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Hunting Elk in August with Perry Cremeans

California is the only state where you can legally hunt three different subspecies of elk, including Rocky Mountain elk, Roosevelt elk and tule elk. The bow-and-arrow season for elk here in California begins right at the first of August, and unless you have a landowner elk tag or a private land-management tag, the elk season only lasts for 12 days. Some units only have 9 days for elk. So, like many western hunters, I hunt

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Mossy Oak Pro Steve Byers on Fun at Elk Camp and Cooking

If you're going elk hunting this year, remember, even on the first day of the hunt - don’t pass-up a bull that you'll be happy to take on the last day. Many times a hunter will come out here believing that he's not going to shoot until he sees a 300-class bull. There are some hunters who hunt with us who do take 300-inch bulls. But when you're first getting into elk hunting, you need

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Steve Byers Takes a Bull’s Temperature

I had a bull that would score 330 or 340 walk within 3 yards of me when I was on one side of a cedar tree, and he was on the other side. He saw me move, but he couldn’t tell what I was. He came right to me and lip bawled me from 5 yards. I lip bawled back to him.

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How Steve Byers Learned to Hunt Elk and What Equipment He Uses

My very first bow was a hand-me-down from my dad, a Bear Polar 66-inch recurve bow. I started shooting that bow when I was about 4-feet tall. Because of the size of the bow, and since I was so little, I couldn’t shoot it upright. I had to cant the bow and learn to shoot like that. But I shot that bow until I was a teenager.

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What Your Deer Need Most

All living things need water and it is one of the most important details to cover as a land manager. Obviously when overseeing small parcels wildlife will borrow or share some of your neighbor’s resources. However, you should ideally try to provide food, cover, sanctuary and water on your side of the fence. If you don’t have a natural water source, there are several simple ways to make one yourself.

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Mix Your Calls While Predator Hunting

In the world of hunting, we as hunters are always looking for a new tactic or a new product that improves our success rate. A few years back I began using a diaphragm call for howling coyotes. I began using this tactic with just a double reed diaphragm turkey call. It works. But, here recently I've started using diaphragms that are specifically made for calling predators.

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Mossy Oak Pro Steve Byers on the Biggest Bull He’s Ever Called and How to Call Elk

I'm often asked, “How do you call in your bulls?” I don’t use a lot of bugles. I really believe that’s one of the mistakes that many elk hunters make. They’ll go out and bugle and bugle and bugle trying to get a response from an elk. However, if you watch elk, and you see a bull bugling like that, they’re not really bugling to other bulls.

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The Problems Bowhunters Have with Elk with Guide Steve Byers

When bowhunters go elk hunting, I believe the biggest problem that faces them is judging distance. Most bowhunters don’t understand how big a full-grown bull elk is until they're face-to-face with one. When you see a bull elk at close range, and he's doing everything he's supposed to do, I believe the excitement level or adrenaline rush is taken to a much-higher level than when you’re hunting a whitetail. I've had hunters forget to breathe

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Mossy Oak Pro Lisa Thompson Takes a 280 Yard Shot at a Bull Elk

Both the bulls there were 6-pointers, and they were in the water, wallowing almost directly below us. Across the draw, we spotted a herd bull feeding with his cows. Immediately, I knew that the herd bull was the bull I wanted. When Cathy (the range finder) reported that the bull was 280-yards away, I knew I could make that shot. So, I started trying to get into position to take the shot, because where we

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Mossy Oak’s Lisa Thompson Explains Why She Cow Talks and Doesn’t Bugle for Big Bull Elk

Donnelle Johnson and I both do a lot of cow calling. Even though we may be using the same cow calls, we sound like different cow elk. Regardless of whether we’re giving just a single cow call or a series of cow calls mixed with hyper hot cow calls, we still sound like different cow elk. We've found that this style of calling has been very beneficial for us.

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Who Is Lisa Thompson and How Did She Become an Avid Elk Hunter

I met Donnelle Johnson 20-years ago while I was hunting elk in the same unit with her. We both had gone to a restaurant to eat. Since we were the only two lady hunters in the restaurant, we struck up a conversation and became friends. She’s been my hunting partner ever since. Donnelle and I both are raising children. So, we go hunting together when our husbands can take care of the children. Then when

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Timing is everything. When should you be planting your food plots?

When we talk about planting tips for the hunting season, it is important to point out that there can be significant differences in the timing for where you might live compared to other gamekeepers. For example the guy or gal who lives in northern Minnesota will have a 45-60 day difference in the time of year when they would plant their food plots for the hunting season compared to someone planting in southern Mississippi.

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Mossy Oak Pro Lisa Thompson Tells How to Take Bull Elk on Colorado’s Public Lands

In 12 years, I've harvested eight, 6-point bull elk in Colorado all on public lands. I don’t hunt from a vehicle. I get off the beaten path. When I climb out of my vehicle, I hike back into steep and rugged ravines that most elk hunters won’t hunt. I realize going in that if I harvest a bull, I'll have to carry him out on a frame pack, and I'm okay with that. I bone

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Mossy Oak’s Lisa Thompson Remembers Her Best Elk Hunt Ever

Mossy Oak Pro Lisa Thompson of Littleton, Colorado, who’s married to her hunter husband Keith and has twin daughters, is one of the most-knowledgeable and physical elk hunters you'll ever meet. She’s also a mom, a business woman, a basketball player and an expert woodswoman. A member of Cabela’s and Nock On, that produces lighted nocks for arrows, pro staffs, Thompson’s successful at taking big bulls on public lands. If you'll apply the tips and

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Reed Hansen Says He Wakeskates to Go Hunting

As I look to the future I want to wakeskate as long as I can, and I want to use my position as a World Champion Wakeskater to help tell people why I love hunting, why I like Mossy Oak, and why I wear Mossy Oak anytime I go hunting when I’m not competing.

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View our spring food plots for deer and turkey article to identify the critical months in a whitetail's life. Learn when bucks start the antler genesis process!

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Wild Turkey Diseases: Avian Pox and LPDV

As responsible hunters and gamekeepers, we can help turkeys by being vigilant for birds that appear ill, whether we’re observing them or admiring one up close after a successful hunt.

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River Cane Ecology and Canebrake Management for Wildlife

River cane is one such species that is both a striking deviation and a biologically-unique component of Southeastern forest and grassland habitats.

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