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Tips to Greatly Improve Your Chances of Taking Doves This Season

Here are some tips from hunters to enable you to hold your own and take a limit of doves by the end of the day, even if you’re not a great wingshooter. Tip #1: Buy quality shot shells. By paying $1 or $2 more for higher-quality shotshells, you drastically can improve your average for doves taken. Shoot the best grade of trap and...

Small Game

What Item to Always Have in the Back of Your Turkey Vest

When the alarm clock went-off at the hunting camp of Mark and Terry Drury of Bloomsdale, Missouri, the founders of MAD Calls and Drury Outdoors, the roar of the rain pounded the roof. I didn’t even bother to get-up. I knew we weren’t going hunting. Then I heard Mark Drury holler, “Let’s go, Bubba. You’re not going to shoot any turkeys in that bed!” I couldn’t believe we were going-out in a driving rainstorm to

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Holiday Hunts and Dream Deer

Can I shoot him? Can I shoot him now? my niece Shannon pleaded. We'd been waiting for what seemed to be two lifetimes for the 40 deer between us and the buck we'd picked-out for Shannon to take to move out from in front of that big 8 point. Not yet. There's still one more doe in front of him, I whispered. Finally, the doe moved away, and Shannon had the opportunity to take the

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Hot Topic: New Light on Button Buck Harvest

“Most hunting clubs and landowners can't manage their deer herds properly because they have made button bucks sacred cows," says Corky Pugh, chief of the Wildlife Section of Alabama's Department of Conservation. Many hunters have become so afraid of shooting button bucks that they won't take the number of does they need to harvest to keep their herds healthy. In hunting clubs, sportsmen often face severe penalties if they mistakenly shoot button bucks instead of

Big Game, Deer, Land Management

Bowshots at Whitetails

Maybe 90-percent of the reasons why good bowhunters don’t take a deer is due to the noise factor. To learn how much noise you’re making: Oil and grease your tree stand. Then climb in that stand. Next move around in it to make sure it doesn’t squeak when a deer’s in close, and you’re ready to take the shot.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

Waterfowl: Turn Kids On to Whistling Wings

This article will discuss the outdoor mentoring of children, perhaps earth’s greatest blessing. A lot of us have children of our own and we all know the battles of life that face today’s generation and future generations for that matter. Kids today are very different from past generations and face very many difficult challenges in life. They have various things to choose from, good and bad! Most of the time, kids spend their days playing

Small Game, Waterfowl, Firearm

The Ultimate Dove Hunting Primer

Hunters are gearing-up for dove season to open in September. These ideas will help you have more success with hunting doves. Kevin Tate has more than 25 years of dove-shooting experience. Tate tells us his top-10 tricks for shooting doves more effectively and consistently this month. Tate says he often sees outdoorsmen who hunt doves wearing their faded blue jeans and college T-shirts. “If the doves happen to be flying fast and furious on the

Small Game, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Mark Drury’s Top 10 Pre-Season Scouting Tips

Mark Drury of Osceola, Iowa, the founder of MAD Calls, the co-owner of Drury Outdoor Productions with his brother Terry and a long-time avid deer hunter, is a dyed-in-the-wool Mossy Oak enthusiast. Each year, Drury hunts in several states and consistently takes big bucks for his videos. But how does anyone take big bucks regularly? Drury explains how starting early and using new technology helps him find bucks, learn their haunts and habits and determine

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

Whitetail Food Plots Summer and Fall

Now is the time to apply herbicide to a perennial clover plot, like a juicy field of Biologic Clover Plus. You’ll get much-more production out of your clover throughout the summer and into the fall by doing some maintenance right now. During May and June, clover fields often will have a good crop of grasses growing in them, especially if these clover fields have been planted with any type of cereal grain, like wheat, oats

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

Ram Truck CEO Shines at 2010 Gobbler Camp

I’ve been hosting hunting camps for Mossy Oak for over 20 years; after all, there is no better setting in which to get to know someone than hunting camp. This spring, turkey camp was certainly different than those of the past. Along with two Mossy Oak Productions’ field producers, I would spend a quick 36 hours with Fred Diaz, CEO of Ram trucks and a new hero of mine. Hero is a strong term, so

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Greybeard How-To Tactics for Longbeards

During the 2009 spring turkey season, New York issued 147,560 permits. But hunters only harvested 34,600 birds. "As you can see, on many public-hunting areas in New York, the turkeys have to deal with a tremendous amount of hunting pressure," Bob Wozniak explains. "But I've found very-productive turkey hunting and few hunters in the woodlots close to major highways and interstates. I know you miss some of the beauty of the silent woods. But when

Big Game, Turkey

Sexy Small Talk for Gobblers

Many times subordinate gobblers won’t gobble in the place where the boss gobbler resides. But when the subordinate gobbler hears a lonesome hen feeding away from the flock, he may come in silently, hoping to breed a hen that the boss gobbler hasn't reached yet. This tactic resembles the strategy used when you call in a satellite bull when elk hunting. The herd bull will bugle and stay with a herd of cow elk; but

Big Game, Turkey

Successfully Hunting Late, Pressured Bucks

When I refer to "they," I'm referring to other hunters who surround the properties where we hunt, causing pressure. The first thing we see them do with frequency is either walk in or drive in and push out the deer they're trying to hunt. They may be accessing their stands on the wrong wind direction. They may be parking their vehicles or driving into areas that they shouldn't be driving to and pushing bucks out

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

The Most Dangerous Game

I am submitting this letter as a possible topic for your website. To my knowledge, this is the forgotten topic of hunting... and it is sure to bring lots of attention. Are you a hunting season widow? I’m a hunting season widow. I dated a hunter who used all the hunting tactics that any good man uses to get a “good one.” He put up an automatic feeder (Saturday night dinner dates complete with flowers

Nocturnal Scraper Takes Leaf River Camera

Every year I put up a couple of trail cameras around the end of August. Without a doubt, the best time of year for me is November, during the whitetail rut, when I get photos of big bucks making and checking scrapes like the great one posing here. The story on this buck is that I have photos of him on all parts of the farm… but all of the pictures that I have of

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

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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

5 Questions Answered to Help Develop a Scrape Hunting Strategy

When it comes to hunting mature bucks, understanding and utilizing scrapes can be a game-changer.

Deer, How-To

How to Prepare for Your Child’s First Deer Hunt

The big question is, will you and your child be prepared for the hunt? The question seems simple enough, but countless hunters fail to consider the monumental task of taking their child to the woods for their first deer hunt.

Deer, Mossy Oak Kids

Ecology and Management of Post Oak for Wildlife Habitat

Post oak has several unique characteristics that make it an important species for acorn production, especially on shallow soils that are unfavorable for other oaks.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Whitetail Scouting Tips for October

Understanding how bucks move during this transitional period, interpreting fresh signs, and strategically using trail cameras can help hunters find the perfect spot.

Deer, Video

October Whitetail Hotspots

Whether you’re hunting on agricultural land, thick timber, or wide-open fields, understanding how terrain, food sources, and hunting pressure influence deer movement is essential to find the best hunting locations.

Deer

How to Hunt 20 Acres or Less

Most hunters have access to smaller pieces of land rather than big sprawling acreage. And they can be just as successful with some creative planning and strategizing.

Deer

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