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Get Your Gobbler This Season

Bucky Hauser of Virginia is a member of Mossy Oak’s Pro Staff and has been hunting turkeys for 25 years. This week we asked Bucky to give us five tips that will help us take turkeys this season.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Mark Owen Explains the Future of Trophy Deer Hunting In Ohio

In the State of Ohio, this buck scores as the number two archery buck ever taken. On the Pope and Young measuring system, my buck should score either in the top 15 or top 10 bucks ever harvested with a compound bow.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

NEW Avian-X Feeder Hen Decoy

The new Avian-X Feeder Hen decoy for 2014 has many of the same lifelike features as the previous Avian-X decoys we have reviewed such as "No-Flake" paint scheme, true-to-life body posture, incredible feather detailing and realistic eyes. Crafted from rugged Dura-Rubber, the LCD folds tightly and fits easily into a turkey vest, yet won't crease or dent like earlier folding decoys. Avian-X also provides a storage bag with the Feeder Hen that you can use

Big Game, Turkey, Gear, Bow

How Mark Owen Took His Ohio Bow Buck That Scored 256

I believe this buck had lived his entire life in that 90-acre woodlot between the two fields, because no one else in the county ever had seen this deer. All the property around this spot was corn fields and bean fields. So, these deer that I was seeing on the trail camera really didn’t have any close-by cover where they could hide in – other than this woodlot. The buck had everything he needed –

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Mossy Oak ProStaffers Finish in Top 5 at NWTF Calling Contest

Mossy Oak congratulates ProStaffers Matt Van Cise, Billy Yargus and Shane Hendershot for their top finishes in the 2014 NWTF Grand National Turkey Calling Contest Senior Division.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

How Mark Owen Got to the Stand in the Dark without Spooking the Huge Ohio Buck

For 8 days, from the time I had permission to hunt the big buck, until the day I climbed into the tree stand, I hardly ate. I had butterflies in my stomach the entire week. I really didn’t realize I wasn’t eating. All I could think about was trying to use my mental powers to make sure that buck would come in on opening day. Too, I was thinking how I would walk into the

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Mark Owen’s Dream Comes True When He Hunts a Monster Ohio Bow Buck

That was on September 21, one week before the season opened when the landowner told me he wanted me to hunt the first day of bow season and have the first chance at this buck. The 21st held a lot of meaning for me, because my father, Jim Owen, passed away at the age of 62 on April 21 from a massive heart attack. He was an outdoorsman, a life-long trapper and a coon and

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

A Season with Shadow Grass Blades

From the top of the pacific flyway to the bottom, can one waterfowl pattern truly do it all? Mossy Oak ProStaffer Mario Friendy takes us through his 2013-2014 waterfowl season using the new Shadow Grass Blades pattern. Spoiler alert: It passes the test in Canada and on the West coast!

Small Game, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Mossy Oak, Firearm

The 256-inch Dream Season Buck

The story of how he found the deer, how he got permission to take the deer, and the agony of his defeat before the thrill of his victory makes this story unusual, exciting and a dream come true. This week Owen gives us the secrets of finding big bucks and getting permission to hunt them, as well as the techniques he used to pinpoint when and where that buck would appear, and the way he

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Coonhunters: A Dying Breed

Coon hunting has a variety of benefits, from helping turkey and waterfowl populations to keeping raccoons out of deer feeders. Learn more from Mossy Oak.

Small Game, Firearm

Trent Cole of the Philadelphia Eagles Has a Passion for His Future in Football and the Outdoors

Standing where I am right now, I know I have a great future ahead of me. I believe while I am still playing that the Philadelphia Eagles will go to a Super Bowl, and I will go with them, or at least I hope I will. I believe that the biggest white-tailed deer and the biggest elk I ever have seen in my life are out there waiting on me to find them. I am

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The Philadelphia Eagles’ Trent Cole Practices for That One Important Moment in Football or on a Hunting Trip

Another big advantage I have – and possibly the biggest advantage – is I love to play football, I love to hunt, and I love to produce great TV. When you’re doing the things you love, I have learned you don’t feel the same stress, and you don’t get nearly as tired, as when you’re doing things you don’t really like, or don’t have a passion for them. When you have a passion, you will

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The Philadelphia Eagles’ Trent Cole Explains the Marriage of Professional Football and Professional Hunting

One of the greatest lessons I have learned from football and hunting is patience. I am a blitz kind of guy. I want to go after something full-steam ahead and wide open in football, whether it’s a quarterback, a running back, or a receiver. In hunting, I want to aggressively pursue the animal that I hope to take.

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T&M Tactical Gloves Offer Hands-Free Light in Mossy Oak Camo

T&M Tactical has partnered with Mossy Oak to offer quality, high-performance camouflage gloves with an attached light for safety and convenience while outdoors before sunrise or after dark. Former law enforcement/tactical officers Tim Matheney and Justin Thompson have designed a pair of hunting gloves that provide hands-free use of a light source, warmth of fleece insulation and concealment with Mossy Oak Break-Up Infinity.

Gear, News, Mossy Oak

Trent Cole of the NFL’s Philadelphia Eagles Searches for an Opportunity to Take His First Bull Bow Elk

I’m not only a professional football player. I am a professional hunter too, and I take both sports very seriously. As a professional football player in the NFL, football requires my best 365 days per year. As a professional hunter, hunting takes up 365 days per year also. So, when I am not playing football, I want to be in the outdoors. I love being in the outdoors and enjoying what God has given us

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

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Forest Stand Improvement

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Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Video, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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