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A Quick Family Bear Hunt

One time I went on a family bear hunt with my brother-in-law and my wife at that time. Since my brother-in- law tagged out the very first evening, he went with my wife the second evening and videoed and watched her tag her bear with a bow. The third night my brother-in-law went with me. We had a sow and two cubs come in to where we were.

Big Game, Predator, Mossy Oak, Bow

Bowhunting North Dakota’s Moose – Once in a Lifetime Tag

In 2001, I was fortunate enough to draw a once-in-a-lifetime moose tag for North Dakota, and I took a bull moose with my bow. This hunt was probably my most favorite hunt so far. North-central North Dakota homes quite a few Canadian moose. I had been applying for this tag 10 years before I ever drew it. In North Dakota, once you draw a moose tag, you're never allowed to put in for the lottery

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Baling Up North Dakota’s Big Whitetail Bucks

North Dakota’s whitetail season begins on Labor Day weekend, and I like to hunt open prairie croplands. North Dakota’s not exactly famous for having large trees. So, I build some portable ground blinds and permanent ground blinds where I can hide to hunt. My favorite way to hunt is to hunt from hay bale blinds that I build, because the hay bale blinds are much more forgiving than commercially-built blinds. We build a rigid frame,

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Do Trail Cameras Spook Deer?

If you believe the deer are spooking from the infrared flash start placing your cameras high (6 to 7 feet). Leave a bit of slack in the strap and place a stick behind the top to angle the camera down at your BioRock, corn pile or wherever you believe your subjects will pass through at the proper focal length. Whitetails aren’t accustomed to looking up and seldom react to an infrared flash coming from that

Big Game, Deer

September Wyoming Antelope - How to Find and Take Them

One thing I like about living in Wyoming is we can hunt almost all year long for something. I usually start off my hunting season with antelope in Wyoming on Labor Day in September. Wyoming has a huge population of antelope, the cost of tags for antelope is fairly reasonable, and I've got some friends who will allow me to hunt on some very-good antelope range in Wyoming.

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

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

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

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.

Conservation

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

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

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.

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

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

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

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.

Big Game, Deer, Firearm

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

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

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Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

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Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Nativ Nurseries

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