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Use “Hidey Hole” Plantings and Prepare Blind Spots to Take More Deer

What can hunters do to attract, feed and hold deer, if they don’t have a 1/4-acre to 5 acres to plant green fields to hunt during bow season?

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

What and When to Plant for Deer

Know when and what to plant for deer food plots. Learn more about improving your land for wildlife, planting green fields and more.

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How Kevin VanDam Designs and Uses Different Lures

I’ve helped Strike King design hundreds of lures, if you consider the different color patterns that I’ve helped develop, maybe even more than hundreds.

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Purchase the Right Seed for Better Food Plots

With a premium seed you are getting a better germination rate, superior attraction, improved yield, enhanced palatability and in the case of perennials a longer life.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Deadly Spiders: Know How to Identify the Good from the Bad

Spiders eat pests, rarely attack, and produce helpful by-products, but there are some you don't want to bother. Use this guide to learn which spiders are harmful.

How Kevin VanDam Uses Electronics for Bass Fishing

Over the years, I’ve tried to learn as much as I can about electronic technology that aids fishermen in catching bass.

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Squeeze the Most From Your Ground

The nutrients from the soil and the energy from the sun are contained in the plants. We want that to be transferred to our whitetails, or whatever your preferred species may be.

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7 Tips To Keep Your Fish Alive This Summer

Here are 7 tips to keep your catch alive this summer.

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Taking Long-Range (Ethical) Shots

The best advice for hunting is to be as close as possible. If you can't, be equipped to take the animal down with a setup for long-distance hunting shots.

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Kevin VanDam Continues to Learn with Bass Fishing

My home state of Michigan has many different types of habitats for bass. Bass fishing at home in those different types of water definitely prepared me to be a tournament pro.

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Topwater Frog: Confessions of a Frog-aholic

I can’t imagine a more fun way to catch bass than on a topwater frog.

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Your Wild Game Nutritional Guide

Wild game, like venison, duck, and wild turkey, are better for you, stronger tasting, and more satisfying to cook and eat.

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Kevin VanDam Prefers Smallmouth Bass Fishing in Michigan

On the more than 11,000 lakes in Michigan, I’d rather fish for smallmouth bass than any other subspecies of bass.

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Mossy Oak Presents ‘Sticks & Strings: Live From the Country’ with Chase McGill

Mossy Oak is excited to feature ACM and Grammy Award-nominee, Chase McGill on its ‘Sticks & Strings: Live From the Country’ music series. McGill will perform on Tuesday, June 9th on Mossy Oak's Facebook and YouTube pages in addition to the Mossy Oak GO App at 7 p.m. CST.

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The Brewster Buck: The Hunt for Mufasa

Read about Luke Brewster’s hunt for Mufasa, an impressive young buck who would later become the next world record whitetail.

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3 States to Bow Hunt Velvet Bucks

By Heath Wood For bowhunters who dream of tagging a velvet-racked buck, early-season hunts provide a unique opportunity. As a young teenager, I often bought hunting videos for entertainment and to fuel my anticipation for the upcoming season. Often, the first hunt in the videos would be an early-season hunt featuring a velvet whitetail buck. These hunts took place before the antler velvet had entirely shed, presenting a rare chance to arrow a mature buck

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Bachelor Group Behavior: How to ID the Buck You'll Hunt This Fall

Heath Wood For whitetail hunters, July is more than just the heart of summer; it's a necessary time to observe buck behavior that can pay off come fall. As velvet antlers grow and patterns become clear, bachelor groups form the social core of a buck’s world. However, those who use game cameras for summer scouting know all too well that these groups don’t stay together forever. I used to get frustrated seeing trail camera photos

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Seeing Stripes: Targeting Striped Bass

Bart K. Davis When it comes to East Coast sport fishing, few fish inspire as much passion and pursuit as the striped bass. These sleek, silver torpedoes called stripers haunt coastal waters from the Carolinas to Maine, offering anglers a perfect blend of challenge and reward. Whether you're fishing from a beach or boat, in the surf or offshore, striped bass are a worthy adversary—provided you know how to find and fool them. Striped bass

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Big Bucks Avoid People in Summer Too: Low-Impact Scouting Tips

Heath Wood The summer months present a prime opportunity for scouting whitetails. Bucks are in velvet, rapidly developing their antlers, and often follow consistent feeding routines. However, many hunters make the mistake of getting too close too early. Just because it’s not hunting season doesn’t mean pressure isn’t important. Mature bucks are already accustomed to human presence, and one wrong move in July or August can cause a big deer to leave long before opening

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Panfish Crawfish Bread Bowls

George Fiorille Catching panfish is a lot of fun. They are one of the best fish to start kids or inexperienced anglers on because they are plentiful and relatively easy to catch. By having lots of action starting off fishing, it gives the angler a greater chance of liking the sport and staying with it. Panfish are not only easy to catch but they are great to eat if prepared properly. One of the most

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Summer Pier Fishing Tips

Phillip Gentry Regardless of whether you favor freshwater or salt, many beach going anglers head to the local public pier to do some fishing while on vacation. Summer time is in full swing across the country and is the most popular season for people to head to the coast on vacation. Like a lot of people, vacation time means time to do some fishing. Whether you are a veteran of saltwater or prefer less sodium

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Deer Diet: What Bucks Are Eating in July and Why It Matters

Heath Wood As summer reaches its peak, whitetail bucks are quickly developing in both antlers and body. Nutrition is crucial during this time, and knowing what deer are eating in July isn’t just interesting; it’s a vital part of the puzzle for serious hunters trying to find and pattern mature bucks before the season starts. While driving across eastern Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee on our way to a family vacation, I probably didn't keep my

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Smoked Pulled Wild Boar BBQ Sandwiches with Carolina Gold Sauce

If you're looking for a new way to cook Wild Boar, this recipe is for you! Need Wild Boar? Check out Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery for all of your wild game meat needs. Step 1: The Wild Boar Shoulder (Smoked and Pulled) Ingredients: 1 bone-in wild boar shoulder (5–7 lbs) 2 tbsp yellow mustard (binder) 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp kosher salt 2 tbsp black pepper 2 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp garlic powder

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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.

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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

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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

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How to Catch Red Snapper While Fishing

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

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