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Ashley Jay – A City Girl with a Country Heart

I didn’t grow up in a hunting family or in the country where I would have had a lot of opportunity to hunt. I was born in Miami, Florida, just outside the Everglades. But I always had a passion for the outdoors and being outdoors. So, my parents bought me a horse.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Ashley Jay's Ascent into Outdoors Television

Ashley Jay will be the co-host of Knight and Hale’s “Ultimate Hunting” TV show, which will air this fall on the Outdoor Channel. Where did Jay come from, and how did a young lady who didn’t grow up in a hunting family find her way into the outdoor television business? Since more and more women are coming into the outdoor industry, we wanted to learn how Ashley Jay made it.

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What speeds can your bow reach?

One piece of equipment that we begin to work on now is our bows. I like to get my bow set up for hunting whitetails and other big game early, so when I practice during the summer, I am dialed in for hunting season. Many people often wonder how to estimate a bow’s speed under different setups. By knowing the IBO/ATA specification of a bow, it is possible to get a decent estimation of how

Gear, How-To, Bow

With Country Music Success, Kristen Kelly Starts a Jewelry Line BELIEVE

In April, 2014, I launched a new jewelry line called BELIEVE by Kristen Kelly. I’m going to have some Mossy Oak t-shirts with the BELIEVE logo printed on them. We’re donating 15 percent of the profits made from my BELIEVE line of jewelry and t-shirts to an organization for sexual and domestic-violence victims.

Mossy Oak

Summer Slump: Competition Calling for the Waterfowler

While hunting season is in a slump for the next couple of months, we thought we’d take a look at what our fellow hunters do in the “off season.” ProStaffer Cory Dukehart participates in duck and goose calling contests and in the process, lines up hunts for the coming season through connections he makes at competitions.

Small Game, Waterfowl

Kristen Kelly on Touring With Brad Paisley

I’m often asked, “What was being on tour with Brad Paisley like?” I can honestly say that tour was really a lot of fun. Brad Paisley is such a gracious guy. He would take us to different places every weekend. For instance, he rented a movie theater and took us all to see the movie “The Incredibles.” He took us go-cart racing and bowling, and he threw a couple of parties that we all attended.

Mossy Oak

NWTF Partners with Tennessee Agencies to Help Mobility Impaired Hunters

Tennessee has become an ideal hunting destination for individuals with mobility impairments thanks to the combined efforts of the National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF), the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA), the Tennessee Fish and Wildlife Commission (TFWC) and the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation (TWRF) to provide wheelchair-accessible custom blinds on public lands.

Conservation

Kristen Kelly: On the Way to the Top of Country Music

I averaged 150-180 days on tour exclusively in Texas. At that time, I made the decision that music would be my career. I recorded a couple of albums and produced those albums independently in Texas, and I had a couple of singles on the Texas music charts. Texas has its own charts that the radio stations in Texas have helped to develop. Their charts are separate from and independent of the Billboard charts.

Mossy Oak

Want to attract more gamebirds this year?

Our modern day food plot planting practices are not very conducive to feeding quail, turkeys, etc; we plant every available open piece of ground for our deer and figure the birds will be fine. It doesn’t take a large area to feed a lot of birds and designating a third or a quarter acre section out of some of your deer plots for a strip or perimeter of WhistleBack will go a long way in

Small Game, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Kristen Kelly Tells about the Road She’s Traveled to Become a Country Artist

I grew up singing in Cottonwood Baptist church in Lorena, Texas, and singing at church camps. My granddad, Sterling Kelly, was a country singer/songwriter who sang throughout Texas. Even today one of his songs is on iTunes. When I went to interview to sing on the Grand Ole Opry for the “Bill Cody Show,” we were coming out of a break from that meeting, and the band was playing one of Pappaw’s songs. Instantly, I

Mossy Oak

Delta Waterfowl Is The Duck Hunters Organization

Delta Waterfowl’s new strategic plan is built upon our historic organizational strengths, but organized around the key needs of duck hunters. This work, coupled with our legendary capacity as a research organization, ensures Delta’s mission and programs are built around the right efforts to address the most pressing needs of ducks and duck hunters.

