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Do You Have Trust in Your Land Broker?

There's nothing more damaging to your finances than getting a raw deal when selling your property. With the help of a land broker, you can avoid this situation because you will have a trusted advisor at your service to help you handle the nuances and read the fine print that go into getting the most out of your sale.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Turkey Hunting Without Experience

I'm an avid reader. So, I read everything that I could find about turkey hunting. You could say I went to college on turkey hunting. Once I called in that first turkey, I totally understood why people hunted turkeys. I couldn’t believe how exciting interacting with a wild turkey gobbler was – to call to him and that bird talk back to you. Then if you were lucky, that wild gobbler would come looking for

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Michael Adams Prefers to Take People Turkey Hunting and Let Them Shoot the Gobbler

As I’ve mentioned earlier, I enjoy taking other people turkey hunting. If I can call a gobbler within gun range, I believe I’ve won the hunt, regardless of what happens after the bird is within shooting distance. I never will forget when I took another Mossy Oak Pro Staffer on his first turkey hunt. The day before the hunt, we went out scouting for turkeys but we never did see a gobbler. So, the next

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Good Decision Combinations Kill Turkeys

Being a successful turkey hunter requires us to be a good decision maker and manager. As much as we talk about the impact of calling and woodsmanship on our hunts, it really comes down to the element of managing multiple decisions and the totality of the combinations we make that ultimately affects the outcome of each hunt we undertake. At the end of the day, it is your overall ability as a hunter to plan,

Big Game, Deer, Firearm

I Have To Pay the Price to Take the Turkey

Michigan is somewhat unique in that some of the public land that I hunt also serves as parks where people hike, walk their dogs, have picnics and get out in the woods during the warm days of that third season. I’ll even see people riding bicycles on the property where I'm hunting. On this state park, deer hunting, small game hunting and turkey hunting are permitted.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

New Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 in Mossy Oak® Treestand®

The new Excalibur Matrix Mega 405 is a hard-hitting powerhouse that’s built for today’s most serious hunter. The Mega 405’s blistering speeds and bone crushing power makes it a highly-capable crossbow for taming the world’s biggest and deadliest game one arrow at a time.

Mossy Oak, Bow

Cold Weather and No Cover Means Tough Early Season Turkey Hunting in the North

When snow is on the ground and is falling, I've learned that the turkeys aren’t nearly as active as they are later on in the season. Very rarely will you hear a turkey gobble, and very rarely will you hear hens or gobblers calling at fly-down time. For the most part, all Michigan turkeys are silent. So, locating turkeys is really tough. When I'm calling under snowy conditions, I call very softly.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak

3 Ways to Improve Mast Production

Whether it’s persimmon, cherry, crabapple, white or red oak acorns, or you’re lucky enough to have chestnuts, it’s amazing the yield of wildlife food you can coax out of your native habitat. Without ever planting a food plot, and by spending very little, you can entice your native trees into producing tons of forage for your wildlife simply with a chainsaw, pruner and a little fertilizer.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

When Hens Don’t Come to You - Don’t Move

When I first started hunting turkeys, I liked to hunt by myself. But lately, I've found that the real joy that I get out of turkey hunting is calling in gobblers for other people, and teaching them how to turkey hunt like my dad has taught me. If I know other turkey hunters are hunting where I’m hunting, I’ll use a very high-pitched hen call. I don’t want to talk to the gobbler but instead

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

3 Errors Land Sellers Make

As any landowner can tell you, selling a piece of property and getting your money's worth can be a tricky subject because everyone has different opinions about the value of your land. However, at the end of the day, it's important to remember that you are, in fact, the owner of the land, and that you don't always have to sell until the conditions are in your favor.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Mossy Oak and BRP: The Ultimate Powersports Experience

All the time, work and cost is worth the beauty of the Great Outdoors. After prep and persistence comes perfection, when it all pays off. Mossy Oak and BRP have teamed up to help you get it done.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak, Bow

Michigan’s Michael Adams on Turkey Tactics

Michael Adams from Linden, Michigan, has been a Mossy Oak pro for 7 years. The director for television station WJRT Channel 12 in Flint, Mich., he’s been hunting turkeys for 10 years.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Kentucky Elk Offering Kids a Shot

One of the most coveted tags in all of the outdoors, Kentucky’s quota elk hunt offers the public a chance to chase wild elk in the Bluegrass State. The annual lottery is open to the public, but chances of a non-resident drawing a rifle bull tag run in the neighborhood of one in 600. A handful of tags are allotted by the state’s wildlife commissioner to charitable organizations to be raffled or auctioned for a

Big Game

Taking Home a Memory of a Lifetime and a Gobbler for the Table

Since the hunt is over when you squeeze the trigger, why not get the most fun, excitement and joy that you can out of a turkey hunt? By being a little bit more patient and watching that turkey do all he can do before he leaves, or you harvest him, and waiting on the turkey to fight the decoy and then watching that fight, I think takes turkey hunting to an all together different level.

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

Mossy Oak Deluxe Binocular Straps

Most binoculars come with a single strap to attached to so you can wear over your shoulder or around your neck. This can be an effective way to carry them without question. The downside, if you are wearing them around your neck, is that they will bounce when you have to move quickly from one set up to the next. They can easily move or bump other equipment resulting in unwanted noise. Finally, they can

Gear, 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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