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New Browning XM Elite Line of Apparel

Browning has taken technical outerwear to the next level in design, features and performance with the new XM Elite line of hunting clothing. New for 2014, the Browning XM Elite line uses premium fabrications that give the most demanding hunters uncompromising performance. XM Elite is the warmest, highest quality technical outerwear Browning offers.

Gear, News, Mossy Oak

3 Top Plant Types for Whitetail Food Plots

Many of the most attractive plantings for whitetails end up also being some of the most nutritious too. Timing and placement dictate when and how they will be used from north to south. While there are dozens of crops that can be attractive to whitetails, here are the top three plant types that will attract whitetails at different times throughout the season.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Corky Richardson Takes His Biggest Bull Elk with a Bow

On the first morning hunt in Arizona, my wife, Cindi, went with me. Finally, I said, “Cindi, I’d really like to go out on my own, be by myself, find a nice bull, take him with my bow and let the solitude of the mountains renew my soul and my spirit.” Luckily, I have a wife who understands this type of mentality.

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Arkansas Broker Wins Mossy Oak Properties' National Award

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. is pleased to announce that Jeramy Stephens, responsible broker and owner of Mossy Oak Properties of Stuttgart-Land and Auction Co. in Stuttgart, Arkansas, received the national “Agent of the Year” award at the company’s recent Land Summit, held June 4-5, 2014 in West Point, Mississippi.

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

"Mr. Elk" Corky Richardson

Where I live in Arizona is home to some of the biggest elk in the world. I'm fascinated about the size of elk, their speed and the keenness of their senses. I also like to call elk. I've always enjoyed calling critters. Elk hunting can be physically demanding, and my style of elk hunting is often run-and-gun. I've been skinny, I've been fat, and I’ve been in good shape. I like to go 100 percent

Big Game, Mossy Oak

Breakthrough Duck Soup

This outstanding recipe for duck soup from Charlotte Albrecht, a great Texas hunt camp cook, will help tide you over til the start of waterfowl season.

Small Game, Waterfowl, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

The Fantastic Food Plot

With proper liming, fertilizing, seed planting and weed control, a hunter can produce up to 10,000 pounds of digestible deer forage per food plot acre, per year---at a cost of between $250 to $500 per acre, according to agricultural experts. The average hardwoods acre, however, grows only 50 to 500 pounds of deer forage annually, including choice acorns from oaks.

Land Management, How-To

An Alaskan Bear Hunt with Ashley Jay

About 2-years ago, I went on a black bear hunt in Alaska. My father, who didn’t know much about bears, wasn’t really excited about his young daughter hunting bears in Alaska. He begged me not to go. To be honest, no one in my family was excited about me going on this bear hunt, especially with my bow.

Big Game, Predator, Bow

Ashley Jay Is Living Her Outdoor Dream

After high school, my first stop in college was in Orlando at the University of Central Florida. My next stop was Valencia College. Then I transferred to Greenville Tech where I’m majoring in biology and currently am in my sophomore year of college. But I’ll have to honest. My heart is in the outdoors. I have a firm belief and faith that we can’t appreciate all that God has given us, if we don’t have

Mossy Oak

6 Tips for Drought Proofing your Food Plots

Many hunters have problems with keeping their food plots lush throughout the hunting season and especially in areas with little to no rainfall. Everyone will tell you about this or that method on how they “beat the drought” but here are a couple general rules/practices to making sure your food plot gets all of the possible potential to strive in times of a drought.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Ashley Jay – A City Girl with a Country Heart

I didn’t grow up in a hunting family or in the country where I would have had a lot of opportunity to hunt. I was born in Miami, Florida, just outside the Everglades. But I always had a passion for the outdoors and being outdoors. So, my parents bought me a horse.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Ashley Jay's Ascent into Outdoors Television

Ashley Jay will be the co-host of Knight and Hale’s “Ultimate Hunting” TV show, which will air this fall on the Outdoor Channel. Where did Jay come from, and how did a young lady who didn’t grow up in a hunting family find her way into the outdoor television business? Since more and more women are coming into the outdoor industry, we wanted to learn how Ashley Jay made it.

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What speeds can your bow reach?

One piece of equipment that we begin to work on now is our bows. I like to get my bow set up for hunting whitetails and other big game early, so when I practice during the summer, I am dialed in for hunting season. Many people often wonder how to estimate a bow’s speed under different setups. By knowing the IBO/ATA specification of a bow, it is possible to get a decent estimation of how

Gear, How-To, Bow

With Country Music Success, Kristen Kelly Starts a Jewelry Line BELIEVE

In April, 2014, I launched a new jewelry line called BELIEVE by Kristen Kelly. I’m going to have some Mossy Oak t-shirts with the BELIEVE logo printed on them. We’re donating 15 percent of the profits made from my BELIEVE line of jewelry and t-shirts to an organization for sexual and domestic-violence victims.

Mossy Oak

Summer Slump: Competition Calling for the Waterfowler

While hunting season is in a slump for the next couple of months, we thought we’d take a look at what our fellow hunters do in the “off season.” ProStaffer Cory Dukehart participates in duck and goose calling contests and in the process, lines up hunts for the coming season through connections he makes at competitions.

Small Game, Waterfowl

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Mossy Oak’s Annual Fox Hole Shootout Hits Record-Breaking Year with $290,000 Raised for St. Jude, Conservation

This year, the annual Fox Hole Shootout raised an incredible amount of $290,000– the highest amount raised in the event’s history.

Turkey, Fishing, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

Waterfowl Population Surveys: How Wildlife Managers Assess Waterfowl Populations

Among the most important components involved in calculating how many birds can and will be taken in a given year is the annual waterfowl population surveys.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management

Duck Hunting Rice Fields in Arkansas: The Rich History and Modern Strategies

Although mallards had been descending on the bottomland hardwoods, bayous, and swamps of Arkansas long before the 20th century, the legend of duck hunting in the natural states tends to coincide with the advent of rice farming.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Companions, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Mossy Oak's 2024 Christmas Gift Guide for Hunters and Anglers

Whether you need Christmas gift ideas for fisherman, Christmas gift ideas for deer hunters, or Christmas gift ideas for camo lovers, there's a great selection of products on our list here.

Fishing, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Gear

Duck Confit Garlic Fries

Duck confit is a cooking method that leave the meat insanely silky that just melts in your mouth. So, get in the kitchen and try something new.

Waterfowl, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Toxey Haas's Tips for Brushing in a Duck Blind

Toxey Haas loves to hunt ducks. In these videos, he takes us through his essential kit for brushing in and repairing a duck blind as well as how he prepares his duck blinds every year.

Waterfowl, How-To

Mossy Oak's Woodsman Series is Back

The Mossy Oak Woodsman Series is Back. Rooted in everything core hunters expected from us in the early days, the Woodsman collection is thoughtfully designed, constructed with quality materials, quiet fabrics, sturdy stitching and of course, our timeless camouflage patterns. We're proud to celebrate the core of hunting, woodsmanship, and with seasonal collections on the horizon, we're excited to open the archives, add a few things and re-introduce these classic designs. The Mossy Oak Woodsman

Turkey, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Conservation, Land Management, Gear, Mossy Oak

From the Archive: Deer Calling Tips from the Pros

Originally published in the 1994 Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article talks to professionals like Will Primos on calling in deer.

Deer

How a Fistful of Dirt Started a Revolution

"That day was the beginning of a revolution in hunter concealment. It was the beginning of Mossy Oak, America's most effective concealment system."

Turkey, Deer

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

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