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How Tony Adams Catches Warm Weather Crappie

Tony Adams of Eufaula, Alabama, can produce a three-person limit of crappie on Lake Eufaula in less than 4 hours, and you can too by following his recommendations for crappie fishing on many crappie lakes across the country.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, How-To

Food Plots for Game Bird Success

Two aspects of wildlife management that are growing rapidly are the restoration of native habitat and growing crops with game birds in mind. I am of the opinion that “loss of habitat” may be the number one factor (on a list of many reasons) for the steady decline in quail numbers over the past several decades.

Small Game, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Gobbler Groceries: A Professional Hunter’s Guide to Wild Turkey Nutrition

Turkeys aren’t very picky eaters. They can eat a wide array of both plant and animal (insect) food and have adapted to survive on what’s most abundant at any particular time of year. Here we’ll help you build the right nutritional calendar to ensure big turkeys at hunting season.

Turkey, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Tackling Tardy Toms

Birds that aren’t culled out early wise up quickly and their once eager response to our plaintive pleadings soon ranges somewhere between reluctance and indifference. As the days grow longer, the randy toms’ breeding instincts start to wane, making them even harder still to hunt.

Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, How-To

Murphy and Gunn Partner to Win at the Bassmaster College Series Tournament

Gunn and Murphy won their first tournament they’d ever fished together on the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair. With that win, the two young men bonded and decided to fish together as partners.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua

Catching Flounder in the Spring with Mark Davis

The flounder is the ultimate ambush predator. Although you’ll hear numbers of stories about flounder coming up off the bottom and attacking a top-water lure or a spinner bait, what a flounder does best is lay on the bottom where water is being channeled in or out of an area.

Fishing

A Monster Spotted Bass Produces a Win at the College Series Tournament for Murphy and Gunn

In the 2019 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Tournament Presented by Bass Pro Shops on Lewis Smith Lake in north Alabama, March 21-23, 2019, 250 boats from 74 colleges in 28 states competed. At the end of the tournament, two young men from Michigan’s Grand Valley State University, Lucas Murphy, 22 years old from Walker, Michigan, and his partner 19-year-old Mitchell Gunn from Fenton, Michigan, stood on the winners’ stand.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua

Blocker Outdoors: Mossy Oak Performance Apparel for Any Hunt

Blocker Outdoors enters its 41st year with renewed commitment to make its premium line of ScentBlocker apparel better than ever. Including a diverse range of base layers, early-, mid- and late-season jackets and pants, and a complete line of caps, gloves, facemasks and headcovers.

Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, News

Mossy Oak Congratulates Moss and Willis for Their Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Southern Open Win

As a title sponsor of the Bassmaster High School Series and the official pattern of B.A.S.S., Mossy Oak Fishing is excited to congratulate Westin Moss and Josh Willis from Whitwell High School in Whitwell, Tennessee, on their Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Southern Open win at Alabama’s Guntersville Lake.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News

Midland USA X-Talker Two-Way Radio Available in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country

Midland USA is pleased to announce the X-Talker T295VP4 Two-Way Radio, offered in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country. The radios are immediately available.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, News

Using Small Planer Boards for Crappie Fishing

Trolling boards are super effective for catching crappie. It’s a “stealthy” approach, but coverage is the key. Boards transform a boat from a tractor into a combine.

Fishing, How-To

Creating Edge Cover: Hinge & Select Cutting Trees

One of the simplest ways to create edge habitat is to cut the mature trees where forest meets field. Doing so allows sunlight to reach the ground, which encourages an entirely new plant community.

Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

The .243 Winchester: The Original Dual-Purpose Cartridge

If your hunting is limited to varmints up through the deer-sized game, the .243 Winchester may well be all you'll ever need. The original dual-purpose rifle!

Deer, Predator, Gear, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm

Redear: The Other Bream

Redear, cousins to the bluegill, are fun fish to catch, but many pond owners don’t know if they even have a good population of these fish. Learn more about redear and how to boost your pond stock.

Fishing, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Timber Stand Improvement - Managing Forestry for Hunting Wildlife

It is often better to have fewer quality trees than a larger quantity of undesirable trees. Learn about clear-cuts, hack-and-squirt, and the life cycles of the forest!

Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties, Nativ Nurseries

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Instant Pot Squirrel Dumplings

This one-pot squirrel dumplings recipe is easy and delicious. A filling and satisfying dish, these dumplings really hit the spot!

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Tailgate Talks: Duck Hunting with Jim Ronquest

by Jessi Cole Walters Jim Ronquest is a certified legend in the waterfowl world. He's a world champion duck caller and a heckuva duck hunter. If there's anyone that can convince a mallard to come visit your little section of the flooded timber, it's Jimbo. Jimbo and Drake Waterfowl invited a group of writers down to Arkansas this December for a couple of days of world-class duck hunting at a storied waterfowl cabin aptly named

Tailgate Talks, Waterfowl

Remington Core-Lokt Copper Bullets Review

Our gun-guru and self-proclaimed “accuracy nut” Bill Gabbard is back to talk about and test Remington’s interesting new solid copper bullets.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Gear

Late Winter Small Game Hunting

Beat the winter in-between seasons blues with squirrels, rabbits, and upland birds this year. Here’s our outline on hunting these small game critters.

Small Game

Assessing Your Property Post-Whitetail Season

A post-season assessment not only provides valuable insights into your land management efforts but also sets you up for success when the 2025 hunting season rolls around.

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Pheasant and Cornbread Pancakes

I was asked to create my version of chicken and waffles, and this is what I came up with. This recipe is simple, delicious and will keep your spouse, kids or guest coming back for seconds.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

BEARTOOTH by Callan Wink: Bottomland Book Club

Beartooth by Callan Wink is a novel that hunters and anglers alike will enjoy and find unputdownable.

Big Game, Bottomland Book Club, Deer

Predator Hunting in January: Capitalizing on Cold Weather and Hungry Coyotes

By Heath Wood December marks a prime time for predator hunters as the cold temperatures of late fall transition into winter, pushing coyotes into a heightened state of activity. Even though I enjoy coyote hunting all year and have had success throughout the year, December often marks the start of my “winter season” of coyote calling and is the beginning of what I believe to be the best time to hunt coyotes. With food sources

Predator, How-To, Video

3 Things to Know About Late-Season Buck Patterns

Understanding a few key patterns can give you an edge in the late season, setting you up for success when the pressure is on and the daylight hours are short.

Deer

Stand Hunting During Late Season Cold Snaps

Success requires mastering the art of patience, staying warm, controlling wind scent, and adapting to frigid winter conditions and, in some cases, snow-covered landscapes.

Deer

How to Extend Your Effective Shooting Distance

While shots can be missed at any distance, the further the shot is, the harder it is to make due to a broader range of influences.

Deer

Strategies For Hunting the "Second Rut"

Often, the first to mid-December, white-tailed does, and bucks go into what many hunters refer to as the second rut. Some hunters do not like to use the term second rut to describe the re-occurring breeding activities that occur during this time because the rutting activity is far different from that of the primary rut.

Deer, How-To

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