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Know Secrets for Taking Big Bucks on Public Lands

I took the biggest white-tailed buck I’d ever harvested last year (2015) off one of my public land honey holes. I shot the buck with a TenPoint crossbow, and he scored 195-6/8. I found that buck about 3 miles from the closest access road to this public land. Every day I hunted him I’d hike in 3 miles and out 3 miles. I named this buck Blackie. His antlers were only one shade lighter than

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Robbins Scouts in the Summer for Fall Bucks

I try to find really big bucks during the summer months, and once I locate an older-age-class buck, whether he’s a mule deer or a whitetail, I want to spend as much time as I can learning where he lives, what he eats, and where he moves. I’m a husband, a father and a cattle rancher, but every morning before and just at daylight, I spend my time finding and observing big deer. I also

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30 Years of Mossy Oak: Gene Wensel

I was bowhunting for deer when military camo was the only camo you could buy. I was doing a lot of speaking engagements back in those early days. I was speaking at the Southern Sportsman Hunting Lodge in Alabama at a Buckmaster’s hunt, and I met a fellow named Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland.

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Grand Trunk™ Joins Mossy Oak® to Offer Break-Up Country® Hammock

Grand Trunk specializes in high-quality printing with incredible detail and definition allowing it to print the Mossy Oak Break-Up Country pattern with great effectiveness. The 400-pound capacity, double hammock is the ideal choice for those packing only the essentials on the hunt ensuring a comfortable place to rest mid-day or overnight. The hammock weighs 21.6 ounces and measures 10.5 feet long by 6.5 feet wide.

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What Advice Gene Wensel Has for Hunters about Taking Big Bucks

Realize that you won’t take an older-age-class buck if you're not hunting land where one lives or passes through. Most hunters spend more time hunting than they do scouting, but the first step to taking a big buck is to find that big buck first. Then gain permission to hunt on or lease the property where that big buck lives. The easiest and the best time to find a big buck is long before the

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The Toughest Buck Gene Wensel Has Taken

I've hunted a lot of really tough bucks. I've hunted some bucks much smarter than me. I've hunted some big bucks that aren’t very smart at all. So, age and antler size don’t necessarily equate to a buck’s ability to dodge hunters. The antlers of some of the smartest bucks that live to be in the older-age-classes only may score 120 inches, due to their genetics dictating how big or how small their antlers will

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The Irresistible Chestnut

Scrape activity is starting to pick up in the North and Midwest and can be a great place to get trail cam pictures and inventory your deer herd. Drought conditions in much of the south has led to poor early fall food plots and deer are relying on acorns right now for much of their food. Another great way to get trail camera pictures during the fall and winter is using an attractant with a

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What Factors Do You Use to Determine When to Hunt a Big Buck

Many factors determine when and where deer move - only one of which is the information found in a solunar table. I want to go into the woods anticipating that the buck I'm trying to take will come within bow range on the day I'm hunting. By thinking like that, I'm much more likely to see, hear or be aware of a big buck in my region. In other words, I can hunt more alertly

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Where to Find Big Bucks to Harvest with Gene Wensel

Two of the nation’s most legendary deer hunters in recent years are 72-year-old Gene and Barry Wensel from Iowa. Their webpage is titled Brothers of the Bow, because they are twin brothers, and they both deer hunt with bows. They’ve been in the Mossy Oak family almost as long as there’s been a Mossy Oak.

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Mossy Oak Started As an Acorn and Today It’s a Mighty Oak Tree

Mossy Oak began as an idea in the mind of Toxey Haas. As we know, for an oak to withstand high winds, freezing cold, droughts, tornados and hurricanes, it has to have deep roots that are extremely strong to protect and hold the tree fast to the ground. Mossy Oak’s roots are in the people who have come together with one idea in the belief that if they work hard and serve others, they can

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Girls with Guns® Clothing Improves 2016 Fall Line

As an answer to the limited selection of technical women’s hunting gear, Girls with Guns (GWG) Clothing has listened to customer feedback and is excited to offer an updated hunting line for female hunters.

