Small Game

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If one of your biggest passions involves hunting small game, you’re in the right place. Our small game hunting videos and articles will provide you with key insights and information on how and when to hunt your small-sized quarry, and more effectively put you hot on the trail of sought-after squirrels, rabbits, pheasants & doves.

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Wing Shooting Tip: Stance and Mount

GameKeeper Tony Rosetti explains some simple stance and mount techniques to improve your shooting accuracy.

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The Importance of Base Layers for Cold and Warm Weather

Outerwear is an important consideration in protecting yourself from the elements but it’s what you wear under there that could arguably be the most important component of your hunting wardrobe. Thus it’s no mere coincidence that base layer apparel is also the area of greatest innovation in recent years.

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Dove Hunt Etiquette

Since it's dove season, keep these 10 dove hunting etiquette tips on your mind.

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Wise Outdoors Mossy Oak GameKeeper Dove Seats Available Now

Mossy Oak GameKeepers is pleased to announce the immediate availability of Wise Outdoors GameKeeper Dove Seats offered in Mossy Oak Bottomland and branded with the GameKeepers logo. The trio of seats are designed for both comfort and convenience this coming dove season.

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Squirrel Hunting: Fox Squirrel Fast Facts

As gamekeepers, our habitat and timber management practices not only benefit targeted game species like deer, wild turkey and quail, but other local non-game wildlife also benefit from our efforts. One example is the fox squirrel, (Sciurus niger). Fox squirrels may be vexing to our management efforts at times, but their distinctive appearance and interesting characteristics make their presence uniquely special. As “Nature’s tree planters” they add value to the environment and our outdoor experience.

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Why Every Hunter Needs an SLXtreme iPhone Case

This tough iPhone case is waterproof and certified military grade protection, so you’re covered if it falls from your tree stand, into a puddle or out of your pocket. And the Mossy Oak Break-Up Country Camo design allows you to use your phone without flashing colors or reflections that might scare game away.

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Rewards of Managing Land for Wildlife as a GameKeeper

I took a nice buck with my bow last season that would score about 135 inches. The buck came in to within 15 yards of my stand. That’s the first deer we’ve harvested on property. That was a very neat feeling. I feel confident that our hunting only will get better as we continue to improve the land and the food for wildlife on it. I think the tree plantings will be a long-term source

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Manage Invasive Plants for a Variety of Wildlife

Our section of Indiana has quite a bit of bush honeysuckle and wintercreeper – both invasive species. We believe that if we can get rid of much of those invasive species we can increase the variety of wildlife we have on our land. Honeysuckle isn’t a bad plant, until it becomes so thick that animals can’t move through it. It does have some value for wildlife; however, it’s a very aggressive growing plant that can

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One GameKeeper's First Steps for Managing A New Property

The first thing I did when I bought this land was establish our property lines. Before we acquired this land, everyone picked mushrooms, ran their dogs, hunted squirrels and deer, ran their four wheelers and rode their horses across that property. I visited all the neighbors and told them we had bought the land and weren’t having any hunting there – at least for the first year – to learn what wildlife we had on

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How To Attract Doves To Your Property

Traditionally, hunters have chosen sunflowers, and there’s no doubt that this remains the most popular planting when attempting to attract doves, but many hunters are finding that a bit of diversity can actually be helpful in attracting more birds and can make your plot more versatile so that it provides feed for a number of wildlife species.

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Plant in Early Summer For Fall Dove Fields

To ensure that you'll have doves to hunt during opening day of dove season, preparation of these areas needs to be on your schedule now. Corn is always a popular planting for doves but with so much of it used in ag production today, using something different can be just what the doves want to be on your property. Sunflowers, millets, and sorghum are all excellent plantings for doves and other game birds

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Preparing A Dove Field: Sowing The Seeds Of Success

Dove hunting success in the field means preparing the field before the hunt. We all know there are many options for preparing a dove field.

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The Three Sisters: An Exciting Old, New Approach to Food Plots

Friends, we are going to talk about something new, different and exciting today! I’m not going to discuss soil pH or cultivating techniques. We all know these things are important and are the basics in “farming 101,” but we are going to approach a new and dynamic way of not only planting food plots, but creating food plots that wildlife will be drawn to! What I’m saying is this… I’m going to throw a wrench

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Managing Your Land for Wildlife a Little at a Time

Maybe you don’t have the money to spend on having the property cleared, plowed, planted for numerous food plots. However, that’s not what GameKeepers is suggesting.

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Plenty of Places to Hunt Predators

When I include the public game lands and the private farms where I have permission to predator hunt, I probably have between 100,000 and 150,000 acres where I can hunt predators. On public lands, hunters can take coyotes 365 days per year in Pennsylvania. We can’t use thermal or night vision here for predator hunting, but we can use hand-held and/or portable lights at night. To hunt coyotes, you just need a general hunting license.

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