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TenPoint Introduces First Carbon Reverse Draw Crossbow

TenPoint Crossbow Technologies’ New 2016 Carbon Nitro RDX™ is the high-tech manufacturer’s response to the growing number of hunters attracted to reverse draw crossbow technology. New for 2016, its construction features TenPoint’s industry leading ultra-light, wrapped carbon fiber barrel mated with a newly engineered carbon stock.

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

What to Expect from Your Elk Guide or Outfitter

If I have a successful hunt, I'll expect the guide to help me field dress, quarter and get that animal back to camp. If I'm going on an early-season elk hunt, which may be in September, the weather will be warm. I’ll expect my guide or outfitter to help me get my meat cooled down or under refrigeration fairly quickly after I've harvested a bull. The guide or the outfitter is probably not going to

Big Game, How-To, Mossy Oak

How to Choose the Best Elk Guide

Parrey Cremeans of Redding, California, has been hunting elk for 30 years, guiding for elk 20 years and has been a Mossy Oak Pro 9 years. Each season Cremeans generally hunts three states for elk, depending on which tags he draws. This year he will be hunting four states for elk. He has previously hunted elk in Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and will hunt Arizona this year. “The only two states I haven’t

Big Game, How-To, Mossy Oak

Kelly Hicks on Getting the Meat Back to the Truck

I always carry my elk meat back to my house, cut it up and process it there. I've always cut, wrapped and packaged any animal that I’ve harvested, except when I drew a once-in-a-lifetime moose tag. When I looked at that moose lying on the ground, I realized he was much bigger than the elk I was accustomed to processing. So, I decided to have him processed at the closest processor to where I had

Big Game

Kelly Hicks on Utah Hunting Versus Wyoming Hunting

When I'm hunting around home in Utah, I primarily hunt from tree stands with my crossbow. While my hunting partner, John Spears, and I are hunting in Wyoming, we’ll be there during the peak of the rut. So, we’ll get up before daylight, fix breakfast and listen for elk bugling. This kind of hunting will be pretty much hunt-and-stalk.

Big Game, Bow

The Elk’s Down - Now What

I always like to hunt with another person, and we’ll switch being the caller and the shooter. One of the big advantages to hunting like this is that if you take an elk, you have someone with you to help field dress, quarter and pack the elk out. Even if we split up, we try not to be too far from one another. That’s one of the advantages of having a quality GPS – so

Big Game

Kelly Hicks Hikes 4 Miles Before Hunting Elk and Explains His Equipment

If I start hunting a mile from the trailhead, I've learned that then I’ll be farther in the woods than 80 percent of the other elk hunters. If I go 2 miles more, I'll eliminate another 10 percent of the elk hunters or 90 percent of the other elk hunters. When I go 3 miles, I’ll lose another 5 percent and at 4 miles distance, I’ll rarely, if ever, see any other hunters. John Spears

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Do-It-Yourself Elk Hunting with Kelly Hicks

Fifty-five year old Kelly Hicks from Mountain Green, Utah, just outside of Morgan, has been hunting elk since he was 17. He’s been a member of the Mossy Oak Pro Staff for 3 years. icks never has hunted private land for elk and has taken nine bulls on public lands. Hicks only has hunted Utah, but this year (2016) he's hunting in Wyoming with a friend, John Spears, to try and take a bull in

Big Game, Mossy Oak Mountain Country, Mossy Oak

When an Elk Hunt Is Far More Than an Elk Hunt

I went hunting in a drainage that I never had hunted before in north Wyoming. I took my pack string with my horses and mules, and I picked out a spot on the map where we were going to camp. As I was riding in with two of my cowboy friends from Wyoming, I saw some beautiful country I’d never seen previously. About an hour before the sun went down, two grizzly bears stood up

Big Game, Predator, Mossy Oak

The Greatest Outdoor Giveaway Ever!

Winner Takes All: A Truck, A Boat, A Motor and A Whole Bunch of Hunting Gear! That's right, you could take home a 2016 Banded-Edition Ford F-150 FX4, a Banded-Edition War Eagle 754 LDV Boat in Mossy Oak® Camo complete with a 50hp Yamaha motor, Banded Axe Blind, GHG Pro-Grade decoys and a bunch of other gear!

Gear, Mossy Oak

Karl Badger Hunts Mule Deer Bucks Close to Home

As I’ve mentioned earlier this week, I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, near a major mountain range called the Wasatch Range that runs north to south in northern Utah. The hunting in these mountains there is a lot of fun. I particularly like to hunt mule deer close to home. I’ll either do an all-day or a one-night hunt in these mountains, because they’re not more than 15 or 20 minutes from my home.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

How to Conduct a Remote Bow Bull Elk

I was hunting with a friend of mine at the headwaters of the Yellowstone River in northern Wyoming. My friend got his ram early in the hunt. So, we broke camp, packed up and headed to a place where we wanted to try and take an elk. We set up another camp at about 3 to 4 in the afternoon, got on our horses and rode a little way into the mountains. But the terrain

Big Game, Bow

5 Tips for Better Soil Prep

The late summer/early fall planting season is quickly approaching, for guys that live in the far North it’s here. We are often asked, "what are some tips for good seed bed prep?" I believe one of the biggest reasons for poor seed bed prep is trying to work soil with too much green or overgrown vegetation. This problem is magnified when coupled with inadequate equipment.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

How to Plan a Remote Elk Hunt

Once I have my base camp set up, my hunting party and I will get up at 4 a.m., saddle up our horses, cook a good breakfast and pack our lunches. We want to be on a trail to move farther into elk country by at least 1 to 1-1/2-hours before sunrise. We usually ride from 2 to 5 miles out from base camp before we start hunting. We make it a point to set

Big Game, Mossy Oak

Why Karl Badger Hunts Elk on Horseback

Karl Badger from Salt Lake City, Utah, captures the essence of what elk hunting is all about and hunts elk all over the West. He’s been a Mossy Oak Pro for 8 years and is a Regional Pro Staff manager. In some western states, mule deer and elk seasons start about August 15 for bowhunting and usually continues until the end of September. Firearms season continues to the end of November or the first of

Big Game, Mossy Oak Mountain Country, Mossy Oak

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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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