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John O’Dell Hunts Deer and Javelinas with His Young Son at the King Ranch

My son Jacob O’Dell was 10-years old last season when he experienced his first deer hunt. Jacob is only 4-feet tall and weighs about 75 or 85 pounds, but he loves to shoot his bow and really wanted to go deer hunting. He’d already passed his hunter’s safety course.

Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Bow

Cowboy Cook Offers Perspective on Life

I’m not a country or western music fan and I’ve never set foot in Bob’s Country Bunker, but when I got to camp and met Don I couldn’t help thinking of the lyrics from Chris LeDoux’s “This Cowboy’s Hat.” As it turned out, Don had more stories of adventure than even the song suggests, and more evidence of a life less ordinary.

Check Out My BIG Bulbs

Missouri resident Kevin Howard writes in and says “Look at my Winter Bulbs & Sugar Beets! I’ve got root bulbs as big as soccer balls! With the cold temperatures now the deer are eating the green tops more every day.” WINTER BULBS & SUGAR BEETS is a blend of brassicas and sugar beets that works extremely well for attraction during the hunting season. Whitetails will also eat the large root bulbs after they’ve finished the

Big Game, Deer, Conservation

What you Can Learn by Searching for Deer Antlers

Shed hunters also may find one of the most-discouraging sights in all of nature – two bucks with antlers locked in combat, and both deer dead.

Big Game, Deer

Studying Sheds During Turkey Season to Learn Deer Herd Condition

While you’re hunting during turkey season, search for shed antlers to learn the condition of the deer herd on your hunting lands. The best time to lease land or to look for a place to hunt is after the rut.

Big Game, Deer

Why Look for Shed Deer Antlers During Turkey Season

Searching for shed antlers and/or hunting bucks without a gun when the season is over will help you compile the most complete information about the whereabouts of deer on your hunting property.

Big Game, Deer, Turkey

Taking Turkeys Strutting in the Field that Walk and Talk

The gobbler strutting in the field is often the easiest turkey to find but can be the most-difficult bird to set up on and call, due to his often having hens with him. Naturally that tom thinks a hen should come to him.

Big Game, Turkey

Taking a Tom Turkey with Hens and Calling a Gobbler Across Water

One of the hardest gobblers to set-up on and call-to is the gobbler with hens. This gobbler already has what he’s looking for and is reluctant to leave his harem just to meet and mate with a new lady friend. Probably the first few times you call, he won’t come. But if you continue to call, his curiosity will get the best of him. Here are a couple of things you can try to take

Big Game, Turkey

Study Turkeys to Know Where to Set Up

Mossy Oak has talked to some of the company’s professional hunters to learn how to set-up on turkeys. Here are some of their suggestions. Realize for success during this spring turkey-hunting season that you need to study a turkey’s schedule. First you need to realize that a gobbler doesn’t like to cross water – above it or in it, walk through heavy cover or downhill, go-under a fence or fly over it, move-into an area

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Video Tip: Calling Predators with Mossy Oak ProStaff Steven Reinhold

Mossy Oak ProStaff Member Steven Reinhold goes through the steps for calling predators and what factors and considerations need to be taken before and during the hunt.

Predator, Video, Mossy Oak

Tell the Hunting Story with Your Video

According to Ronnie Strickland, “One of the biggest mistakes most people make when trying to film any hunt is they don’t shoot enough footage. Everyone has gotten really-good at filming the animal on impact. But, they forget to tell the story of the hunt. I want to know who the hunter is, how he got to the hunt, where the hunt is taking place, what kind of equipment he’s using, how he’s getting into his

Big Game, Deer, Turkey

Bagging Big Bow Bucks with Terry Drury

With bowhunting for deer season already started in some states and about to begin in others, Mossy Oak has interviewed longtime, avid bowhunter Terry Drury of Missouri, the president of Drury Marketing. Drury produces videos for Drury Outdoors and is an active member of PSE and Mossy Oak’s Pro Hunt Teams.

Big Game, Deer

How You Can Shoot Better Hunting Video

Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, the senior vice president of Mossy Oak, has taken turkeys, deer and many-other animals with a bow, and he’s filmed numbers of other hunters taking animals with their bows for the Mossy Oak TV shows. Strickland is in charge of Mossy Oak Video Production and TV shows and has trained most of the Mossy Oak cameramen and producers.

