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Venison Big Mac

This burger recipe puts your favorite fast food burger to shame, and this special sauce is no secret. Using wild game meat puts it over the top.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Flooded Timber Arkansas Duck Hunting

The flooded timber of Arkansas is quite famous in the world of duck hunting as it is unique and plentiful.

Waterfowl

Field Testing the Traditions NitroFire Vapr Muzzleloader with the Federal FireStick

The NitroFire™ Vapr® in Mossy Oak Break-Up Country is a sweet handling, nice shooting, and of course good-looking rifle that has me looking forward to October and Kentucky’s Muzzleloader season!

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, Firearm

Hunting in Whitetail Rut Season

When the rut offers unpredictable encounters and heightened opportunities, the hunter may be at an impasse on whether to target a specific buck or to allow for the good sort of unplanned chaos. Here’s some advice.

Deer, How-To

Wild Boar Spaghetti Recipe

If you're looking for a way to enjoy some meat from a wild hog, here's a simple and easy recipe for a meal that everyone in the family will love.

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

Deer Rut Season - Hunting Tactics and Signs

Peak rut is a magical time in the woods. It’s the one time when normally wary whitetail bucks drop their guard and roam about during daylight hours. For those wishing to maximize their hunting time by keying in on the rut, here are a few tips on recognizing when it’s on.

Deer

Mossy Oak x Mathews Collaborate for Bottomland Mathews Bow

The long-awaited collaboration is finally here.

Big Game, Deer, Gear

Should Bow Hunters Paper Tune Their Arrows?

When paper tuning your bow, often referred to as paper tuning arrows, the shooter shoots through a piece of tightly stretched paper to determine proper arrow flight. The rip in the paper shows the problem, allowing the shooter to adjust until the rip in the paper signifies perfect arrow flight each time an arrow is shot.

Big Game, Deer, Gear, How-To, Bow

Hunting Arrows and Accessories That Redefined Bowhunting

Today there are several terrific manufacturers of arrows, with carbon-impregnated fiber tubes dominating the market. The constant: Doug Easton’s startup from a century ago remains the vanguard.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

Characteristics of Whitetail Deer Antlers

Whitetail deer antlers come in different shapes, sizes, and even colors. Learn what causes these variances, how antlers change over time, and what causes antler irregularities.

Deer, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Grover Cleveland and the Political Flashpoint of American Conservation

Mostly lost behind the tsunami of conservation initiatives by President Theodore Roosevelt are the prescient actions of Stephen Grover Cleveland – hunter, fisherman and America’s 22nd and 24th Commander-and-Chief.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Understanding the Odors That Send Deer Running: Scents That Spook Whitetails

One of the most critical factors in deer hunting success is managing odors that can alarm and spook these elusive creatures.

Big Game, Deer

Federal Custom Ammo: Using the Custom Shop

Federal assembled a group of their most experienced employees to staff the Custom Shop. Using the best components available, these expert engineers handcraft this ammunition to order.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Gear

2 Pro Tips for The November Rut

For deer hunters, the month of November is what we have spent the entire year waiting for. The month of November is primarily the time in most regions that the whitetail deer have their breeding season or what is more commonly known as the rut.

Deer, How-To

Amazing Waterfowl Adaptations

Waterfowl have some amazing adaptations for living in and on an aquatic environment. They can withstand wild weather and sometimes travel extraordinary distances.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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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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