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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Explaining the buying process: Part 2

So you've found a property you're interested in, but what happens next? Once you make a first offer on your priority real estate, then the real journey begins. In the days and weeks ahead, you'll likely encounter a series of back and forth between yourself and the property owner, making it critical that you have a certified land specialist from Mossy Oak Properties at your side to guide you through the process.

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Explaining the buying process: Part 1

Purchasing land may at first seem like an unending process of getting your hopes up and filling out paperwork. In the blink of an eye the prized property you had in mind can be taken off the market or you may uncover there are outstanding debts associated with the land. These worries will certainly deter you as a prospective buyer, but you shouldn't jump out of the market just yet. There are plenty of opportunities

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Planting No-Till Food Plots

It is possible to plant a food plot without working/turning the soil; however, if you’re going to skip this very important action, some of the remaining steps become more essential and must be completed correctly.

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Plenty of Opportunities for Buyers and Sellers as Land Values Increase

Land is perhaps the most highly sought after commodity, and land sales experts have continued to expand their knowledge and specialization in specific types of property. As a result, not only do prospective buyers have more options when it comes to selecting a tract of land that fits their needs, but brokers themselves are ideally suited to ensure these buyers are getting the most out of their purchases. As the land sales industry differentiates itself

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Timing is everything. When should you be planting your food plots?

When we talk about planting tips for the hunting season, it is important to point out that there can be significant differences in the timing for where you might live compared to other gamekeepers. For example the guy or gal who lives in northern Minnesota will have a 45-60 day difference in the time of year when they would plant their food plots for the hunting season compared to someone planting in southern Mississippi.

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5 Steps To Creating A New Food Plot

Summer is upon us and many gamekeepers are starting to get the fever for the fall hunting season. If you have a new lease or have acquired some new property to hunt you may have some new opportunities for places to establish a food plot. A question we are often asked is how do I clear a new food plot or reclaim an old field and turn it into a productive food source?

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The Time’s Not Too Late to Plant to Increase the Wildlife You Hunt and Manage

areas of the South had torrential rains this past spring that prevented land-management planners from planting soybeans, peas and Lablab in green fields for fall food plots. However, if you start right now, you’re not too late to get those crops planted - if your area still can get 90 days’ worth of warm weather. Summer food plots often help with packing on weight and growing antlers for bucks, especially for early season hunting.

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Use Predator Control to Remove Competition for the Wildlife Your Land Produces

Early summer is a good time to rid your property of predators that detrimentally can impact many of your wildlife species. If you feel like predators are impacting the wildlife population on your land, talk with your county agent or wildlife department about getting nuisance permits for harvesting predators during the summer months.

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Cut the Grass and Use M.E.E.N. Green Fertilizer

About all outdoorsmen have things they’d rather do on weekends than mow the grass on green fields planted for wildlife to increase the amount of food to make deer and turkeys easier to find and take. But in most sections of the country, except for the far north, most wildlife managers already have started mowing their green fields before June.

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Deer Management Is More Than Planting Green Fields

Once my trail camera pictures start showing me bucks with one antler or bucks with no antlers, I’ll go to the woods looking for sheds. If I'm hunting on my private 200 acres, I’ll search for droppings in my food plots. Also I’ll start hunting winter thermal cover areas on both my private land and U.S. Forest Service land I hunt. On public lands, I’ll check creek drainage areas and places where I find the

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5 Reasons Supplemental Feed Should Be Part Of Your Whitetail Management Plan

For land and property managers trying to get the most out of their deer herd, food plots have proven to be a great way to increase the overall nutrition needed for optimal growth. Along with quality food plots, a supplemental feeding program can really help your deer reach their genetic potential. Most people who assume their deer have “bad genetics” would be surprised with the kind of deer they could grow if they had proper

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3 Ways to Improve Mast Production

Whether it’s persimmon, cherry, crabapple, white or red oak acorns, or you’re lucky enough to have chestnuts, it’s amazing the yield of wildlife food you can coax out of your native habitat. Without ever planting a food plot, and by spending very little, you can entice your native trees into producing tons of forage for your wildlife simply with a chainsaw, pruner and a little fertilizer.

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Pigweed: The Food Plot Weed Nightmare

Pigweed (Palmer Amaranth) has been a frequent topic of conversation among farmers and food plot guys in the last several years. Pigweed has been causing severe problems because of its rapid growth and in many parts of the county, resistance to glyphosate which leads to problems in glyphosate resistant crops that are being grown. In warm season food plots, whether it is a spring planted perennial or annual blend, pigweed can very quickly become a

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7 Tips for Keeping Summer Plots Weed Free

One of the most common problems in food plots, especially perennials, is weed competition. Weeds rob your plot of essential nutrients, water, and root space. Given time and opportunity, weeds will quickly mature, produce seed, and overtake a well intended food plot. The use of herbicides is one of the greatest tools a wildlife manager can utilize to keep weeds under control and get the most out of your plantings. Here are a few tips

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Now that everyone’s deer seasons are over, attention turns towards the bucks that made it through. Food plots that still have forage available can be good locations to get pictures but most are gone by February. Another great way to get trail camera pictures during the late winter is using an attractant with a high carbohydrate and protein content. Chestnut Magic is a great new attractant that is not only attractive to whitetails but also

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