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Spring Cleaning: Field Edges

Field edges are a common feature many wildlife managers are familiar with working around. Row crop fields, CRP, food plots, and pastures all have edges where they transition into timber, pine plantations, or thickets. Often times these edges serve as travel routes for people and wildlife and need some maintenance to allow farm machinery and vehicles access to areas without driving over crops, native grasses and food plots.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Jason Pollack Remembers His Toughest Turkey Fight in New York

I found this gobbler just before youth season one year on about 400 acres. I hunted him regularly throughout the season right up until the next-to-the-last day of turkey season. Every time I called to him he'd gobble and gobble and gobble. He’d come in to about 50 or 60 yards and hang up. Some days, he'd fly up on a limb to look for the hen who was talking to him. I was able

Big Game, Turkey

Mossy Oak® Presents Organization of Professional Archery Summit Invitational

Mossy Oak is the presenting sponsor for the Organization of Professional Archers (OPA) Summit Invitational that is scheduled to take place May 20-21, 2016 at the Summit Inn in Farmington, Penn. The archery event is set to showcase the greatest professional archers from around the world with the purpose of elevating the sport of archery to a new level.

News, Mossy Oak, Bow

Mossy Oak Pro Jason Pollack Takes His Daughter Turkey Hunting

My wife, Megan, went with me to operate the video camera on a Saturday, and then on Sunday, we took our 13-year-old daughter, Ella, turkey hunting. Once again, Megan videoed the hunt. We put out Dave Smith turkey decoys, and we set up a Primos pop-up blind. We saw and heard some hens roosted out in front of us, and I carried on some tree-talking conversations with the hens while they were on the roost.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

How to Hunt May Turkeys in New York

Our turkey season in New York starts May 1 and ends May 31 - one of the latest turkey seasons in the nation. Now in Maine the season typically ends June 5. When I say that I live and hunt in New York, many people think I’m talking about Manhattan (NYC) with its concrete and skyscrapers. But upstate New York where I live is probably more rural than most states with rolling hills, vineyards and

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, How-To, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Setting Up on Two Turkeys

I've learned that every turkey I hunt, whether I take him or he fools me, teaches me something. Over the years, I guess one of the most important lessons I've learned is that turkeys don’t really care which calls that you think sound the best. They only care about the calls they want to hear.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

ProStaffer Ashlee Lundvall among Top 20 in Extreme Huntress™ Competition

Extreme Huntress has announced the Top 20 semi-finalists for its 2017 Extreme Huntress competition and Mossy Oak ProStaffer Ashlee Lundvall is among them. Women from around the globe were invited to submit a 500-word essay describing why they are an extreme huntress, and the essays were evaluated by a panel of judges to determine the semi-finalists. Lundvall, of Cody, Wyo., was selected as one of the semi-finalists.

Conservation, News, Mossy Oak

Doubling Down on Gobbler Turkeys

Brian Enoch, another Mossy Oak Pro Staffer, and I went to Ohio to hunt. Brian knew of a place that he had hunted before that he said was, “eaten up with turkeys.” On the morning of the hunt, we located two or three different groups of gobblers. We decided to go to a close-by clover field where we had heard one group of gobblers talking. The woods were thick around that clover field. As soon

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Can-Am Off-Road Introduces the New Defender XT Cab

Work and ride in total comfort with the new Can-Am Defender XT Cab. The new XT Cab package features all of the hard-working components found in the Defender XT package, but also comes with a complete hard cab, integrated heater and electric windows.

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Turkeys Just Like We See Them on TV

My best turkey hunts every year is when I take my children turkey hunting with me. My son Taylor took his first turkey when he was 8, and my daughter Mady took her first turkey when she was 9. For me, nothing is more fun or more exciting than having my children sit between my legs, and I explain what the turkey is doing, watch my kids get excited, help them get steady enough to

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Establishing Mineral Sites

This is one of my favorite times of the year. The anticipation of what might show up this year as the antlers begin to develop is always super high. I have even found myself in the past few years putting out Bio Rocks in urban landscapes and backyard woodlots just to see what deer frequent the area even though I have no intention of hunting there. Creating new mineral sites can be especially exciting when

Big Game, Deer, Conservation, Video, BioLogic, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

The Excited Guide Who Sucked in Leaves

One of my favorite out-of-state hunts was in Virginia, where I hunted with an outfitter close to Wytheville, Virginia. This outfitter was new to turkey hunting and knew where the turkeys were, but not how to hunt them.

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

Bit By the Turkey Bug

Our friend Ray Boggs came down to my dad’s house and said, “Let’s go turkey looking” (in other words, scouting before the season). When Mr. Boggs and my dad, Cam Campbell, went turkey looking, they’d drive around the back roads and listen for turkeys to gobble. They invited me to go with them when I was about 13 years old. The first time I heard a turkey gobble, I asked “What’s that?” And they told

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

Mossy Oak Folks Do the Right Thing

I know that we all feel like that we get more out of guiding on these charity hunts than we give. We enjoy turkey hunting, helping people raise money for worthy causes, the friends we meet along the way and the fact that helping others is another major thread that runs through the fabric of Mossy Oak.

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5 Reasons to Step Up Your “Feed Game”

Deer that enter the spring in top physical shape, rather than having to repair and play catch up, have their best chance of reaching their genetic potential. Doe will have healthier fawns and bucks can have a head start on that next set of antlers when they have a steady nutritional late season/early spring food source.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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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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