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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Where to Plant and Hunt for Big Bucks

Last year was probably the best year that Nicole and I ever have had filming adventure programs and taking big animals. We started off last year hunting mountain goats in the Yukon. Then we took mountain caribou, and I was able to take a black wolf. Those will be the first two shows that air this season.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak

Hunting is Better Now Than Ever Before

One thing that has helped me to have more consistency in my dove hunts I learned from Toxey Haas, the founder of Mossy Oak’s Dad - Mr. Fox. He taught me that most people don’t start planting agriculture for doves very long before dove season arrives. Most people who prepare a dove field will just go out and disc the ground, throw out some wheat and then cover it up. But Mr. Fox begins planting

Small Game, Land Management, Mossy Oak

A beginner's guide to purchasing land

Buying a large tract of land might seem like a daunting task. However, for those who remain thorough throughout the process, and enlist the help of an experienced land specialist, it can be the most rewarding experience of their lives.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Properties

Most Popular Nut and Fruit Trees at Mossy Oak’s Nativ Nurseries

The best fruit tree is the Wild “Deer” Pear. We also offer soft mass like wild blueberries and different types of plum trees. A real favorite has been the paw paw - the largest fruit that’s native to America. Native Americans ate the paw paw fruit. Until the white man arrived in this country, there weren’t any apples, oranges and other types of fruit.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak, Nativ Nurseries

Thistle Eradication

Whatever you do, DON’T just “let the thistles be.” They will go to seed and keep spreading. Besides maintaining their foothold where they are, the wind will carry the seeds and they’ll take up residence wherever there is an open patch of dirt. KILL THEM DEAD!

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Importance of Native Grasses, Wildflowers and the Planting and Fertilizing of Trees

Nativ Nurseries also has studied the planting of native grasses and believes they can be very beneficial to provide food for wildlife. Many of the native grasses that once grew throughout this country that the wildlife used for food have been lost because of the growth of invasive species. Deer like to come from thick cover to feed in a green field. Planting native grasses around your green field to provide cover for deer to

Land Management, How-To, Nativ Nurseries

Tips for Helping Whitetails Feel “Safe” In Your Food Plots

Have you ever had a really nice food plot that the deer just didn’t seem to use that much, especially during the daylight? One really easy way to encourage whitetails to use a food source is making them feel safe. The older age class of both bucks and does can be really shy of big, open fields or food plots that are void of close cover. Here are a few suggestions you can try to

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Plant a Variety of Trees to Improve Your Property for Wildlife

“To start improving your property for wildlife, Nativ Nurseries recommends you plant a variety of trees rather than one specific type of tree,” Raley explains. “Many people will say, ‘We ought to plant all fruit trees, because they’ll start producing fruit quicker than oak trees.’ Or, they’ll take the opposite stance, and say, ‘We ought to only plant oak trees. Even though we’ll have to wait longer for them to produce acorns than fruit trees,

Land Management, How-To, Nativ Nurseries

How to Improve Your Land for Wildlife

Jesse Raley is the marketing manager for Nativ Nurseries. Good wildlife management and increasing wildlife on the properties you own or hunt on involves much more than just planting food plots. To have more wildlife on your property, consider planting fruit trees and nut trees and various types of grasses and shrubs that produce food and cover for wildlife. By starting now, you can decide where and when to plant additional food and habitat for

Land Management, How-To, Nativ Nurseries

Hadley Creek Outfitters and Mossy Oak BioLogic Announce Partnership

Hadley Creek Outfitters is pleased to announce that it has contracted with Mossy Oak BioLogic as the exclusive seed for all Hadley Creek food plots. Since their founding in 1997, Hadley Creek Outfitters of Pike County Illinois has reached the pinnacle in whitetail hunting by becoming one of, if not the, best outfitter in the nation. Hadley Creek Outfitters has been constantly producing trophy bucks for their clients by maximizing habitat and maintaining their properties

Land Management, News, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

Allen Treadwell Gets the Edge on Taking Big Bucks Right Now

Right now, we’re creating mineral sites. I prepare a game plan to have the food the deer love best planted somewhere on my property, during the time they prefer that food. Luckily Mossy Oak BioLogic has food plot plantings that can help deliver the food the deer prefer best in the area you hunt, at the time of year you’ll be hunting.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

3 Top Plant Types for Whitetail Food Plots

Many of the most attractive plantings for whitetails end up also being some of the most nutritious too. Timing and placement dictate when and how they will be used from north to south. While there are dozens of crops that can be attractive to whitetails, here are the top three plant types that will attract whitetails at different times throughout the season.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Arkansas Broker Wins Mossy Oak Properties' National Award

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. is pleased to announce that Jeramy Stephens, responsible broker and owner of Mossy Oak Properties of Stuttgart-Land and Auction Co. in Stuttgart, Arkansas, received the national “Agent of the Year” award at the company’s recent Land Summit, held June 4-5, 2014 in West Point, Mississippi.

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

The Fantastic Food Plot

With proper liming, fertilizing, seed planting and weed control, a hunter can produce up to 10,000 pounds of digestible deer forage per food plot acre, per year---at a cost of between $250 to $500 per acre, according to agricultural experts. The average hardwoods acre, however, grows only 50 to 500 pounds of deer forage annually, including choice acorns from oaks.

Land Management, How-To

6 Tips for Drought Proofing your Food Plots

Many hunters have problems with keeping their food plots lush throughout the hunting season and especially in areas with little to no rainfall. Everyone will tell you about this or that method on how they “beat the drought” but here are a couple general rules/practices to making sure your food plot gets all of the possible potential to strive in times of a drought.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers