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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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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Small Game, Mossy Oak GameKeepers
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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Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak GameKeepers, Mossy Oak Properties, Bow
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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Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak GameKeepers, Mossy Oak Properties
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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Small Game, Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak GameKeepers, Mossy Oak Properties, Nativ Nurseries
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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Small Game, Land Management, BioLogic, Mossy Oak GameKeepers
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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Small Game, Deer, Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, BioLogic, Mossy Oak GameKeepers
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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Small Game, Predator, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers
A Record Year for Predator Hunting and a Raccoon Recipe
Two years ago, in 2016, my hunting partners and I had our best year of predator hunting and took 15 coyotes, 25-30 gray foxes, five red foxes, 18 bobcats and at least two to three dozen possums and the same number of raccoons. I’m often asked what I do with the raccoons and possums after we skin them. I’m not going to eat a possum, but I did get a recipe from an older man
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Small Game, Predator, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak GameKeepers
Gordon's Brunswick Stew
I looked up Brunswick stew and found that the ingredients vary. But my research leads me to believe that authentic Brunswick stew contains one of the following meats: squirrel, rabbit or opossum. It's usually served in the summer and it’s a really thick meat stew with vegetables, because if it was thin it would be vegetable soup with meat. Beef, pork, chicken and other domestic meats are used by some today who wish not to
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Small Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild