogs where I hunt in Clarke County, and we hunt hogs during deer season if we see them. We also hunt hogs aggressively after deer season. Alabama’s Department of Conservation and

Land Management

Mossy Oak Properties of Texas Expands Into Houston Market

Mossy Oak Properties of Texas is pleased to announce the opening of a new division located in the Houston area, with the opening of the Mossy Oak Properties of Texas-Katy Division. The new division will be operated veteran farm and ranch broker Marc Dupre.

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

Nighttime, Wild Hogs and Thermal Optics

I stopped and dropped to one knee, caught my breath and got the REAP-IR onto the hog. He was still heading for the road, unaware of my presence. I used my right knee for a brace, and slid the rifle’s safety to “FIRE.” The hog got near the road, disappeared for a second into a low spot, and then was on the road itself, nose down, sniffing.

Predator, Land Management, Firearm

Manage Bedding Areas and Buck-to-Doe Ratio for Better Hunting

Pat Reeve | Mossy Oak ProStaff Besides food, water and sanctuary, I provide bedding cover for the deer living on my property on south-facing ridges. We have cold weather all but about three months out of the year in Minnesota. The deer here need sunny weather, although the temperatures may be cold, for them to stay warm. We hinge-cut non-valuable trees on our 500 acres we own to help create thick bedding cover on those

Deer, Land Management, How-To