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Mossy Oak Team Sports New Gear for 2019

Mossy Oak has expanded its licensed offerings to these team sports branded products. Conveniently, we were able to attend both the SHOT Show and the Sports Licensing Show to check out new team sports offerings in the Mossy Oak brand and camo.

Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, Mossy Oak Break-Up in Pink, Gear, News

Field Garlic: Allium vineale

Field garlic is all over the place. We often step on and over it as field garlic covers fields and open areas. As it sprouts in the fall, growing up to two feet tall, and is ready to be harvested in the winter and spring. It has a strong onion smell and looks like chives with its long, slender, tubular green leaves.

Land Management, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Pine Plantation Management: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Learn about the three stages of pine plantation management and techniques for drawing deer to your pine plantation.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties, Nativ Nurseries

Tips for Bobwhite Quail Habitat Management

An effective bobwhite quail habitat management plan is critical to enhancing your quail population. Learn a few tips for promoting a better habitat for quail from Mossy Oak GameKeepers, along with how to navigate some of the challenges that quail hunters face.

Small Game, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

Strap-In & Tether-Up: Tree Stand Safety for Hunters

Searching for the perfect tree stand location to hunt from above? Before you do, learn why tree stand safety is vital for hunters and the essential gear you need.

Deer, Gear

Seasoning and Preparing Cast Iron for Cooking

Preparing your cast iron cooking pans is relatively easy and takes more time than actual effort. Modern cast-iron pans come pre-seasoned, allowing you to use them right out of the box. However, if somebody accidentally washes it with soap, your seasoning will be gone, and you’ll have to prepare your pan from scratch.

How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Bowhunting Tips: Get a Grip

The grip is the only part of your bow you actually touch during the shot process, meaning the way you handle it is critical. Despite that, I believe grip remains one of the most overlooked aspects of good shooting form.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Mountain Country, How-To, Bow

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. Reports Explosive Growth in 2018

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc., the nation’s largest real estate brokerage network focusing on rural and recreational land, recently reported their 2018 statistics, which revealed growth in all sectors.

News, Mossy Oak Properties

How To Cape a Buck for Taxidermy

Ben Mears is a professional taxidermist who has been preparing deer for mounting and preservation for many years. In these videos, he explains how to cape your deer for a shoulder mount.

Deer, How-To

What are Mineral Rights?

If you own land or are looking at land for sale with mineral rights still attached, you may be aiming to make some money from minerals, oils or gases. But mineral rights can also lead to specific legal challenges for individuals who are looking to buy land.

Conservation, Land Management, Video, Mossy Oak Properties

DIY European Mount

Professional taxidermist Ben Mears provides a step-by-step tutorial for creating your own European mount.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Hunting Late Season Mule Deer with Brenda Valentine

The really difficult aspect of hunting late-season mule deer is just getting around to finding mule deer to hunt. Often they live in mountainous terrain, and during the late season, depending on where you hunt, you may encounter snow up to waist high.

Big Game, Deer, Firearm

Quarter-Pound Turkey Burgers

Our family celebrates the first turkey harvested each year with a family grill out. At that time, the weather is beginning to get warmer, but it is still cool enough to enjoy the outdoors.

Turkey, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Mossy Oak Continues Partnership with the ACA and Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series

The Association of Collegiate Anglers and the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series are pleased to announce their renewed partnership with Mossy Oak as the official pattern sponsor of all series events.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News, Mossy Oak

5 Benefits of Supplemental Feeding Year-Round

Along with quality food plots, supplemental feeding can really help improve overall herd health and help your deer reach their genetic potential. Most people who assume their deer have “bad genetics” would be surprised with the kind of deer they could grow if they had better year-round nutrition.

Deer, Conservation, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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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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