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Know what to Do When a Turkey Shuts Up

You can get your feelings hurt by toms at the beginning of turkey season.

Turkey

Simple Tips For Tough Toms

Scouting is possibly the most important element of hunting anything, but especially turkeys. Learning roost locations, strutting zones, grit sources, bugging habitat and the lay of the land can mean everything.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Bottomland, How-To

Know Where Turkeys are in Their Breeding Season

In the early season, you need to know if some of the hens are ready to breed. You often can tell how ready the hens are to breed by how much gobbling you hear when you’re scouting. If you don’t hear much gobbling when you’re scouting before the season, this may mean that the gobblers are still staying together in bachelor groups.

Big Game, Turkey

Talk to Deer Hunters to Find Early Season Gobblers

If you deer hunt in the same woods where you turkey hunt, you’ve definitely got an advantage. However, some landowners will lease out their deer-hunting rights to one group of hunters and their turkey rights to other hunters. But if you deer hunt the same property that you turkey hunt, you need to make note of where you’ve seen turkeys during deer season. If you don’t deer hunt the property where you’ll be hunting turkeys,

Big Game, Deer, Turkey, Firearm

Tips for Taking Early Season Gobblers

Most turkey hunters want to hit the woods on opening day of turkey season. However, in many states, turkey season opens before turkey breeding season starts. So, Mossy Oak has asked Walker to give us tips for taking early gobblers.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak

Why Soft and Low Is Deadly Turkey Calling

Another call that I use when I'm hunting that I think most other hunters don’t use as effectively as they can is soft purring. Most turkey hunters judge what a turkey can hear based on their own ability to hear. Even though we all know that a turkey’s ability to hear is much greater than our own, we don’t use that fact oftentimes when we talk to gobblers.

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

The Obsessed - Cypress Swamp Osceolas

Introducing our all new digital series "The Obsessed". We will be following the obsessed of Mossy Oak with new episodes throughout the season. This episode takes us to South Florida on the opening day of turkey season 2017.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Video, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Jesse Martin's Toughest Turkey

I'm often asked in seminars and when people meet me, “What’s the toughest turkey you’ve ever hunted and taken?” I was hunting a turkey one time in Elliott County, Kentucky. I talked to that turkey for 5 hours before I could get him within gun range and take him.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Controlling Weeds with 6 Easy Steps

A weed-free food plot tucked into the woods somewhere is a beautiful sight. So how do you keep those pesky weeds out of your favorite spot? BioLogic’s new Weed Reaper Grass Control is designed to knock out all those unwanted annual and perennial grasses that are so common in food plots.

Land Management, How-To, BioLogic

NOMAD unveils new gear with NWTF logo in Mossy Oak Obsession

Just in time for spring turkey season, NOMAD and the National Wild Turkey Federation have teamed up to bring hunters high-tech turkey gear featuring the NWTF logo and the new Mossy Oak Obsession camouflage pattern. Items will also be available in the Bottomland pattern.

Big Game, Turkey, Conservation, Mossy Oak Obsession, Gear, Mossy Oak

Jesse Martin's Calling Routine for Grand Nationals

When I got to the finals of the Open Division of the NWTF’s 2017 Grand National Championship, the scenario that the judges asked the finalists to recreate was: a hen waking up in her roost tree, and then flying down into a field and trying to call in other turkeys.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

How One Hen Enabled Jesse Martin to Win a Championship

I've been hunting turkeys since I was 12 years old, and I'm 34 now. I hunt mainly in Kentucky, but I've hunted Osceolas in Florida too. I've hunted in Ohio a couple of times, and I'm going to Alabama this year. Here in Kentucky I have a lot of family and friends who let me hunt their lands, and some of our friends from church also allow me to hunt on their lands. My friends

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

Defender Mossy Oak Hunting Edition from Can-Am

Mossy Oak is an industry leader in camouflage concealment, so it’s no wonder the premium Defender Mossy Oak Hunting Edition HD10 wears its innovative Break-Up Country camo. The highly durable water-dipped camo finish, exclusive to Can-Am, is more resistant to scratching, mineral deposits and sun fading. More importantly, it lets hunters match their favorite camo manufacturer with their favorite side-by-side vehicle brand.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, Mossy Oak

A Turkey Calling Dream Come True

34-year-old Jesse Martin of Mount Sterling, Ky., has been a Mossy Oak Pro for 4 years and names Bottomland and the new NWTF Obsession patterns as his favorites. He's also the turkey hunter pictured in the Mossy Oak ads for their new Obsession camo pattern, which features the National Wild Turkey Federation logo. In the 2017 NWTF’s Open Division of the Grand National Calling Championship (GNCC), Martin was one of 41 callers competing in that

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

John O’Dell Never Overlooks Public Land with Its Great Hunting

I had another exciting Osceola hunt when I was hunting in thick vegetation on public land. I found an oak flat where turkeys had been strutting and dusting. I set up in that area, and I had one of the best gobbling mornings I've ever had when hunting in Florida.

Big Game, Turkey

Latest Content

Top 7 Non-Food Plot Plantings for Deer

Paul Annear Whitetail food plots get a lot of love in the land management space. Deer hunters everywhere spent countless hours planning their next food plot rotation. Grinding away on a humid summer day just to plant and create a whitetail haven where deer feed and can be hunted is rewarding and fun. But there are more permanent food sources you could be missing out on. A lot of whitetail management fads come and go.

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

How to Maintain Your Summer Clover

Paul Annear It’s hard to beat the attraction of a lush field of well maintained clover. In most of the U.S. clover is attractive right out of the ground and hardy blends like Non-Typical Clover stay green deep into November, even in the upper Midwest. Clovers are the most popular food plot planting for a reason. Deer love clover, and its easy to establish without large equipment. To keep from weeds taking over your clover

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

Fly Fishing for Bream

Phillip Gentry When most people think of fly fishing, the image that comes to mind is the silhouette of a wader clad angler plying the bubbling waters of some cold mountain stream. Others may envision an iridescent Caribbean sand flat with an angler on the deck of a sleek flats boat trying to temp a shadow drifting through the saltwater. As many fly-casting fans have discovered, just about any type of fish species that can

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Red Snapper: Tips and Tactics for an American Favorite

Bart K. Davis One of the most sought-after gamefish from the Carolinas to the Gulf, red snapper are experiencing a resurgence like few other species. Thanks to careful management and tighter harvest limits over the past two decades, populations have bounced back strong—and with that recovery has come a new golden age of snapper fishing. They truly are the American snapper. With their fiery red flanks and powerful strikes, red snapper are everything anglers want

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Fishing the Emerald Coast: Destin’s Inshore and Offshore Action

Bart K. Davis Destin, Florida, isn’t called “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for nothing. Tucked along the Emerald Coast in the Florida Panhandle, and with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, this bustling beach town offers a year-round buffet of saltwater action. From sight-casting to redfish in skinny water to battling cobia just outside the pass, Destin is a dream destination for saltwater anglers. These tips and techniques will help you make the most

Fishing

Flounder Fever: Top Techniques for Catching Flatfish on the East Coast

Bart K. Davis If you’ve ever felt the unmistakable thump of a flounder strike on the end of your line, you know the thrill of targeting these delicious and elusive flatfish. Found along the entire Atlantic seaboard, flounder are a favorite target for inshore anglers. But landing these ambush predators consistently takes more than luck, something I learned growing up on the marshes and sounds of southeastern North Carolina. Fortunately, these tips and techniques will

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Keep Those Shooting Skills Sharp by Whistle Pig Hunting

Mark Fike It is summer, but hunting season is not far off. Keep those shooting skills sharp and make a farmer or gardener happy by hunting whistle pigs! Whistle pigs, aka groundhogs, are a common sight along highways, in farm fields, and unfortunately in gardens and backyard flower beds. These varmints readily adapt to living in close proximity to humans and quickly learn when danger lurks nearby. Growing up in Virginia we always had a

Small Game, Predator, How-To, Firearm

Popular Calibers for Hunting Deer

What are the most popular calibers for whitetail deer, not the best caliber, not my favorites, but just popular? That should be easy. Just call all the ammunition manufacturers and ask them to list their top ten.

Deer, Firearm

Smoked Wild Turkey & Alabama BBQ Sauce Sandwich

We're always looking for new ways to eat a wild turkey; smoking them is always a great and flavorful option.

Turkey, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Hot Honey Salmon Mac n' Cheese with Crispy Fried Onions

This dish combines the best of both worlds: sweet and spicy salmon bites nestled on a creamy, malty mac n' cheese, all topped with a delightful crunch.

Fishing, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Classic Backyard Smoked Venison Brats

When I think of classic backyard cookouts, I think of throwing hamburgers, hot dogs, or brats on a grill for my family and friends.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak, Ingredient Wild

Retriever Training: Steady to Shot and Flush

Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels Head Trainer Bill Gibson walks us through the importance of a steady dog in the field and how to train one up to be steady.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

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