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2017 CAN-AM OUTLANDER 6x6 XT

The Can-Am Outlander 6x6 family of six-wheeled ATVs is at the top of its class when it comes to conquering tough work and challenging terrain. The Outlander 6x6 vehicles have an additional set of rear wheels, and an exclusive Double Torsional Trailing arm Independent (TTI2™) rear suspension (complete with a quick-release sway bar). For tackling tough chores, the ATVs have an extra low L gear, Dual-Level cargo box with modular accessories and the largest towing

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, Mossy Oak

When Should You Plant Your Food Plot?

GameKeepers from north to south are gearing up for the upcoming hunting season, it is important to remember that there can be significant differences in the timing as it relates to planting for where you might live compared to other gamekeepers. For example the guy or gal who lives in northern Minnesota will have a 45-60 day difference in the time of year when they would plant their food plots for the hunting season compared

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

How to Make Sure Your Elk Hunt Fits Your Physical Condition

If I'm choosing a guide or an outfitter and going to a place I've never hunted before, I want to talk to the guide before I arrive to hunt. One of the biggest problems in selecting the best guide for you is putting a man who is 60 years old or older with a guide who is a top-of-the-mountain kind of guide. On our hunts, we send out questionnaires with our contracts. On the questionnaire,

Big Game, How-To, Mossy Oak

Whink Products Co. and Mossy Oak® Introduce Laundry Products for Hunters

Whink Products Company is introducing scent-control, laundry products in partnership with Mossy Oak. The new Pre-Soak and Laundry Detergent utilize the most effective cleaning agents and are infused with a state-of-the-art odor neutralizer, making hunters truly undetectable.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

TenPoint Introduces First Carbon Reverse Draw Crossbow

TenPoint Crossbow Technologies’ New 2016 Carbon Nitro RDX™ is the high-tech manufacturer’s response to the growing number of hunters attracted to reverse draw crossbow technology. New for 2016, its construction features TenPoint’s industry leading ultra-light, wrapped carbon fiber barrel mated with a newly engineered carbon stock.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Video, Mossy Oak, Bow

What to Expect from Your Elk Guide or Outfitter

If I have a successful hunt, I'll expect the guide to help me field dress, quarter and get that animal back to camp. If I'm going on an early-season elk hunt, which may be in September, the weather will be warm. I’ll expect my guide or outfitter to help me get my meat cooled down or under refrigeration fairly quickly after I've harvested a bull. The guide or the outfitter is probably not going to

Big Game, How-To, Mossy Oak

How to Choose the Best Elk Guide

Parrey Cremeans of Redding, California, has been hunting elk for 30 years, guiding for elk 20 years and has been a Mossy Oak Pro 9 years. Each season Cremeans generally hunts three states for elk, depending on which tags he draws. This year he will be hunting four states for elk. He has previously hunted elk in Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado and will hunt Arizona this year. “The only two states I haven’t

Big Game, How-To, Mossy Oak

Kelly Hicks on Getting the Meat Back to the Truck

I always carry my elk meat back to my house, cut it up and process it there. I've always cut, wrapped and packaged any animal that I’ve harvested, except when I drew a once-in-a-lifetime moose tag. When I looked at that moose lying on the ground, I realized he was much bigger than the elk I was accustomed to processing. So, I decided to have him processed at the closest processor to where I had

Big Game

Kelly Hicks on Utah Hunting Versus Wyoming Hunting

When I'm hunting around home in Utah, I primarily hunt from tree stands with my crossbow. While my hunting partner, John Spears, and I are hunting in Wyoming, we’ll be there during the peak of the rut. So, we’ll get up before daylight, fix breakfast and listen for elk bugling. This kind of hunting will be pretty much hunt-and-stalk.

Big Game, Bow

The Elk’s Down - Now What

I always like to hunt with another person, and we’ll switch being the caller and the shooter. One of the big advantages to hunting like this is that if you take an elk, you have someone with you to help field dress, quarter and pack the elk out. Even if we split up, we try not to be too far from one another. That’s one of the advantages of having a quality GPS – so

Big Game

Kelly Hicks Hikes 4 Miles Before Hunting Elk and Explains His Equipment

If I start hunting a mile from the trailhead, I've learned that then I’ll be farther in the woods than 80 percent of the other elk hunters. If I go 2 miles more, I'll eliminate another 10 percent of the elk hunters or 90 percent of the other elk hunters. When I go 3 miles, I’ll lose another 5 percent and at 4 miles distance, I’ll rarely, if ever, see any other hunters. John Spears

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Do-It-Yourself Elk Hunting with Kelly Hicks

Fifty-five year old Kelly Hicks from Mountain Green, Utah, just outside of Morgan, has been hunting elk since he was 17. He’s been a member of the Mossy Oak Pro Staff for 3 years. icks never has hunted private land for elk and has taken nine bulls on public lands. Hicks only has hunted Utah, but this year (2016) he's hunting in Wyoming with a friend, John Spears, to try and take a bull in

Big Game, Mossy Oak Mountain Country, Mossy Oak

When an Elk Hunt Is Far More Than an Elk Hunt

I went hunting in a drainage that I never had hunted before in north Wyoming. I took my pack string with my horses and mules, and I picked out a spot on the map where we were going to camp. As I was riding in with two of my cowboy friends from Wyoming, I saw some beautiful country I’d never seen previously. About an hour before the sun went down, two grizzly bears stood up

Big Game, Predator, Mossy Oak

The Greatest Outdoor Giveaway Ever!

Winner Takes All: A Truck, A Boat, A Motor and A Whole Bunch of Hunting Gear! That's right, you could take home a 2016 Banded-Edition Ford F-150 FX4, a Banded-Edition War Eagle 754 LDV Boat in Mossy Oak® Camo complete with a 50hp Yamaha motor, Banded Axe Blind, GHG Pro-Grade decoys and a bunch of other gear!

Gear, Mossy Oak

Karl Badger Hunts Mule Deer Bucks Close to Home

As I’ve mentioned earlier this week, I live in Salt Lake City, Utah, near a major mountain range called the Wasatch Range that runs north to south in northern Utah. The hunting in these mountains there is a lot of fun. I particularly like to hunt mule deer close to home. I’ll either do an all-day or a one-night hunt in these mountains, because they’re not more than 15 or 20 minutes from my home.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

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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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