How-To, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak’s Terry Drury Gives More Tactics for How to Take Big Bow Bucks

Most of our finding deer to hunt is through observed movement. My brother Mark and I spend countless hours just watching areas with deer feeding in fields in the evening. Sometimes those fields are full of agricultural crops, but early in the year, we may watch a green field source. During a dry year, deer may be coming to a clover field or perhaps a winter wheat field you've planted as a food plot. We

Big Game, Deer

Terry Drury Tells How to Hunt Your Bow Buck and Using a Green Field within a Green Field Tactic

After pinpointing the best property, observing the deer – perhaps five or six bucks – and narrowing it down to one buck I’ll hunt, I hunt from September 1 all the way through January. There are certain areas we hunt early on. In October, we'll key in on a water source if it's a warm, dry fall. Hunting a water source is highly productive, particularly if that water source coincides with a food source the

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak, BioLogic, Bow

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Toxey Haas's Tips for Brushing in a Duck Blind

Toxey Haas loves to hunt ducks. In these videos, he takes us through his essential kit for brushing in and repairing a duck blind as well as how he prepares his duck blinds every year.

Waterfowl, How-To

Mossy Oak's Woodsman Series is Back

The Mossy Oak Woodsman Series is Back. Rooted in everything core hunters expected from us in the early days, the Woodsman collection is thoughtfully designed, constructed with quality materials, quiet fabrics, sturdy stitching and of course, our timeless camouflage patterns. We're proud to celebrate the core of hunting, woodsmanship, and with seasonal collections on the horizon, we're excited to open the archives, add a few things and re-introduce these classic designs. The Mossy Oak Woodsman

Turkey, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Conservation, Land Management, Gear, Mossy Oak

From the Archive: Deer Calling Tips from the Pros

Originally published in the 1994 Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article talks to professionals like Will Primos on calling in deer.

Deer

How a Fistful of Dirt Started a Revolution

"That day was the beginning of a revolution in hunter concealment. It was the beginning of Mossy Oak, America's most effective concealment system."

Turkey, Deer

From the Archive: Ask the Pros! Mossy Oak Experts Answer Key Questions

"Pay attention as Mossy Oak Pro Staffers Will Walker, Mark Drury, Mike Fine and Stan Oakes--archery hunting's A Team--delve deep into the sport for insight and info that only they can provide."

Deer, Bow

From the Archives: Tune-Up Clinic

Originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article discusses how to make sure your bowhunting set up is perfect come season.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

From the Archives: Bob Dixon and Steve Burnett on the Art of Mix and Matching Camo

By Terry Madewell, originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine As big whitetail bucks are inclined to do, this one had done the unexpected. I'd studied this buck's pattern for a couple of weeks, being extremely careful not to leave any scent in the wrong places. I'd selected a stand site where the dense underbrush funneled into a 40-yard-wide strip. I was sure this was where he would walk and I

Turkey, Big Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, How-To

Fall Foraging: Nuts, Mushrooms, and Fruit

Check out Mossy Oak's foraging mushrooms, nuts and fruit post and learn why fall is the easiest time to forage for Beka Garris.

How-To, Ingredient Wild

How to Use onX to Map Out Your Rut Hunting Plans

Here’s a look at how to use onX Hunt to map out your rut hunting plans in the weeks ahead.

Deer, Land Management, How-To

Field Judging Black Bears

Ask any experienced hunter and they’ll tell you that black bears are among the most difficult big game animals to field judge. Part of that is because they’re far less common than deer, so hunters just don’t get much experience seeing them. And part is just the nature of the beast. Any large, black carnivorous animal will look big, especially if you don’t have something for scale nearby.

Big Game, How-To

Black Bear Season Primer

Hunting tactics can be broken down into several schools of thought. Here's a 101-style overview on what to expect this fall if you're bear hunting for the first time.

Big Game, How-To

3 Hill Country Stand Locations for the Whitetail Rut

These key spots funnel deer into tighter spaces, condensing activity and greatly improving your odds of not just seeing more deer, but filling your tag when it counts most.

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