Holding Wild Turkeys: The Missing Link Some gamekeepers have roost trees, water source, mast crop, food plots and bugging areas all going for them, yet wonder why they don’t have turkeys but their neighbors do. The answer is probably "grit!" Read More Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Obsession, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm
Frost-Seeding Food Plots Know what the benefits of frost-seeding deer food plots are by reading our post on the Mossy Oak hunting blog. Check out the latest snow-seeding techniques! Read More Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers
Puppy Training Quick Tips When you get home with your puppy (hopefully not until the age of eight to ten weeks) the following DOs and DON’Ts should be put in practice immediately by you and all members of your family. The first two relate to crate training for a pup to be kept inside and the remainder relate to establishing the “pack” order with the pup and socializing them. Read More How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels
Manage Bedding Areas and Buck-to-Doe Ratio for Better Hunting Pat Reeve | Mossy Oak ProStaff Besides food, water and sanctuary, I provide bedding cover for the deer living on my property on south-facing ridges. We have cold weather all but about three months out of the year in Minnesota. The deer here need sunny weather, although the temperatures may be cold, for them to stay warm. We hinge-cut non-valuable trees on our 500 acres we own to help create thick bedding cover on those Read More Deer, Land Management, How-To
How To Successfully Hunt Your Property I’ve been asked how I kept that 6-1/2-year-old buck on my land for that amount of time to grow. To start with, we don’t overpressure our deer, and we only hunt when the odds are the most in our favor to take the buck we want to harvest. Another secret is that we do everything we can to prevent deer from knowing that we’re hunting them, including the approach we take to and from the Read More Deer, Land Management, How-To
The Best Time To Prune Trees If maintained properly, it’s amazing the tonnage a few fruit trees or several mature oaks can provide. Read More Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries