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Why Suburban Land Tracts are a Good Buy

According to the 2010 US Census, over 80% of Americans live in urban areas. For those urban and suburban residents that are looking to purchase land to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the common line of thinking is the further away from the pavement, the better. According to one Mossy Oak Properties land specialist, that may not always be the best option.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Curtis Goettsch Tells About Early Season Deer Ice Cream – Green Browse Food Plots

Although the deer where I hunt in Iowa have plenty of crop fields to feed on, bowhunters who hunt agricultural fields often make the mistake of forgetting that deer are browsers and like a wide variety of food. Just like hunters eat steak, they’ll get tired of eating steak all day every day. I plant what I call green browse food plots - small food plots for deer that are a mix of clovers.

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Planting Perennial Food Plots? Patience is Key. Here’s Why.

In this article, we will look at some of the things you can expect when fall planting perennials. In order for a plant such as clover, chicory, or alfalfa to live up to its name and be a true perennial, it has to first grow a root system that can sustain the plant through stressful periods and allow it to be viable for numerous growing seasons. I have talked to countless customers who have planted

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Curtis Goettsch on the Secret to Early Season Agricultural Bow Bucks

Even though quite a few deer bed in the crops in the early season, still some deer prefer to bed in the woodlots. Also when the acorns start dropping, there will even be more deer activity moving back and forth from the timber to the crops.

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8 Great Duck Calling Tips

The best calling teachers are ducks themselves. Visit a refuge or even a local park, find some ducks, and listen to them. Mallards are easiest to find, and most obliging to call. Widgeon are very vocal, too. Be sure to bring your pet calls, and work with the birds, making the same sounds they do.

Small Game, Waterfowl

Curtis Goettsch on Deer Hunting Iowa

Curtis Goettsch, who lives in Cresco, Iowa, first wore military camo given to him by a friend. “I wore that army camouflage until I could save enough money to buy real camouflage,” Goettsch says. Then he purchased a Mossy Oak suit, and he's never changed his choice of camo. He joined the Mossy Oak Pro Staff in 2010 and is a nationally-recognized turkey caller and avid deer hunter. “I feel extremely fortunate to have been

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Secrets for Consistently Taking Bucks off Small Properties

Most of the time trees will drop acorns about the same time every year. Although the time may vary somewhat, I at least know when to start looking for the nuts to fall. Then some years certain trees won’t produce nuts. I’ve learned that as soon as trees start dropping their acorns, that’s when the deer will show up. I want a tree stand I can hunt from when each individual tree is dropping its

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

Fooling Whitetails

Allen Conners of Gadsden, Alabama, has won the title of World Champion Target Archer numerous times. He’s captured the Archery Shooters Association Shooter of the Year award, the Cabela’s Championship and the Buckmasters World Championship. The pro notes that over the years he’s learned that some little, simple things often cause hunters to miss chip shots at big bucks in front of their broadheads. Here, he helps us fix a few of those things so

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Water Rights Basics

The dirt is not the only part of Mother Nature you need to consider when buying land. One key factor to keep in mind concerns your water rights as a land owner. When buying land, investing in land water rights are important to understand.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

I have always considered myself one of the lucky ones. Even when I was a little kid, I felt lucky that I was born to a family that hunted. I remember feeling bad for other kids who were not brought up around hunting. I just knew that they were missing out on something, and I couldn’t imagine what it must be like to have that void.

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Parrish Elliott on the Hunting Aids He Uses and Why

What I have the most confidence in and have been using the most often is the Mossy Oak ScoutLook Weather DeerLog app that I have on my cell phone and on my laptop computer. I won’t go hunting without it. When I put up a stand, I mark that stand site location with the ScoutLook app. In the morning when I’m getting ready to go hunting, I can click on the Scoutlook app. It will

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Parrish Elliott Believes You Never Can Know Everything - Even about Small Hunting Properties

Besides minerals, I think the abundance of white oak acorns and red oak acorns and keeping hunting pressure to a minimum were the reasons we attracted and held older-age-class bucks on this 220 acres. The other advantage we have is we know the wind direction we’ll have on each stand before we hunt there. We won’t hunt from a stand when the wind is wrong. We have certain bedding areas on this property that we

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Mobile Stakeout: Change Camera Locations to Pattern Bucks

To keep tabs on your bucks you must keep your trail-camera locations moving throughout the season. Once hard antler occurs, their need for minerals will decline. When this happens, switch your camera set-ups from BioRock mineral sites to mock scrape locations and specific food sources.

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Parrish Elliott Tells the Secrets to Small Property Deer Management

I love to deer hunt, and I’m primarily a small plot hunter. There’s 220 acres of hardwoods that never has been clear-cut that’s adjacent to my family’s farm. When I was growing up if we saw a deer, we shot the deer, because we never had deer on our property way back then. Today, thanks to the efforts of Tennessee’s Department of Conservation and the tremendous amount of education available for the deer hunter, we’ve

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Managing Small Properties for Deer

Mossy Oak ProStaff attends numerous events to provide information on gun safety, how to keep deer on a small property and other activities. Learn more here.

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From the Archive: Deer Calling Tips from the Pros

Originally published in the 1994 Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article talks to professionals like Will Primos on calling in deer.

Deer

How a Fistful of Dirt Started a Revolution

"That day was the beginning of a revolution in hunter concealment. It was the beginning of Mossy Oak, America's most effective concealment system."

Turkey, Deer

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

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