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One of the most effective ways to attract more game animals

Prescribed burns may be conducted for a number of reasons including habitat improvement, enhancing appearance and access, managing unwanted hardwood competition, and reducing the fuel load. These are typically cool season fires conducted in the December-February time frame.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Learning the Good News and the Bad News about Hunting Exotics in Texas

There's good news and bad news about hunting exotics in Texas. The population is tremendous. The words, free-ranging, mean these animals don’t live behind fences, but most if not all of the ranches where you find exotics are privately owned. You must have permission to hunt there, and/or on leased lands or hunting operations. Also, Texas homes numbers of enclosures used to raise trophy whitetails. So, I define free-ranging as those animals that are able

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

Mossy Oak® Partners with The Original Log Cabin Homes

Two legendary brands, Mossy Oak and The Original Log Cabin Homes are bringing together their combined fire power to introduce the "Mossy Oak® Nativ Living™ Edition" of cabins, homes and structures that will be manufactured and distributed by The Original Log Cabin Homes Ltd. As the "Official Log Home Company of Mossy Oak," The Original Log Cabin Homes will use its worldwide network for the distribution and sales of the Mossy Oak Nativ Living products.

News, Mossy Oak

Les Motheral Hunts Exotics and Monster Whitetails

Most of the exotic animals were brought into the central Hill Country of Texas years ago - many in the early 1930s. Kerrville is more or less the central area where you'll find most of the exotics and also around Junction and south of Austin. In this section of Texas, there’s just about every kind of exotic animal, including fallow deer, axis deer, sika deer, blackbuck antelope and Barbary sheep (aoudad).

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Bucky Hauser’s Best Trophy – A Buck for Tillee

On November 28, 2014, 2 days before Tillee’s, my youngest daughter’s 8th birthday, she and I went deer hunting to try and take Tillee’s first deer. We have 100 acres right behind my house, and that’s where Tillee and I planned to hunt.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Gerber SPAN Shotgun Tool

Every Thanksgiving I put my bow down and head out to the Farmington Bay Waterfowl Refuge in northern Utah with family and friends. Almost always, this traditional event requires some type of work to be done on my shotgun. This year was no exception. Fortunately, I'm now carrying in my pocket the new Gerber SPAN Shotgun Tool.

Gear, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Bucky Hauser’s Big Canada Bow Buck

Every morning while in Canada, I walked those 1-1/2-miles from where I was dropped off to my stand in below-zero weather. One morning a fog came in, and the temperature was so cold that everything that the wet fog touched turned to ice. My bow and all my outer clothing were covered in ice crystals. As I walked to my stand, I could hear deer get up out of their beds in the darkness. The

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Always Fertilize Newly Planted Trees

We get tons of phone calls and emails daily, and one of the most common questions about seedlings is “do I or don’t I fertilize my seedlings” the first year? The correct answer is: Yes, you do. Many nurseries will recommend not fertilizing the first year, and that just makes zero sense to me. What does make sense is that those nurseries don’t trust their customers with fertilizer.

Conservation, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Bucky Hauser’s 2015 Big Buck’s Moment Of Truth

Each day when I get to my stand, whether I'm hunting in the morning or the afternoon, I use my range finder to determine the range I am from trees, stumps and bushes that I think a buck may pass by that are within bow range of my stand. So, when this buck stepped out from behind the brush pile, he stepped right in front of a stump I had ranged at 30 yards.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Bucky Hauser Explains Trophy Deer Hunting

Bucky Hauser from Claudville, Virginia, has been a Mossy Oak Pro Staffer for 9 years but has been wearing Mossy Oak, since the company began in 1986. “My favorite pattern is Mossy Oak Treestand. I like it because it’s an open pattern. When deer season starts in our area, all the leaves are off the trees, and I primarily bowhunt.”

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Tommy Nails’ Buddy Takes a 172-Non-Typical Buck

The first lease that I ever got to hunt deer on, I set-out trail cameras on the property. I had pictures from the summer months of a big, non-typical deer. Also I had pictures of the buck I took that scored 164. The following year, I put one of my buddies on this farm. On opening day of shotgun season, he took that non-typical buck I had pictures that had been taken the year before,

Big Game, Deer, Firearm

Mossy Oak Celebrates 30 Years

Thirty years ago, it began with a simple fist full of dirt. That same passion for hunting and love for the outdoor lifestyle that inspired the creation of Mossy Oak is still the driving force behind the company today. “Mossy Oak sprang up out of my love for hunting and being obsessed with getting closer to critters,” said Toxey Haas, Founder and CEO of Mossy Oak. “I never dreamed that we would be where we

News, BioLogic, MOOSE Media, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Golf, Nativ Living, Mossy Oak Properties, Nativ Nurseries

Taking a 191-Inch Buck with Tommy Nails

I get just as much enjoyment from checking trail cameras and doing trail-camera surveys as I do hunting deer. I didn’t get this particular farm to hunt where I took a huge 191-inch buck until September, 2011. As soon as I got the farm, I put out trail cameras. I placed a lock-on stand and a trail camera close to a scrape on this new property. I didn’t go back to this stand or the

Big Game, Deer, Bow

End-of-the-Season Iowa Deer Hunting

On a perfect year for late-season hunting, I like for the outside temperature to be a high of 32, lows between 13 to 19 degrees at night, and a 3-to-4 inch deep snow on the ground. When the snow is at about that level, the food in the crop fields is almost gone. Under those conditions, I see a lot more activity on my Mossy Oak BioLogic clover field. The deer will come into the

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

How to Use Deer Drives to Take More Deer

Deer drives here in Iowa remind me of the old days when we held deer drives in Mississippi. The difference is that in Mississippi, we used dogs and drivers to try and move the deer out of heavy cover. But here in Iowa, a deer drive is only made up of hunters walking through thickets and making noise, attempting to spook the deer out of their bedding sites.

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak, Firearm

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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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