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3 Reasons Why You Should Bring a Hammock on Every Hunt

We all know that days out in the woods can be long and tiring and finding a spot to rest your head for a bit in the backcountry is nearly impossible. Sure, a pile of leaves pillow is always an option but, let’s be honest, you’d rather kick your feet up and enjoy a bit of comfort. Guarantee there won’t be anything more comfortable for miles around.

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Can-Am Off-Road Introduces the New Commander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition 1000

The all-new Commander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition is outfitted with many key essentials for a day in the field. Purposely configured with hunters and outdoorsmen in mind, the Mossy Oak Hunting Edition, the direct result of joint effort from Can-Am and Mossy Oak, includes several of the standard XT package items (bed rails, mudguards, bumpers, wheels, tires and WARN winch), yet also gets a few unique features as well. The most noticeable of those is

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Serve Others to Serve Ourselves

One word that’s synonymous with Mossy Oak for Toxey Haas, the founder, and Bill Sugg, today president of Mossy Oak, that’s taught from day one is: “We must serve others to serve ourselves.” This motto is a derivative from a verse in the Bible that says, “Whoever wants to become great among you must be your servant." (Matthew 20:26)

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The “Hit List”

Like most aspects of managing wildlife, having a plan will help you to make smart, accurate assessments. Herd management decisions can often have the biggest impact on the amount and size of the bucks you have to hunt. Killing the right deer and the correct amount of specific deer will have a huge impact on the density, buck to doe ratio and age structure of a herd.

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Proper Arrow Builds for Elk and Deer Hunting: What You Need to Know Before Fall

To achieve ideal arrow flight, there are four key components to consider: broadhead selection, arrow spine, FOC (Front of Center), and total arrow weight.

Big Game, Deer

How to Develop a Summer Practice Routine for Bow Season

If you’re looking for a better bowhunting practice plan, we’ve got you covered. Below is a look at how to develop a summertime practice routine for bow season.

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Try Floating Bait for Catfish this Summer

The action is often faster, more water is covered and for those of us that like to keep our attention constantly focused on something, floating for catfish is the new way to catch a stringer or cooler full of supper.

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Alabama Blue Crab Pimiento Cheese Dip

This is a perfect spring and summer appetizer to try out.

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Summer Redfish Strategies

Call them red drum, channel bass, puppy drum, spottail bass or simply redfish, these inshore fish are frequently the target of vacationing coastal anglers from Massachusetts to Texas. Redfish are voracious fighters that range from 12 to 50 inches and can weigh as much as 60 pounds.

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The Best Watering Hole Locations for Whitetail Deer

With a fair amount of sweat equity going into installing watering holes, you want to be sure they are placed in the right area the first time around.

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

Foraging for Wild Ramps

Foragers take to the woods every March through May in hopes of finding green gold poking out of the thawing forest ground in the form of the wild edible ingredient known as ramps.

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When the Finesse Technique is Best for Bass Fishing

Here we talk about the history and philosophy of finesse bass fishing and why it has increased in popularity the past few years. See if it sounds right for you for your next trip out on the water!

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Long Line Trolling for Crappie

Long line trolling for crappie is an effective tactic that excels during the pre-pawn, spawning, and post-spawn seasons when crappie are in transition from one area to the next. Written by Phillip Gentry Long line trolling is an effective crappie fishing tactic for most of the year but really shines during the pre-spawn and post spawn seasons from late February through the early part of summer before crappie go deep. Long line trolling is a

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Salmon Cakes w/ Cajun Mushroom Tartar

Jeremiah Doughty, From Field to Plate If you're looking for freshly caught wild salmon recipe, this is definitely a keeper. However, it's just as good with store bought salmon for an out-of-the-box healthy dinner or appetizer. Salmon Patty Cakes with Cajun Mushroom Tartar Ingredients: 2-3 cups cooked salmon (Season salmon with salt, pepper and garlic powder and cook until 135º-140º internal temp) 1 sweet onion, minced fine 1 red bell pepper, chopped fine 3 tbsp

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Mossy Oak Classics: Iconic Turkey Hunts from the Archive

We're releasing some of the best old-school turkey hunting videos from the vault!

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The Best Hunting and Fishing Graduation Gifts

Get them a graduation gift that they'll love and enjoy come whatever hunting season is their favorite.

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