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Keep Your Edge: Expert Knife Sharpening Tips

Get practical knife sharpening tips from knife-maker and sharpening expert Mike Tapley, with information on the safest and most effective sharpening methods.

Gear, How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Eat as Well as Your Deer with Acorns: Recipes, Benefits and More

Learn how to eat as well as your deer. Find easy and nutritious acorn recipes and see why this beneficial forage food has been a staple in human diets for centuries.

How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

A Velvet Mule Deer: Bowhunting in Ranch and Oil Country

The fascinating thing about mule deer is that they can be found from above the tree line in the highest part of the Rockies to the hot barren deserts of the Southwest. Their habits vary with the terrain, cover and food sources in their given environment. We have found them to be an interesting bowhunting challenge on the high plains of central Wyoming.

Deer, Bow

Brushing In A Ground Blind

Once the blind is staked and tied down securely, one can take a small hand saw, chopping ax or a chainsaw to help gather brush to use to blend in the ground blind. Cut several small branches or small pieces of brush then place them around the blind. Some blinds come with small loops that are located in a straight line all the way around the top of the blind. These are for holding small

Deer, Turkey, Mossy Oak Break-Up Eclipse, How-To, Video, Bow, Firearm

Tips for Beating Weeds in Your Food Plot

Learn how the pros control weeds and what killers they use on their deer food plots. Discover top-rated, weed-killing techniques, only at the Mossy Oak blog!

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

Volt Heated Hunting Gear Now Available in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country

Now available in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, America’s No. 1 Camo Pattern, is a new line of hunting gear from Volt, a highly innovative company with a mission to develop heated products to help people feel good while looking good, regardless of cold temperatures.

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

Retriever Training: Early Imprinting at Home

Not long after picking out your puppy, you'll need to begin training. Teaching your puppy to sit, stay and retrieve can and should be started at eight weeks of age. You can accomplish this task using a puppy dummy or a rolled up sock and a hallway in your house.

How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

Fall Walleye Fishing with Johnnie Candle

The fall triggers big walleye to bite. The word “big” when you’re talking about walleyes is determined by the body of water you’re fishing. Traditionally, in the fall is when the largest walleyes in any water system become the most active. Here in Devils Lake, ND, I’ll catch walleyes that the month before may have weighed 2-4 pounds, but they will have become 4-7 pound walleyes by the fall.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua

How To Pig-Proof Your Farm

Feral hogs are not native to our land. They are invasive creatures that multiply at a tremendous rate and create havoc to native wildlife and plant communities. Left unchecked, they change the environment and your ability to cultivate it for native species.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm

Wildlife Conservation: One Acre at a Time

Mossy Oak pros spend thousands of hours helping conservation organizations acquire and improve lands for public access, and Marshall Johnson is one of them. Although most hunters want to tell you about the animals they’ve harvested, Marshall Johnson’s trophies are the lands he’s helped to open up that once were private and today have and are becoming public access for hunters.

Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management

10 Must-Haves on Your Hunting Supplies List

Preparing for a hunt can be just as demanding as the hunt itself. Before going on any hunt, make sure you have the following 10 must-have hunting supplies on hand and ready to go.

Deer, Gear, Bow, Firearm

Spicy Asian Glazed Venison Meatballs

My wife saw a picture of meatballs and quickly turned to me and said. “Make some meatballs, I want those.” So I got to work on creating a different kind of meatball. Not your typical pasta sauce covered meatball or Ikea Swedish style meatball. Here is the recipe I came up with. Grab your chopsticks and enjoy this Spicy Asian Glazed Meatball recipe with a hint of Sriracha.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Pond Dyes: Can They Be Useful in Your Pond or Lake?

Generally speaking, pond dyes can be very useful in limiting the growth of aquatic plants, but some considerations are necessary.

Fishing, Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

Super Bowl Champion Brett Keisel Joins Mossy Oak ProStaff

Mossy Oak has officially added former NFL Pro Bowler, two-time Super Bowl champion, and defensive captain for the Pittsburgh Steelers to its National ProStaff.

News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Waterfowl Hunting: Imprinting Secrets of the GameKeepers

Learn how gamekeepers attract waterfowl with the right waterfowl seed mix coupled with expert planting strategies. Mossy Oak can help you create biodiversity for waterfowl hunting and conservation.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, Video, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

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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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