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Late Winter Tip for Food Plots

The late winter can be a down time for many gamekeepers. Most deer seasons are close to being over and many guys are already thinking about what can be done to improve next season. In the world of food plots, knowing the size of your fields can be critical to growing successful crops.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

DEER THUG Justin Eakins Tells How He Raises and Manages for Mature Bucks

After the season, we plant some milo in May and June to give the deer and turkeys an early summer and through-the-summer crop on which they can feed. But our main planting occurs in September when we plant our winter wheat. We also start getting our stand sites ready for the early season and the late season, just after we get our wheat in the ground.

Big Game, Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

How We Manage Our Deer Herd to Produce Great Hunter Success

As I’ve mentioned earlier, to provide the best late season hunting, you have to manage the number of hunters you have on the property. This relates to the amount of hunting pressure that you put on your deer. You have to constantly monitor your deer herd and make management decisions based on a 4-year plan. At Canadian River Hilton Hunting Lodge, we manage our deer herd to produce 4-1/2-year old bucks.

Big Game, Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

fonePAK, phone case and wallet in one, features Mossy Oak® Camo

Your phone is essential to your outdoor lifestyle. But so is your cash, credit cards and licenses. Now you can carry everything you need every day with fonePAK the secure and convenient phone case wallet available in a variety of Mossy Oak camouflage patterns.

Mossy Oak Bottomland, News, Mossy Oak

Late Season Deer Hunting - Scout Hard and Hunt Smart

Gun season starts the Saturday before Thanksgiving and runs for 16 days consecutively. Usually, this includes three weekends. So, our late season hunts are all archery hunts. We've been hunting this same 30,000 acres for 28 years. I know the property and the deer movement patterns almost as well as the deer do. I’ve identified the trails they use to get to the food sources. These are some of the reasons that our bowhunters are

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

DEER THUG Justin Eakins: Deer Management Secrets

This week Justin Eakins, one of the Mossy Oak DEER THUGS, tells us how he manages and hunts deer on 30,000 acres at the end of the season on his land at his Canadian River Hilton Hunting Lodge in Crawford, Oklahoma, and how he grows a crop of bucks that he doesn’t plan to harvest for 4 years. Eakins has been a deer hunter for over 30 years.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Gear Spotlight: Predator Gear Drysuit

Duck hunters across the country are putting out their favorite decoys hours before daylight with great anticipation of seeing and hearing those first few birds coming in. A new piece of gear by Predator Gear could change the way you duck hunt. The Predator Gear Drysuit is the first and only drysuit ever made for hunting.

Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Gear

Chris Kirby on How to Bow Hunt Late Season Bucks

Wild apple trees are my favorite food source to hunt over, because apples fall on top of the snow, they're very tasty for the deer to eat, and we can purchase a wide variety of apple trees from the Mossy Oak Nativ Nurseries. Upstate New York has a lot of wild apples for us to hunt over. However, if you live in an area where you don’t have wild apples, check with the folks at

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Nativ Nurseries, Bow

Introducing all new Mossy Oak Break-Up® COUNTRY™

Mossy Oak®, the industry leader in camouflage design, is proud to introduce its newest pattern, Break-Up COUNTRY. Using dramatically larger limbs, leaves, bark, branches and other digitally enhanced natural elements, new Break-Up COUNTRY annihilates your outline and fuses you with the terrain like no pattern that has come before it – at any distance, anywhere across the country.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

Chris Kirby: Push Deer - Don’t Drive Them

We always maintain a thick cover sanctuary on each of the farms we hunt. These thick cover areas are where we've gotten trail camera pictures of deer or find big tracks leading into thick cover. Every one of our club members has agreed not to go into those sanctuaries except to remove a deer and not to hunt close to these sanctuaries. We have the understanding that we will be able to hunt the sanctuaries

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak® and BRP to Collaborate

Mossy Oak, outdoor industry leader in modern camouflage design, has concluded a joint marketing agreement with BRP, maker of Can-Am ATV and side-by-side vehicles, to bring hunters and outdoor enthusiasts the ultimate powersports experience.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

Conservation easements: friend or foe?

As our society grows more concerned with conserving and preserving rural land for future generations, conservation easements are growing in usage. But what exactly are they? Conservation easements can complicate future plans for land buyers.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Chris Kirby on Late Season Deer Talk

Deer are vocal all year long. Primarily, I’ll use a Deer Thugs Brawler that I carry with me from the beginning of bow season until the last day of hunting season. In the late season, I'm not going to call aggressively or loudly. I'm just going to give contact calls – low sounding and infrequent - one or two note grunts. Once again remember that just because the main rut is over, does not mean

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Get Ahead of the Game

By this time of the year, most everyone’s hunting season is over or starting to wind down and not many guys are thinking about growing plots or feeding their deer. With some cold and nasty weather still possible for the next few weeks, it’s a great time to sit down and start planning for the upcoming growing season. There may be some things you thought of while sitting in your deer stand this fall that

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Find what you Need when you Need it with the Geo-Pak Series from Watson Airlock

Watson Airlock has found the solution for organizing, transporting and storing any item in your hunting arsenal. The Watson Geo-Pak Series™ has been designed to accommodate all shapes and sizes of hunting accessories and clothing, eliminating the frustrations of organizing the tools needed to fool the buck of a lifetime.

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Saving the Gizzard Stones

Looking for a unique way to save the memories of your bird? Start saving the gizzard stones for a colorful way to collect more trophies from your bird each spring.

Turkey, How-To

Crappie Tactics: Insight from Pro Angler Whitey Outlaw

We talk to Whitey Outlaw, a retired professional angler who spent 42 years on the crappie tournament circuit. He’s got as good of advice as you’ll ever hear.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Redbud Jelly and Foraging for Redbuds

Redbuds make for an easy forage and some great-tasting jelly. Our friend Beka Garris gives us her jelly recipe and tips!

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Nativ Nurseries

Black Crappie vs White Crappie

A lot of anglers lump the black crappie and the white crappie together as one species, but knowing the differences can help you catch more fish.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Crappie Fish Tacos

When the crappie are biting, fry them up for a fresh and flavorful taco night.

Fishing, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

How to Make a Wingbone Call

Wingbone calls are one of the coolest ways to remember a hunt and honor a turkey, and all in all you can get one done with about 2-3 hours of work (with some waiting in between.)

Turkey, How-To, Video

Foraging for Dandelions

Foraging for dandelions and want to know where to find them? Read Dr. Brooks Tiller's blog post at Mossy Oak and learn all about dandelion harvesting today!

How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Ingredient Wild

Morel Mushrooms Foraging

Morel mushrooms are the ultimate find in the spring woods. Here's advice on how to find them.

Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Companions, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Ingredient Wild, Nativ Nurseries

Tips for Hunting the Morel Mushroom

Check out Mossy Oak's morel mushroom hunting tips to learn what gear you need, how to eat them and much more. Read Your Obsession blog today!

How-To

A History and a How-to for the Trumpet Turkey Call

Turkey hunters are a rare breed. They tend to cherish the past, as well as strive for a better tomorrow, like no other hunting community out there

Turkey, Video

BUILT: Cody Calls Turkey Calls

Bill Zearing firmly cemented his place in the turkey history books with his creation of the wooden sounding board for turkey pot calls and his thoughtful innovations continue to carve the path for modern call makers today.

Turkey, News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Companions

Proven Strategies for Tough Gobblers

“There are those birds that seem downright un-killable. When you encounter them, it might be time to think outside the box call, throw the book away and try something more “unconventional.””

Turkey

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