Conservation

THE FUTURE’S IN OUR HANDS.

As hunters, we know the steps we take to conserve our wildlife and habitats today can have an impact that reaches far into the future. Our collection of videos and articles features expert advice that will give you the knowledge to put proper conservation techniques into practice, and ensure our proud hunting tradition lives on for future generations to come.

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Overcoming Summer Food Plot Failures

If you are a serious whitetail manager, you know that warm season food plots full of high protein forage are important for maintaining a healthy herd and growing bigger bucks. Warm season plantings like lablab, soybeans and peas are great additions to a deer’s diet, but they don’t come without some work. The two most common reasons for spring/summer food plot failure is over browsing and weed competition…and sometimes it’s both.

Conservation, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Are Your Seedlings Prepared for Summer?

Planting seedlings and raising them to become trees can be a very rewarding experience. Seasoned tree planters will tell you that getting them through the heat and drought of their first summer is the biggest obstacle. Here are some tips for first summer success.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Overlooked Benefits of Planting Brassicas

It’s common knowledge that Brassicas such as radish, rape, and turnips make for attractive deer food plots. However, as gamekeepers we need to focus on more than just using food plots as a tool to bring deer in closer for a shot. So what are brassicas good for other than being a favorite fall/winter food item?

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Fertilizing Your Perfect Pond

A proper pond fertilization program is the single-most, cost effective management tool available to the pond owner. Done correctly, a fertilization program can double or triple the food production for your pond, significantly impacting the growth/size and health of your fish population.

Fishing, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Habitat Structure for Producing and Holding More Fish

Some fish species relate to bait more than structure. But even when that’s the case, the bait they’re after usually relates to structure of some kind. So giving your fish something to relate to in the form of structure is a huge step forward to producing and holding more fish. Some try to sink trees, others try to build structures and “cribs,” but why do all that work when it can be as easy as

Fishing, Conservation, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Avian-X unveils NWTF-logoed decoys

Just in time for spring turkey season, Avian-X, Plano Synergy and the National Wild Turkey Federation have teamed up to bring hunters high-tech turkey gear featuring the NWTF logo. No matter where Avian-X turkey hunting products are purchased, hunter conservationists across the United States will be positively impacting the NWTF Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative. A portion of the purchase price for each decoy will come back to the NWTF, ensuring the gobbler

Big Game, Conservation, Turkey, Gear

NOMAD unveils new gear with NWTF logo in Mossy Oak Obsession

Just in time for spring turkey season, NOMAD and the National Wild Turkey Federation have teamed up to bring hunters high-tech turkey gear featuring the NWTF logo and the new Mossy Oak Obsession camouflage pattern. Items will also be available in the Bottomland pattern.

Big Game, Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Obsession, Gear, Mossy Oak

Ways to Provide Sanctuary for Big Bucks

Here at BioLogic, as we’ve mentioned earlier, we’re not only interested with producing more food for more wildlife and a better hunting experience for sportsmen. We’re also concerned about the entire hunting environment.

Big Game, Deer, Conservation, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

More Wildlife to Have and to Hold with Bobby Cole

One of the big advantages of having quality food plots is to have and to hold deer and turkeys on your property. As we’ve mentioned earlier, when you offer an abundance of high-quality food on your land, you can attract bucks from surrounding properties, especially at the end of deer season when many food sources no longer exist.

Big Game, Deer, Conservation, How-To, Mossy Oak, BioLogic

Mossy Oak Receives NWTF Corporate Achievement Award

For unmatched support of the National Wild Turkey Federation’s efforts to recruit hunters and conserve critical wildlife habitat, Mossy Oak recently earned the NWTF’s Corporate Achievement Award during the 41st annual NWTF Convention and Sport Show in Nashville.

Big Game, Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak

Deer Season Doesn’t End at the End of Deer Season

Check out Mossy Oak's end-of-deer season post and learn more about how to manage the wildlife on your property. View Your Obsession blog today!

Big Game, Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Bobby Cole Tells Us How to Grow Game

Bobby Cole is the president of Mossy Oak BioLogic. Mossy Oak BioLogic started working with improved seeds for planting for wildlife, including turkeys, waterfowl, upland birds and deer, about 20 years ago. Some of these super seeds, especially for deer, are imported from New Zealand. With turkey season just around the corner, many hunters want to know, “What’s the most effective tool I can use to draw longbeards to my property?”

Big Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

NWTF Partners with Mossy Oak Biologic

The National Wild Turkey Federation and Mossy Oak BioLogic have partnered to provide the outdoor community the best possible products for conservation efforts and hunting pursuits. NWTF members will have access to the full line of BioLogic and Nativ Nurseries seed, seedlings and fertilizers at a discounted rate. Additionally, all NWTF retail seeds and seedlings will be offered through BioLogic from a dedicated website beginning this spring.

Big Game, Turkey, Conservation, BioLogic, Nativ Nurseries

Biologist Bill Gray on What’s the Best Deer Management Plan for Alabama’s WMAs

Bill Gray, a longtime wildlife biologist and supervising biologist for District IV for the State of Alabama, gives us insights on why deer hunters in Alabama have such a liberal deer season and can harvest 121 deer per season.

Big Game, Deer, Conservation

DU celebrates 80 years

Sunday, Jan. 29, marks Ducks Unlimited's (DU's) 80th anniversary. Started by a small group of sportsmen on a mission to save North America's waterfowl populations – and the continent's strong waterfowling traditions – DU was founded in 1937 during the Great Depression and one of the worst droughts in history, far from ideal circumstances for an organization in its infancy.

Small Game, Waterfowl, Conservation, News