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Crissy Springer of Babes, Bullets and Broadheads Explains the Responsibility of Sharing The Hunting Tradition

I've been hunting ever since I've been old enough to go hunting. My mother and my dad were both hunters. We lived in Florida and hunted deer with dogs back in those days. Sometimes my dad would leave home to hunt without me. My mom would call him on the CB radio and tell him, “You better come back and get Crissy. She’s crying her eyes out to go hunting with you.”

HSS Rope Style Treestrap

Hunting from a tree stand comes with risk and you can never be too cautious. Hunter Safety System offers a Rope Style Treestrap that can keep you safe while ascending and descending with your climbing stand. It also provides extra protection as you sit in your stand during the hunt. Brian Stephens emphasizes the importance of safety and shows us how it works

Gear, Video

Amanda Chance of Babes, Bullets and Broadheads on the Love for Taking Women and Children Hunting

I live in Leoma, Tennessee. I started rabbit hunting with my dad about when I first began to walk. During my teenage years, I had too many other activities and didn’t hunt, although I did fish with my dad. But I never lost my love of the outdoors, and I never stopped wanting to go hunting. So in my 20s, I started hunting again.

Mossy Oak

Babes, Bullets and Broadheads

This unique organization, Babes, Bullets, and Broadheads (BBB) was started by three moms who hunt with rifles, muzzleloaders and bows. All three of these ladies - Beverly Sisk, Amanda Chance and Crissy Springer - started hunting as soon as they could walk when their families took them hunting. Today, these ladies take their children hunting. Some years ago, these ladies were aware that somebody should be working to promote women and children in the outdoors,

Curtis Goettsch on Tactics for Hunting Iowa’s Late Season Agriculture

Late season in Iowa usually occurs after shotgun season - from Christmas until January 10. This time usually includes late muzzleloader season, but for me it’s bowhunting only. At that time of the year, the rut is usually over, the weather is extremely cold, and most often our area has snow. The bucks have about depleted their fat content from chasing does so much during the rut. Now they're in survival mode and need high-energy

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Lifetime Brands Offers Mossy Oak Collection of Beverageware, Food Prep and Tabletop Products

Lifetime Brands Inc. and Mossy Oak have partnered to offer a collection of kitchenware featuring Mossy Oak camo patterns and animal prints. These make greats gifts for the outdoors enthusiasts on your list.

News, Mossy Oak

PSE Full Throttle Bow Overview [Video]

What do you do when you already make the fastest compound bow ever made? You challenge your engineers to do the impossible and make one even faster. But they didn’t just meet the challenge, they put boot to rear and blew past it at a record-breaking 370 fps! Of course, lightning speed is just one of the amazing features of the all-new Full Throttle; the bow is also easy to shoot with a comfortable draw

Gear, Mossy Oak, Bow

Curtis Goettsch on Hunting the Rut on Small Woodlots Adjacent to Agricultural Fields

From the last week of October until the second week of November - give or take a few days on either side of these two dates - is when I'm hunting for rutting bucks in Iowa. My favorite time to hunt the rut is just before the beginning of the rut. I target my rut hunting around Halloween - the last few days of October and the first few days of November, and that’s when

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Why Suburban Land Tracts are a Good Buy

According to the 2010 US Census, over 80% of Americans live in urban areas. For those urban and suburban residents that are looking to purchase land to get away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, the common line of thinking is the further away from the pavement, the better. According to one Mossy Oak Properties land specialist, that may not always be the best option.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Curtis Goettsch Tells About Early Season Deer Ice Cream – Green Browse Food Plots

Although the deer where I hunt in Iowa have plenty of crop fields to feed on, bowhunters who hunt agricultural fields often make the mistake of forgetting that deer are browsers and like a wide variety of food. Just like hunters eat steak, they’ll get tired of eating steak all day every day. I plant what I call green browse food plots - small food plots for deer that are a mix of clovers.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Planting Perennial Food Plots? Patience is Key. Here’s Why.

In this article, we will look at some of the things you can expect when fall planting perennials. In order for a plant such as clover, chicory, or alfalfa to live up to its name and be a true perennial, it has to first grow a root system that can sustain the plant through stressful periods and allow it to be viable for numerous growing seasons. I have talked to countless customers who have planted

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Curtis Goettsch on the Secret to Early Season Agricultural Bow Bucks

Even though quite a few deer bed in the crops in the early season, still some deer prefer to bed in the woodlots. Also when the acorns start dropping, there will even be more deer activity moving back and forth from the timber to the crops.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

8 Great Duck Calling Tips

The best calling teachers are ducks themselves. Visit a refuge or even a local park, find some ducks, and listen to them. Mallards are easiest to find, and most obliging to call. Widgeon are very vocal, too. Be sure to bring your pet calls, and work with the birds, making the same sounds they do.

Small Game, Waterfowl

Curtis Goettsch on Deer Hunting Iowa

Curtis Goettsch, who lives in Cresco, Iowa, first wore military camo given to him by a friend. “I wore that army camouflage until I could save enough money to buy real camouflage,” Goettsch says. Then he purchased a Mossy Oak suit, and he's never changed his choice of camo. He joined the Mossy Oak Pro Staff in 2010 and is a nationally-recognized turkey caller and avid deer hunter. “I feel extremely fortunate to have been

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Secrets for Consistently Taking Bucks off Small Properties

Most of the time trees will drop acorns about the same time every year. Although the time may vary somewhat, I at least know when to start looking for the nuts to fall. Then some years certain trees won’t produce nuts. I’ve learned that as soon as trees start dropping their acorns, that’s when the deer will show up. I want a tree stand I can hunt from when each individual tree is dropping its

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak, Firearm

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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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