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Taking Mature Bucks Deer Each Season

I rely heavily on my trail camera pictures and the information I analyze from them and also have analyzed at www.myspypoint.com. There’s also a third factor that goes into my hunting plan- especially during the rut. On the properties I own and the places I have exclusive rights on to hunt, I don’t harvest does until after the rut.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak

Productive Deer Stand Site Placement

I’ll already have some of my stand sites set-up in places where I know I can take an older-age- class buck, as we all know that deer have four legs and walk around a lot. Also they may change their feeding, bedding and watering sites during deer season. Although I’ve picked several tree stand sites before opening day, if the buck I want to take changes his movement patterns, I’ll move my tree stands.

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

Explaining the buying process: Part 2

So you've found a property you're interested in, but what happens next? Once you make a first offer on your priority real estate, then the real journey begins. In the days and weeks ahead, you'll likely encounter a series of back and forth between yourself and the property owner, making it critical that you have a certified land specialist from Mossy Oak Properties at your side to guide you through the process.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Properties

Take a Deer on Opening Day

On my property, I want to pull in older- age- class bucks from surrounding properties. I want to have enough food, water and does to hold those deer on my property all year long. I also use a feeder to hold deer on my land. In Missouri, we can feed deer up until 10 days before the opening of deer season. Too, I’ll improve the stand sites on my hunting area. Once I know the

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Understanding Soils: Grow Better Food Plots

With the late summer food plot planting season in full swing in the north right now and the rest of the country soon to follow, the questions are pouring in on what type of fertilizer to use and what your soil sample means. Here are some quick tips to help you understand what you need for your plot.

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Why Hunt Deer on Cattle Farms

There are several reasons why I prefer to hunt cattle farms. Cattle ranchers know that they have to have highly-nutritious soils to produce grasses and hay on which the cattle can feed. On a cattle farm, the rancher understands that he has to feed his cattle all year long. A cattle man also realizes that cattle have to have water and also pastures with some type of thickets and shade trees. All the same needs

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Alex Rutledge’s Successful System for Hunting Deer

At this writing in late July, we’re about 6 weeks out from the beginning of Missouri’s bow season. My first hunt will be in southern Missouri. I don’t go jump in a tree stand because I think I’m going to take a buck. I have a system I use that dictates when and where I hunt, and that system is primarily based on trail-camera information and visual observation.

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Deer Backup Plan

If I don’t have a chance to take one of the bucks I've identified before archery season, I still go hunting and hope that luck will be on my side. Usually if I don’t get a buck, I’ll wrap up my season by taking one or two does. I'm often asked, “I'm thinking about coming to Maryland to bowhunt or hunt with a blackpowder rifle. What should I do to put the odds in my

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Hunting Maryland’s Bow and Blackpowder Seasons

I like to start bowhunting the first day of bowhunting season on September 1 each year. I'm very conscious of scent control. When I'm hunting or just scouting, I wear my ScentLok suit (http://www.scentlok.com), and I spray down with some type of odor killer. Then when blackpowder deer season comes in, I’ll hunt with my blackpowder rifle.

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Funnel Areas and Pinch Points

Usually, I don’t hunt the edges of fields for deer until late in the season. When bow season arrives on September 1 and often even into muzzleloader season, many of the crops still will be standing in the fields. The best places to see the most deer and to have your best chance at taking a buck are pinch points in the woods between the bedding areas and the agricultural fields. We use fixed-position tree

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Explaining the buying process: Part 1

Purchasing land may at first seem like an unending process of getting your hopes up and filling out paperwork. In the blink of an eye the prized property you had in mind can be taken off the market or you may uncover there are outstanding debts associated with the land. These worries will certainly deter you as a prospective buyer, but you shouldn't jump out of the market just yet. There are plenty of opportunities

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Properties

Planting No-Till Food Plots

It is possible to plant a food plot without working/turning the soil; however, if you’re going to skip this very important action, some of the remaining steps become more essential and must be completed correctly.

Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Big Bucks on Maryland's Eastern Shore

Where I hunt, we rarely if ever take a big buck, because there's just so many deer living here. During gun season, the deer have quite a bit of hunting pressure. A good buck in our area will be a buck with a rack that scores between 120 and 130 inches on Boone & Crockett. Some really-big bucks are often harvested in counties closer to the eastern shore, since the deer there have less hunting

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Gerber Span Archery Multi Tool

The Span is one of the most innovative multi-tools that I've ever used. It's ergonomically well designed, with the perfect torque for getting all the jobs done associated with mounting sights, quiver, rest and tuning.

Gear, Mossy Oak

Out of State Bowhunting: Maryland

We have a really-liberal deer season here in Maryland. Our archery season starts September 1 and ends January 31. There are deer everywhere here in the State of Maryland, and these deer have adapted to people. They’ve learned to live in small woodlots and on the edges of agriculture. Here in Maryland, we raise plenty of corn and soybeans. The habitat is broken up by farms, woodlots and urban areas that create a lot of

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