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Mossy Oak Fishing Invests in Conservation by Partnering with CCA

Mossy Oak Fishing is proud to announce a recent investment into coastal conservation by becoming a sponsor of the Coastal Conservation Association’s national website.

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Turkey Predator

Discipline, caution, woods awareness and attention to detail are the ingredients to become a turkey predator. The wild turkey is a formidable opponent. His senses and instincts are his number one defense.

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Like-Minded Success: Real World Land Management Cooperatives

As a gamekeeper, we understand the importance of proper game management, but many do not. Working with other hunters to build deer cooperatives is a great way to build a strong whitetail crop—for everyone involved.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

GameKeeper Cartridge Highlight: The .25-06 Remington

As a dual-purpose cartridge (varmints to medium game), the .25-06 stretches the effectiveness of the .243/6mm on the larger-game end of the spectrum. Here’s a highlight of one of our favorite Gamekeeper cartridges.

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From Zooplankton to Your Bass: Pond Fertilization Made Simple for GameKeepers

Managing your lake is not complicated or expensive. Here’s how with just a little effort, you can improve your lake and utilize that wonderful resource you have on your property.

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How to Catch Spring Redfish with Captain Mark Davis

Most states have slot limits on redfish. At this time of the year, in the spring, you’ll find the smaller, eating-size redfish up in the coastal rivers and creeks near cover. They’ll remain in those creeks because a bull redfish can eat a 12-16-inch redfish.

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Chuck’s Woodbarn Launches New Mossy Oak Boot Jack

Chuck’s Woodbarn is pleased to announce the new Mossy Oak-patterned Black Jack boot jack. The latest boot jack is available now.

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Common Ways Property Owners Can Generate Income from Their Land

Your land can generate money for you—if you know what you’re doing. From hunting leases to pinestraw raking, we help you make the most of your land and bring the most cash to your wallet.

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Turkey Calling Composition

When it comes to hearing turkey calls in the woods, it can sometimes be tough to tell humans from the real thing. There are some pretty good calls and callers out there nowadays, and some of the worst you hear are often uttered by the birds

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Johnnie Candle on How to Find Walleyes Where You’ve Never Fished

When I was 24 years old, I’d never fished outside my home state of North Dakota. I joined the Professional Walleye Tournament Fishing Circuit.

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Analytical Gobblerometry: Strategize for Turkey Hunting Success

During the heat of battle, a successful turkey hunter must analyze a multitude of situations with swiftness and then formulate a strategy to successfully harvest their feathered quarry

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Burning for Bucks: Creating a Better Deer Habitat by Prairie Grass Regeneration

Create a better prairie and deer habitat with our guides. Let us help you make sense of what you need to do to stay safe and keep the bucks coming!

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7 Tips for Great Trophy Photos

On social media, a photo can get launched and seen by millions before you know it…and you can’t change it once it goes out. As hunters, gamekeepers and as representatives of our hunting community and our sport, you owe it to yourself and all other hunters in the world to be ethical and tasteful with your photos.

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Jordan Lee Explains How a Young Person Can Become a Professional Bass Angler

Lee was a young man who set high goals for his fishing career and worked hard to reach those goals in a short time. Here, he provides advice that he’d give to a young person who wants to do what he has and establish his or her name in the history of bass fishing.

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A GameKeeper’s Guide to Dealing with Trespassers

Some individuals don’t care about laws, ethics, or common courtesy. If you plan ahead, you can help diminish the chances of intrusion. When those methods fail, it often becomes necessary to hold those violators accountable for their actions.

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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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