Small Game, Turkey

Parrey Cremeans Says California’s Loaded with Turkeys

Last fall we were scouting for turkeys and found a flock of jakes and hens that had 200 or more birds in the flock. In the high country of northeastern California, you can hunt Merriam’s. But in the areas where we hunt, the Rio Grande turkey is our dominant bird. In some of the higher elevations, we find some of our bigger birds that are crosses between the Rio Grande and the Merriam’s. Before spring

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Bow, Firearm

When Fighting Purrs Work

As I sat against a tree listening to the hens on the limb 60 yards away, I strained to hear that first gobble. I was hearing lots of tree talk from the hens, but so far I had not heard the gobbler music I was hoping for. It was opening day of the 2010 Georgia season, and I was hunting an eighty acre property bordered by the Etowah River in North Georgia. I had watched

Big Game, Turkey

Predator Hunting Plus Taking Black Bears with ProStaffer Parry Cremeans

Some of the private land that Just For Hunting outfitters has acquired has tons of acorn trees on the property. One of the problems on this property is black bears that come to these acorn flats, tear down the limbs on the acorn trees, eat the acorns and feed on Manzanita berries. Many of these properties are really wide open. So, we have a good chance of seeing and taking black bears during the season.

Big Game, Predator, Mossy Oak

QDMA Reaches Record Membership

QDMA set an organizational record for winter and spring membership growth, recruiting more than 7,000 new members in the first four months of 2014 and reaching a record level of nearly 55,000 members in the United States and Canada. “QDMA is in the strongest position in the organization’s history,” said CEO Brian Murphy. “Membership is growing faster than at any time in our history, new volunteer Branches are on the rise, and we are having

Big Game, Deer, Conservation

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The Importance of Native Plants to Deer Diet

Native plants are the primary food source in a deer’s diet. Read on to learn more about what deer like to eat and how native plants are essential to a whitetail’s survival.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries

Berbere Spiced Elk Legs with Chermoula Sauce

This elk leg recipe was originally made for the 2025 Fox Hole Shootout. It's not an easy recipe by any means, but it'll be sure to impress anyone you make it for.

Big Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

5 Deer Calls Every Hunter Should Have

Grunt calls are standard equipment for the deer hunter, but there’s also a few other calls that have proven themselves as deadly tools of the trade in the deer woods.

Deer

Tips for Finding Fall Crappie

One sure thing about fall fishing for crappie is that the fish are generally in some type of transition. Moving from one place to another, staging in one area in preparation for cooler temperatures.

Fishing, How-To

Understanding Wind & Thermals When Hunting

A deer’s sense of smell is its most important defense. By understanding wind and thermals, you can use this to your advantage. Learn more from Mossy Oak.

Deer, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

From the Archive: Deer Calling Tips from the Pros

Originally published in the 1994 Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine, this article talks to professionals like Will Primos on calling in deer.

Deer

Coffee Crusted Venison Steaks

It’s all in the rub! The Cowboy Coffee Rub makes these venison steaks even more mouth watering. If you like sauce for your steaks, give the Bourbon Coffee BBQ sauce a try, too!

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

The Power of the Scrape – Bowhunting October’s Pre-Rut Hotspots

“Not all scrapes are created equal. When I mentioned that you must learn to interpret scrapes, I meant that hunters should know how to use them effectively by understanding the differences.”

Deer, How-To

Bass Fishing During The Fall Turnover Period

There are several strategies that can help anglers not only deal with the natural phenomenon of pond turnover, but actually catch some decent fish in the process.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Public Land Ambush – October Bowhunting Tactics for Pressured Bucks

“October can be a tough stretch for bowhunters, especially on public land. The easy early-season patterns fade, the rut is still a ways off, and mounting hunting pressure makes deer wary and unpredictable.”

Deer, Bow

Targeting the 3 Different Squirrel Species

Here we’re talking through the different tactics and strategies you might employ when chasing the gray squirrel vs the fox squirrel or the red squirrel.

Small Game, How-To

From the Archives: Bob Dixon and Steve Burnett on the Art of Mix and Matching Camo

By Terry Madewell, originally published in the 1994 edition of Mossy Oak Bowhunting Magazine As big whitetail bucks are inclined to do, this one had done the unexpected. I'd studied this buck's pattern for a couple of weeks, being extremely careful not to leave any scent in the wrong places. I'd selected a stand site where the dense underbrush funneled into a 40-yard-wide strip. I was sure this was where he would walk and I

Turkey, Big Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, How-To

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