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Check for Landscape Changes Before Deer Hunting

I have an old friend who lives near this WMA, and he told me that some type of tree bug had killed quite a few trees on this WMA, and those trees had fallen down. I want to check out those spots to make sure I can get to a place that I want to hunt, and I want to see how the deer are navigating through those downed-tree places.

Deer, Land Management, How-To

Use Your Ears When Scouting Deer

On the first day of deer season, I went with one of my buddies and his 10-year-old son to help this young boy try and take his first deer with a bow. He had been practicing all summer long, and he could shoot accurately out to 30 yards.

Deer, How-To, Bow

Hunters Provide Millions of Meals

Most hunters know that QDMA is among the nation’s premier conservation organizations, working every day to improve America’s deer hunting. What these same hunters might not realize, though, is that QDMA and its members have provided millions of nutritious meals to those Americans most in need.

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

Harvesting Does in Early Season Benefits the Herd and the Hunter

If you don’t remove a portion of the reproductive segment of your herd, once the herd reaches the carrying capacity of the land, your bucks and does can’t grow to their full potential each year. That’s the reason we encourage people to take does during bow season. Harvesting does at the beginning of bow season also helps the archer get more comfortable with having deer in close and making accurate shots.

Deer, How-To, Bow

Introducing GWG's The Woody PK In Mossy Oak Break-Up Country

Girls with Guns Clothing is excited to announce the launch of their second boot collaboration with The Original Muck Boot Company - the Woody PK boot in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country!

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, News

Deer Hunting with the Wind

Let Mossy Oak show you the right way to go deer hunting on windy days. Check out tips and learn how to hunt in and with the wind successfully today!

Deer, How-To, Bow

The Birthday Hog Hunt with Only a Knife

For my birthday present one year, I didn’t get the usual jewelry, perfume, romantic dinner or tickets to a play many women like. My husband bought me exactly what I wanted – a wild hog hunting trip to Louisiana. I’d hunted wild hogs before, and this hunt was special because we were hunting with Mike Jones with dogs.

Big Game, Mossy Oak

Marsha Raley Hunts with Brenda Valentine

Since taking those first two deer with my bow, I’ve taken wild hogs, turkeys and more deer with my bow. Wild hogs are getting to be one of my favorite animals to shoot with a bow. But one of my favorite hunts of all time was in 2015 when I went on a hunt with Brenda Valentine, the First Lady of Hunting.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Planting Food Plots Out West for Blacktails, Mule Deer and Elk

Now we’re seeing hunters in Washington State and Oregon planting green fields for blacktailed deer. We also have some hunters in the West planting green fields for mule deer. Mule deer travel more than whitetails do, but the muleys still like something green to eat. The hunters who have planted BioLogic are reporting good success with feeding different types of deer. So, the use of green field plantings has proved over the years to be

Big Game, Land Management, BioLogic

Ott DeFoe Joins Mossy Oak Fishing Team

Mossy Oak has added professional bass fisherman Ott DeFoe to the Mossy Oak Fishing Team. Established this year in conjunction with the launch of Mossy Oak Elements, the Mossy Oak Fishing Team is growing with bassmasters KevinVanDam and Gerald Swindle and saltwater fisherman Mark Davis already on board.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News, Mossy Oak

Bowhunting Patience and Persistence Pays Off for Marsha Raley

The year after I took my first buck, I told my husband I wanted to learn how to shoot a bow and bowhunt for deer. So, I got a bow. All summer long, I shot that bow continuously. Then I planned to be ready to hunt during the fall.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Marsha Raley Learned How to Hunt on Her Own

Marsha Raley of Maynardville, Tennessee, has been on the Mossy Oak Pro Staff for 4 years. She is a bowhunter as well as a gun hunter. She was born into hunting as her dad and her stepdad both were avid hunters. “Before I could hunt with either of them, I’d wait at the door for one of them to come home to see what they had in the back of their trucks,” she said.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Ideal Tree Stand Locations: Using Funnels

Whitetail travel from place to place using cover and terrain to their advantage. Learning to recognize the transition areas, access points, and travel corridors of whitetails is crucial to choosing your ambush location. In fact, if you choose the right funnel during the chase phase of the rut it can seem like “God just pulled the drain-plug on a sink full of deer.”

Deer, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Deer Hunting Off the Beaten Path

To consistently and successfully harvest deer, you have to do what few hunters will do and go where few hunters will go. If I walk a mile and cross three ridgetops to reach my hunting spot, I’ll rarely if ever see another hunter.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Hunting in Streamside Management Zones

During bow season in Alabama, I’m looking for good stands of oaks that are producing a good number of acorns. Often I’ll find those oak trees in Streamside Management Zones (SMZs are areas of forests adjacent to bodies of water like ponds, rivers, creeks and intermittent streams that serve as filter strips for surface water runoff.) between two different ages of stands of pine trees.

Deer, Turkey, Mossy Oak

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Fall Foraging: Nuts, Mushrooms, and Fruit

Check out Mossy Oak's foraging mushrooms, nuts and fruit post and learn why fall is the easiest time to forage for Beka Garris.

How-To, Ingredient Wild

Field Judging Black Bears

Ask any experienced hunter and they’ll tell you that black bears are among the most difficult big game animals to field judge. Part of that is because they’re far less common than deer, so hunters just don’t get much experience seeing them. And part is just the nature of the beast. Any large, black carnivorous animal will look big, especially if you don’t have something for scale nearby.

Big Game, How-To

Black Bear Season Primer

Hunting tactics can be broken down into several schools of thought. Here's a 101-style overview on what to expect this fall if you're bear hunting for the first time.

Big Game, How-To

3 Hill Country Stand Locations for the Whitetail Rut

These key spots funnel deer into tighter spaces, condensing activity and greatly improving your odds of not just seeing more deer, but filling your tag when it counts most.

Deer

The Art of the All-Day Rut Sit

The rut is here, and with it comes the moment many of us have been waiting for all year–the chance to put in those all-day sits in the tree, hoping to cross paths with a mature buck cruising in daylight.

Deer

Mossy Oak Camo Hunting Bows and Bow Hunting Gear

We’ve got a great collection of bows and bow hunting accessories and gear in Mossy Oak camo. Whether you’re looking for a Bottomland or Country Roots bow or a new saddle or climber, this comprehensive list gives you all your options.

Big Game, Deer, Gear

Sheet Pan Dinner with Balsamic Marinated Venison Medallions

Who doesn't love the ease of a sheet pan dinner? This recipe uses venison medallions from Gamekeeper Butchery along with onions, beans, mushrooms and potatoes. Make it your own with your favorite vegetables.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

3 Hunts Every Rookie Hunter Should Try

Our list of 3 hunts every rookie hunter should try has some great options to get you started on what many hunters consider the best hunts of the season.

Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl

Improving Savanna and Woodland Habitats in Forested Landscapes

Savannas are often overlooked components of North American forests that can be effectively managed to improve wildlife habitat and hunting opportunities through careful planning for the right combination of trees, grasses, forbs and disturbance regime.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries, BioLogic

Mature Whitetail Bucks: Why Don’t I See More?

Even under the best of circumstances your odds of killing a mature buck are fairly low. You can nudge them slightly in your favor by minimizing disturbance and maximizing the ability of your property to attract and hold more and older deer.

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

Mossy Oak Classics: Deer Hunting Videos from the Archive

It's Deer Season - and we've got some vintage VHS gold teed up and ready to go. Watch old Mossy Oak hunting videos with the original crew.

Big Game, Deer, Video, Mossy Oak Companions

BUILT: The Nosler Story

John A. Nosler revolutionized the bullet-making business in 1948 with his now infamous Partition bullet. Here's the story of how a frustrated and creative hunter and his company came to be icons in the hunting industry.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Gear

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