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How To Know If Your Land Broker is Capable

Selling a piece of land is sometimes the largest transaction owners will make in their lives. Likewise, prospective buyers want to know that they are getting their money's worth when they put their name on the dotted line to take over ownership of the property. That's why having a land broker who is knowledgeable of the business and has the necessary accreditation is key to a seamless sale.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Why the Woodsman Takes More Turkeys

One of the things I've noticed is that many hunters overlook the sounds of the other critters that tell a turkey hunter about a turkey. For example, the gray squirrel gives us insight into what’s happening around us in the turkey woods. Many hunters don’t pay attention to the gray squirrel. But when a squirrel starts barking from a tree,and you’re totally camouflaged in Mossy Oak, and know he hasn’t seen you move, realize he's

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak

I Hate Field Turkeys

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m pretty laid back. I get along with just about anybody and can think of very few people and only a few things that I really dislike. Of course snakes rate at the top of my dislike chart. Actually hate would be a better word to describe that emotion. For some reason milk has always been a big problem for me. I don’t know how I got

Steve Coon on Whether the Bird’s Bad or the Hunter

I think that turkeys get a bad rap. Sometimes they’re labeled as bad turkeys when they're really not. Sometimes I think the hunter makes mistakes, or the hunter just doesn’t know how to bring a gobbler within gun range. Here are some tips that may help you take bad birds and also good birds.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Midland Introduces New X-Talker Series Two-Way Radio for Hunters

The brand new X-TALKER T75VP3 by Midland Radio Corporation marries the latest two-way radio technology with world-class value. The flagship radio leads the company’s all new 2015 X-TALKER Series featuring Midland’s legendary weather alert radio feature; multiple charging and hands free options; the clearest reception, transmission and sound quality available – all at an affordable price. Designed for the hunter in mind, the X-TALKER T75VP3 comes in the brand new Mossy Oak Break-Up Country pattern.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

Steve Coon on How to Take a Silent Gobbler

If a turkey becomes silent, then neither the predators or the hunters know where the bird is. So, when I have a bird gobbling on the limb, then while he's still in his roost tree gobbling, I want to get that bird as excited as possible. After he gobbles, I want to call back to him so aggressively and quickly that he’ll nearly choke himself trying to get another gobble out of his mouth.

Big Game, Turkey, How-To, Mossy Oak

Retail Resource Group Introduces Mossy Oak “On the Hunt” Collection

Retail Resource Group (RRG), well known for innovative product designs and superior quality, produces travel drinkware for both hot and cold beverages that are sold into mass retailers, supermarkets, sporting goods chains, and coffee and specialty shops nationwide. RRG offers premium quality stainless steel travel tumblers and mugs, but also acrylic tumblers, hydration bottles, and thermal vacuum bottles and food storage containers.

News, Mossy Oak

Steve Coon on How to Take the Hung-Up Gobbler

Turkey hunters define a gobbler that stands in one place, gobbles and struts but won’t come in to the call as a hung-up gobbler. When a turkey hangs-up, it’s because he knows that when he gobbles, the hen is supposed to come to him. If he can’t get that hen to come to him, he becomes suspicious there’s danger where he hears that hen calling to him. Primarily, you'll encounter hung-up gobblers on public-hunting lands

Big Game, Turkey, How-To, Firearm

7 Tips for Keeping Summer Plots Weed Free

One of the most common problems in food plots, especially perennials, is weed competition. Weeds rob your plot of essential nutrients, water, and root space. Given time and opportunity, weeds will quickly mature, produce seed, and overtake a well intended food plot. The use of herbicides is one of the greatest tools a wildlife manager can utilize to keep weeds under control and get the most out of your plantings. Here are a few tips

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Steve Coon and Hunting the Eyeballer Turkey

An eyeballer is a turkey that stays in the tree after fly-down time and looks for hunters. When he's gobbling from a tree to call his hens to come to him, a smart gobbler knows that he's also calling in other predators like foxes, bobcats, coyotes, feral dogs and hunters. This turkey will stay in a tree and answer every one of your calls, but he's searching for you - eyeballing you - as hard

Big Game, Turkey

Steve Coon: How to Hunt Tough Toms

One of the toughest turkeys to try to take is a gobbler with hens, because when you're calling to that gobbler, you’re trying to compete for his attention with hens that he can see that are all around him. That’s why I rely heavily on my decoys. One of the toughest henned-up gobblers I ever tried to take was a bird my friends and I named the “Tree Keeper.”

Big Game, Turkey, How-To, Mossy Oak

Become a Woodsman and Have More Than One Turkey to Hunt

If you have turkey hunting friends who consistently takes turkeys every season, and you always want to know why they’re taking gobblers, and you're not, then figure they're probably putting in more time scouting and locating turkeys than they are actually hunting turkeys. One of the secrets of turkey hunting is woodsmanship.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

What to Do after You’ve Waited an Hour and the Gobbler Doesn’t Show Up

After I’ve given that turkey an hour, and I haven’t seen or heard him, I’ll get up, if I'm pretty confident that he's found a hen or for some other reason he's not going to respond. Very slowly and cautiously, I’ll walk to the spot where I’ve heard that turkey gobble the last time.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak ProStaffers Are Top Finishers at NWTF Grand National Calling Contest

Mossy Oak congratulates ProStaffers Billy Yargus, Scott Ellis, Matt Van Cise and Shane Hendershot for their top finishes in the 2015 NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Contest. Winning the Senior Division Championship was Yargus, followed by Ellis, Van Cise and Hendershot rounding out the top four spots.

News, Mossy Oak

Tracy Groves on Whether Turkey Hunting’s a Blessing or an Aggravation

When the alarm clock goes off an hour or two before daylight, many of us struggle with fully awakening and climbing out of that warm, comfortable bed. We have to go out in the weather whether it’s rainy, cold, windy, dark or just mild to hunt. We have to start walking and listening for turkeys. If we don’t locate a gobbler to hunt until the middle of the morning or later in the morning, we’ll

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

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From the Archive: Ask the Pros! Mossy Oak Experts Answer Key Questions

"Pay attention as Mossy Oak Pro Staffers Will Walker, Mark Drury, Mike Fine and Stan Oakes--archery hunting's A Team--delve deep into the sport for insight and info that only they can provide."

Deer, Bow

From the Archives: Tune-Up Clinic

Originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article discusses how to make sure your bowhunting set up is perfect come season.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

From the Archives: Bob Dixon and Steve Burnett on the Art of Mix and Matching Camo

By Terry Madewell, originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine As big whitetail bucks are inclined to do, this one had done the unexpected. I'd studied this buck's pattern for a couple of weeks, being extremely careful not to leave any scent in the wrong places. I'd selected a stand site where the dense underbrush funneled into a 40-yard-wide strip. I was sure this was where he would walk and I

Turkey, Big Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, How-To

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

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