Best Practices for Placing Fish Structure We talk the benefits of fish structure, where to place them, and what sort of materials are best to use for structure. Read More Fishing, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Fishing, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic
The History and the "Why" of Wood Duck Boxes Once thought to be the most abundant waterfowl species in North America, they were nearly gone by the early 20th Century. Read More Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Herbert Stoddard: Conservation’s Incredible Doctor of Fire Greg Tinsley While the person charged with keeping the hippopotamus warm and alive in Maraboo, Wisconsin likely suffered an unemployment event, it was exactly the preponderant death of that hippo in the winter of 1910 that seemed an act of God’s grace for Herbert L. Stoddard. As the massive beast was processed for transport to the Milwaukee Public Museum, Stoddard’s determination and dexterity with skinning knives impressed the museum’s traveling chief-of-taxidermy George Shrosbree, who offered Read More Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Prescribed Burning: Three Types of Fires In the world of prescribed burning, three types of fires are used; a "backfire," "head fire," and "flank fire," and each type provides differing intensities for varying results. Read More Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties
Four Keys to Successful Wood Duck Boxes With the increase of urbanization and short-term timber harvesting, wood duck nesting habitat is decreasing. Most timber stands are currently managed for the quickest return possible. Therefore, old growth and mature hardwoods, which provided cavities for wood duck nesting, are decreasing. So what can we do about this decline? Install wood duck boxes! Read More Waterfowl, Conservation, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Illumination in the Flatwoods: Bottomland Book Club As much as I thought I knew, I was floored when I read Joe Hutto’s book “Illumination In The Flatwoods.” My measure of how good a book is determined by whether I re-read it; I have read Joe’s book several times, and yet it begs to be read again. Read More Bottomland Book Club, Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers