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Hunter’s Specialties Introduces a New Line of Scent-A-Way Silver Clothing Accessories

Most hunters are familiar with Hunter's Specialties’ popular line of scent elimination products called Scent-A-Way. Well, now that same trust is available in a new line of gloves and headgear called Scent-A-Way Silver.

Gear, News

Allen Treadwell: Secrets of a Professional Hunter

Allen Treadwell from Seligman, Missouri, was a world champion in the international skeet shooting discipline and was on the Olympic team as a shotgun shooter. He was first sponsored by Bass Pro Shops as an Olympic shotgun shooter, then on the Bass Pro Shops’ professional hunting team and the company’s “King of Bucks” TV show. He’s also been featured on the “Winchester Rack Masters” TV show. His main focus is white-tailed deer. Treadwell says, “I

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak Obsession, Mossy Oak

Corky and George Richardson - a Man and His Son Are of the Same Mind and Hunting Runs Through It

What I like about hunting with my dad is we are kindred spirits. We can leave camp. I can go one way, and Dad can head in another direction. Usually, within 4 hours of not having seen each other, we’ll be standing or sitting on the same rock, even though we never planned to meet that morning. Whatever I’ve learned from him, and whatever I’ve taught him, we both seem to have the same mind.

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Mossy Oak Properties Land Sales and Services, LLC Receives Office of the Year Award

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. is pleased to announce that Mossy Oak Properties Land Sales and Services, LLC of Rockbridge, Ohio was named its “Office of the Year” at the company’s recent Land Summit, held June 4-5, 2014 in West Point, Mississippi.

News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Properties

Duluth All Day Pack Review

Over the past year I have had the opportunity to review a number of products, and a lot of these products have been packs and cases. Most products had good functionality and were designed to help the sportsperson in the field. What is unique about this review is the remarkable quality I observed in the Duluth All Day Pack. The pack has a number of great features and is very well made; making it a

Gear, Mossy Oak

New Browning XM Elite Line of Apparel

Browning has taken technical outerwear to the next level in design, features and performance with the new XM Elite line of hunting clothing. New for 2014, the Browning XM Elite line uses premium fabrications that give the most demanding hunters uncompromising performance. XM Elite is the warmest, highest quality technical outerwear Browning offers.

Gear, News, Mossy Oak

3 Top Plant Types for Whitetail Food Plots

Many of the most attractive plantings for whitetails end up also being some of the most nutritious too. Timing and placement dictate when and how they will be used from north to south. While there are dozens of crops that can be attractive to whitetails, here are the top three plant types that will attract whitetails at different times throughout the season.

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Corky Richardson Takes His Biggest Bull Elk with a Bow

On the first morning hunt in Arizona, my wife, Cindi, went with me. Finally, I said, “Cindi, I’d really like to go out on my own, be by myself, find a nice bull, take him with my bow and let the solitude of the mountains renew my soul and my spirit.” Luckily, I have a wife who understands this type of mentality.

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Arkansas Broker Wins Mossy Oak Properties' National Award

Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. is pleased to announce that Jeramy Stephens, responsible broker and owner of Mossy Oak Properties of Stuttgart-Land and Auction Co. in Stuttgart, Arkansas, received the national “Agent of the Year” award at the company’s recent Land Summit, held June 4-5, 2014 in West Point, Mississippi.

Land Management, News, Mossy Oak Properties

"Mr. Elk" Corky Richardson

Where I live in Arizona is home to some of the biggest elk in the world. I'm fascinated about the size of elk, their speed and the keenness of their senses. I also like to call elk. I've always enjoyed calling critters. Elk hunting can be physically demanding, and my style of elk hunting is often run-and-gun. I've been skinny, I've been fat, and I’ve been in good shape. I like to go 100 percent

Big Game, Mossy Oak

Breakthrough Duck Soup

This outstanding recipe for duck soup from Charlotte Albrecht, a great Texas hunt camp cook, will help tide you over til the start of waterfowl season.

Small Game, Waterfowl, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

The Fantastic Food Plot

With proper liming, fertilizing, seed planting and weed control, a hunter can produce up to 10,000 pounds of digestible deer forage per food plot acre, per year---at a cost of between $250 to $500 per acre, according to agricultural experts. The average hardwoods acre, however, grows only 50 to 500 pounds of deer forage annually, including choice acorns from oaks.

Land Management, How-To

An Alaskan Bear Hunt with Ashley Jay

About 2-years ago, I went on a black bear hunt in Alaska. My father, who didn’t know much about bears, wasn’t really excited about his young daughter hunting bears in Alaska. He begged me not to go. To be honest, no one in my family was excited about me going on this bear hunt, especially with my bow.

Big Game, Predator, Bow

Ashley Jay Is Living Her Outdoor Dream

After high school, my first stop in college was in Orlando at the University of Central Florida. My next stop was Valencia College. Then I transferred to Greenville Tech where I’m majoring in biology and currently am in my sophomore year of college. But I’ll have to honest. My heart is in the outdoors. I have a firm belief and faith that we can’t appreciate all that God has given us, if we don’t have

Mossy Oak

6 Tips for Drought Proofing your Food Plots

Many hunters have problems with keeping their food plots lush throughout the hunting season and especially in areas with little to no rainfall. Everyone will tell you about this or that method on how they “beat the drought” but here are a couple general rules/practices to making sure your food plot gets all of the possible potential to strive in times of a drought.

Land Management, How-To, 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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