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Mossy Oak Helps Camp Compass Academy’s Young People Reach Their Dreams and Learn Life Lessons from Outdoor Experiences

One of our biggest problems at Camp Compass Academy is we have a waiting list of students who want to participate in this program, but we don’t have enough money or personnel to teach them about the outdoors. Our orange ribbon campaign that we call our Two Million Bullets is our attempt to get all outdoors men and women to wear orange ribbons on their caps or their shirts to show others and to remind

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Fans Compete for a Chance to Win an ATV Logic Hi-Capacity Pack Valued at $129.99!

ATV Logic announces the “I love My ATV!” photo contest on the Airhead Facebook page. ATV enthusiasts compete by submitting an original photograph of themselves, a friend, or a family member with an ATV along with a caption explaining why they love their ATV so much.

News, Mossy Oak

Browning High Noon Spotlight & Chaos Light

How many times have you been frustrated with your flashlight for spotlight? No matter if you are camping or tracking a deer you need to have a reliable light. The new High Noon Spotlight is a great new addition to the line up of lights by Browning. The new High Noon Spot light features Mossy Oak Break Up Infinity pattern along with easy to carry handle for extended periods of time in the woods.

Gear, Mossy Oak

Annoni Explains the Camp Compass Academy Sixth Grade Through Twelfth Grade Outdoor Program

I think we have to take a new look at how to get young people interested in participating in outdoor activities. I’m afraid that oftentimes we think if we take a child hunting or fishing one time in that child’s life, we have done what we need to do to give that youngster a passion for the outdoors. However, we at Camp Compass Academy have learned that the teaching of outdoor skills to young people

So if I had to draw up a paint-by-number turkey hunting place, what would it be? I would prefer a place with a 70-20-10 blend of timber, thickets/nesting areas, and fields/wildlife openings. Of the timber stands, I would have a moderate dose of old growth, bottomland hardwoods mixed in with massive pines with the majority being in various aged pine plantations.

Big Game, Small Game, Turkey, Predator, Conservation, Mossy Oak, Nativ Nurseries

Camp Compass Academy Doesn’t End At the Eighth Grade

We don’t abandon our children when they complete the 3-year curriculum of Camp Compass Academy. When our youngsters go to high school, we still support them by helping them with their academics, and they come back and help us teach our sixth graders. They become role models and mentors for our younger children. They are there to explain and prove that if students stay in our program for at least 3 years, they’ll learn a

Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl

I basically fell the first 15 feet into the gully and managed to lower myself slowly the rest of the way. I climbed up the other side and sat down muddy, wet and out of breath. Sure enough my guru of a guide called the gobbler right in to me. My heart pounded when I saw his fan. I don’t even remember pulling the trigger but my first gobbler was in my hands.

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

Tiger Bass: 2 Inches to 2 Pounds in Six Months

Tiger Bass in well-managed ponds and lakes throughout the southeastern United States have exhibited growth of up to 2 pounds per year for periods of six years or longer. Many lake owners have documented growth of Tiger Bass weighing more than 10 pounds in just five years. The genetic growth potential of this fish has indeed been impressive, but an important key to this rapid and sustained growth has been the creation of an abundance

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Camo Your Golf Club in Mossy Oak with ClubCrown

A ClubCrown is an innovative and exciting way to personalize and improve the look and style of any golf driver, wood or hybrid. ClubCrown in now pleased to offer Mossy Oak’s two most popular designs, Break-Up and Break-Up Infinity.

News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Golf

The One Room School Style Of Teaching Still Works Today

Once a youngster in the sixth grade has completed his/her hunter-safety course, has been on some outdoor adventures and then moves into the seventh grade, we continue to teach them outdoor skills. We continue to hold them accountable for their academic education, as well as their social and service education, with the reward being outdoor adventures and the ability to learn more outdoor skills

Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Waterfowl, Firearm

Camp Compass Academy

In 1994, John Annoni started an outdoor program for children to be introduced to the outdoors. The purpose of the program was to acquaint youngsters, who never had had an opportunity to hunt and fish, to these outdoor activities by their earning hunting and fishing trips with mentors.

Steady Under Pressure

While hunting pressure affects the patterns of all deer, it is particularly evident in buck movement. As a consulting wildlife biologist who helps people across the Southeast, I see a similar scenario play out over and over. First, hunters recognize that they want to “grow bigger or better deer.” So they incorporate QDM strategies and begin to have some success, but after about three years they become frustrated because the mature bucks they have worked

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Will Primos Calls A Lot and Calls Loud to Turkeys

When the recorder stopped, the old gentleman looked up and said, “You call too much, and you call too loudly.” I smiled and said, “Sir, I don’t mean to be disrespectful, but the gobbler you heard me calling to is dead.” So, that’s where we coined the phrase, “We call too much, and we call too loud.”

Big Game, Turkey

Primos Bombshell

The Bombshell is based off of a push rail that allows you to make a variety of sounds with one hand. Simply push the rail to automatically yelp, tap the rail to cut, and slowly press the rail to purr or whine. The fact that you can produce all of these sounds with one call and with only one hand helps minimize your movement

Big Game, Turkey, Gear

The World's Best Deer Chili

For much of my adult life I have sought the El Dorado of venison chili recipes, the Bowl of Red where the emphasis was on its ease of preparation, its authenticity and its high degree of can’t miss. During this exaggerated period of dissatisfaction, I’ve eaten spoonfuls of really terrible chilies and I’ve gluttonized a handful of really spectacular ones. Until very recently, all of my personal attempts at the creation of chili had run

Big Game, Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak

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Proven Strategies for Tough Gobblers

“There are those birds that seem downright un-killable. When you encounter them, it might be time to think outside the box call, throw the book away and try something more “unconventional.””

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Wild Turkey Roosting Habits

Wildlife photographer Tes Jolly knows the ins and outs of turkey habits—she’s watched them as much if not more than anybody. Here’s what she’s learned about roosting preferences.

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Uncommon Panfish Fishing Techniques

If you’re having a slow day catching crappie or other panfish, try out these less common techniques that all the fish at your favorite spot may have not seen yet.

Fishing, How-To, Video, Mossy Oak Fishing

On Fishing Red Colors for April Bass

Fishing with red during April is tournament proven. Here's the why's and exactly what kind of red lures you should be throwing.

Fishing, How-To, Video, Mossy Oak Fishing

NWTF Presents: The Big Six

The National Wild Turkey Federation classified six major regions across 738 million acres to best identify the urgent needs of wild turkeys across the country.

Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

11 Strategies for Hunting Silent Gobblers

No challenge can be more frustrating than dealing with quiet gobblers. It can humiliate world-champion callers and beginners alike.

Jim Turlington--The Artist Behind the 2025 Mossy Oak Wild Turkey Stamp

Jim Turlington is a wildlife artist residing in Deltona, Florida. He's been hunting, photographing and painting wild turkeys for decades.

Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Mossy Oak Wild Turkey Stamp Helps Fund Large-Scale Florida Wild Turkey Research

Dr. Marcus Lashley is leading a multi-year, multi-faceted wild turkey research project based Florida, one that he says is the largest and most comprehensive turkey study conducted.

Turkey, News

Spring Food Plots | What, When, and How

View our spring food plots for deer and turkey article to identify the critical months in a whitetail's life. Learn when bucks start the antler genesis process!

Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Overcoming Early Turkey Season Obstacles

The early season provides some unique challenges to the turkey hunter, like cold weather, little to no foliage, and henned up gobblers.

Turkey, How-To

Wild Turkey Diseases: Avian Pox and LPDV

As responsible hunters and gamekeepers, we can help turkeys by being vigilant for birds that appear ill, whether we’re observing them or admiring one up close after a successful hunt.

Turkey, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

River Cane Ecology and Canebrake Management for Wildlife

River cane is one such species that is both a striking deviation and a biologically-unique component of Southeastern forest and grassland habitats.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

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