Land Management

REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

Watch and read along as some of the world’s most knowledgeable and experienced hunting land managers show you proven strategies for turning your property into a hunting paradise. Get expert tips on everything from seasonal food plot placement and plant species selection to the state-of-the-art equipment that helps you to tend it.

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How To Make Certain Your Waterfowl Food Plots are Legal

Learn a little bit about the regulation of waterfowl food plots, including detailed information on baiting and the ethics surrounding this poor hunting practice.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, How-To

7 Ways to Use Cover for Hunting Whitetails

It’s great if you have natural bedding areas. Otherwise, you can create them by hinge cutting and completely felling some trees so they fall over each other but don’t form an impenetrable thicket. I also like to plant a few shrubs and white pines or spruce to provide a further “security” feeling for bucks if the area isn’t quite thick enough.

Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

This Old Pond: The Dos and Don’ts of Pond Restoration

Learn how to restore your old pond with the help of Mossy Oak and pond restoration experts. Check out progress photos and detailed info on how to restore ponds the right way.

Fishing, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Follow the Nuts: Deer Scouting with Acorns

Did you know that deer love acorns? Paying attention to the different kinds of acorns and where they are in abundance can help you up your deer scouting game.

Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Adding Plot Partitioning to Your Food Plot Management Plan

Practicing plot partitioning, or planting several crops in the same area, can provide deer with security and diverse nutrition.

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Winterizing Equipment: Performance for Years to Come

“Winterizing” your implements and equipment is simple but very important. One of a GameKeeper’s main tools is a tractor.

Land Management, Gear, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm

Lake and Pond Stocking: Ways to Improve Sport Fishing

Learn how to prepare your new lake or pond for big bass using a 30:1 bluegill-to-bass ratio. Certified Fisheries Scientist Don C. Keller shares more about this strategy.

Fishing, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

Hunting Tips: Achieving Perfect Stand Placement

Learn how to properly position your hunting stand so that you’re safe, confident and in the best location to put meat in the freezer or a trophy on the wall.

Deer, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

A GameKeeper’s Connection to the Resource: Whitetail Deer

Whether taken by a coyote as a fawn, road killed by a vehicle, poached, wounded during the season later to succumb or legally and ethically tagged or simply because they are old deer, they will all die eventually. We can’t keep them all alive, but we can keep managing our landscapes so the next crop of whitetail deer is there to provide us the same enjoyment.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Hunting for Deer and Wild Hogs in Florida

Shane Martinez of Sebring, Florida, has been a Mossy Oak ProStaffer for three years. He hunts deer and wild hogs in Florida, which includes fighting heat, odor and mosquitoes. Learn how he does it.

Deer, Land Management, Bow

Bridging the Gap: Bridge Property Management Solutions

Learn how you can do more with bridge property management solutions, including improve your land’s habitat and even grow your wildlife populations.

Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties

The Backyard Orchard: Benefits of Fruit Plants

Learn all about how orcharding at your home or cabin can benefit your family, your wildlife and your land. Mossy Oak offers tips for planting the best and hardiest fruit and nut trees.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Crop Protection: Safeguarding Your Plots with Fences

Keep your deer plots protected until it’s time for feeding with a few crop protection solutions from Mossy Oak, including information on the best fences to keep browsers out year-round.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Tips for Beating Weeds in Your Food Plot

Learn how the pros control weeds and what killers they use on their deer food plots. Discover top-rated, weed-killing techniques, only at the Mossy Oak blog!

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

How To Pig-Proof Your Farm

Feral hogs are not native to our land. They are invasive creatures that multiply at a tremendous rate and create havoc to native wildlife and plant communities. Left unchecked, they change the environment and your ability to cultivate it for native species.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm