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Cowboy Cook Offers Perspective on Life

I’m not a country or western music fan and I’ve never set foot in Bob’s Country Bunker, but when I got to camp and met Don I couldn’t help thinking of the lyrics from Chris LeDoux’s “This Cowboy’s Hat.” As it turned out, Don had more stories of adventure than even the song suggests, and more evidence of a life less ordinary.

Check Out My BIG Bulbs

Missouri resident Kevin Howard writes in and says “Look at my Winter Bulbs & Sugar Beets! I’ve got root bulbs as big as soccer balls! With the cold temperatures now the deer are eating the green tops more every day.” WINTER BULBS & SUGAR BEETS is a blend of brassicas and sugar beets that works extremely well for attraction during the hunting season. Whitetails will also eat the large root bulbs after they’ve finished the

Big Game, Deer, Conservation

What you Can Learn by Searching for Deer Antlers

Shed hunters also may find one of the most-discouraging sights in all of nature – two bucks with antlers locked in combat, and both deer dead.

Big Game, Deer

Studying Sheds During Turkey Season to Learn Deer Herd Condition

While you’re hunting during turkey season, search for shed antlers to learn the condition of the deer herd on your hunting lands. The best time to lease land or to look for a place to hunt is after the rut.

Big Game, Deer

Why Look for Shed Deer Antlers During Turkey Season

Searching for shed antlers and/or hunting bucks without a gun when the season is over will help you compile the most complete information about the whereabouts of deer on your hunting property.

Big Game, Deer, Turkey

Taking Turkeys Strutting in the Field that Walk and Talk

The gobbler strutting in the field is often the easiest turkey to find but can be the most-difficult bird to set up on and call, due to his often having hens with him. Naturally that tom thinks a hen should come to him.

Big Game, Turkey

Taking a Tom Turkey with Hens and Calling a Gobbler Across Water

One of the hardest gobblers to set-up on and call-to is the gobbler with hens. This gobbler already has what he’s looking for and is reluctant to leave his harem just to meet and mate with a new lady friend. Probably the first few times you call, he won’t come. But if you continue to call, his curiosity will get the best of him. Here are a couple of things you can try to take

Big Game, Turkey

Study Turkeys to Know Where to Set Up

Mossy Oak has talked to some of the company’s professional hunters to learn how to set-up on turkeys. Here are some of their suggestions. Realize for success during this spring turkey-hunting season that you need to study a turkey’s schedule. First you need to realize that a gobbler doesn’t like to cross water – above it or in it, walk through heavy cover or downhill, go-under a fence or fly over it, move-into an area

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

Video Tip: Calling Predators with Mossy Oak ProStaff Steven Reinhold

Mossy Oak ProStaff Member Steven Reinhold goes through the steps for calling predators and what factors and considerations need to be taken before and during the hunt.

Predator, Video, Mossy Oak

Tell the Hunting Story with Your Video

According to Ronnie Strickland, “One of the biggest mistakes most people make when trying to film any hunt is they don’t shoot enough footage. Everyone has gotten really-good at filming the animal on impact. But, they forget to tell the story of the hunt. I want to know who the hunter is, how he got to the hunt, where the hunt is taking place, what kind of equipment he’s using, how he’s getting into his

Big Game, Deer, Turkey

Bagging Big Bow Bucks with Terry Drury

With bowhunting for deer season already started in some states and about to begin in others, Mossy Oak has interviewed longtime, avid bowhunter Terry Drury of Missouri, the president of Drury Marketing. Drury produces videos for Drury Outdoors and is an active member of PSE and Mossy Oak’s Pro Hunt Teams.

Big Game, Deer

How You Can Shoot Better Hunting Video

Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland, the senior vice president of Mossy Oak, has taken turkeys, deer and many-other animals with a bow, and he’s filmed numbers of other hunters taking animals with their bows for the Mossy Oak TV shows. Strickland is in charge of Mossy Oak Video Production and TV shows and has trained most of the Mossy Oak cameramen and producers.

How-To, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak’s Terry Drury Gives More Tactics for How to Take Big Bow Bucks

Most of our finding deer to hunt is through observed movement. My brother Mark and I spend countless hours just watching areas with deer feeding in fields in the evening. Sometimes those fields are full of agricultural crops, but early in the year, we may watch a green field source. During a dry year, deer may be coming to a clover field or perhaps a winter wheat field you've planted as a food plot. We

Big Game, Deer

Terry Drury Tells How to Hunt Your Bow Buck and Using a Green Field within a Green Field Tactic

After pinpointing the best property, observing the deer – perhaps five or six bucks – and narrowing it down to one buck I’ll hunt, I hunt from September 1 all the way through January. There are certain areas we hunt early on. In October, we'll key in on a water source if it's a warm, dry fall. Hunting a water source is highly productive, particularly if that water source coincides with a food source the

Big Game, Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak, BioLogic, Bow

Ticks Causing Meat Allergy

Early season hunters need to beware of ticks! Besides carrying lime disease the “Lone Star Tick” has been conveying a meat allergy to its victims throughout the southeastern United States. What could be worse to a hunter than not being able to partake in the luscious back-straps they’ve just harvested? People who acquire this new allergy cannot eat any meat that comes from mammals (like beef, pork and venison)! Patients have reported suffering from nasty

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Red Snapper: Tips and Tactics for an American Favorite

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

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Fishing the Emerald Coast: Destin’s Inshore and Offshore Action

Bart K. Davis Destin, Florida, isn’t called “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for nothing. Tucked along the Emerald Coast in the Florida Panhandle, and with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, this bustling beach town offers a year-round buffet of saltwater action. From sight-casting to redfish in skinny water to battling cobia just outside the pass, Destin is a dream destination for saltwater anglers. These tips and techniques will help you make the most

Fishing

Flounder Fever: Top Techniques for Catching Flatfish on the East Coast

Bart K. Davis If you’ve ever felt the unmistakable thump of a flounder strike on the end of your line, you know the thrill of targeting these delicious and elusive flatfish. Found along the entire Atlantic seaboard, flounder are a favorite target for inshore anglers. But landing these ambush predators consistently takes more than luck, something I learned growing up on the marshes and sounds of southeastern North Carolina. Fortunately, these tips and techniques will

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Keep Those Shooting Skills Sharp by Whistle Pig Hunting

Mark Fike It is summer, but hunting season is not far off. Keep those shooting skills sharp and make a farmer or gardener happy by hunting whistle pigs! Whistle pigs, aka groundhogs, are a common sight along highways, in farm fields, and unfortunately in gardens and backyard flower beds. These varmints readily adapt to living in close proximity to humans and quickly learn when danger lurks nearby. Growing up in Virginia we always had a

Small Game, Predator, How-To, Firearm

Popular Calibers for Hunting Deer

What are the most popular calibers for whitetail deer, not the best caliber, not my favorites, but just popular? That should be easy. Just call all the ammunition manufacturers and ask them to list their top ten.

Deer, Firearm

Smoked Wild Turkey & Alabama BBQ Sauce Sandwich

We're always looking for new ways to eat a wild turkey; smoking them is always a great and flavorful option.

Turkey, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Hot Honey Salmon Mac n' Cheese with Crispy Fried Onions

This dish combines the best of both worlds: sweet and spicy salmon bites nestled on a creamy, malty mac n' cheese, all topped with a delightful crunch.

Fishing, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Classic Backyard Smoked Venison Brats

When I think of classic backyard cookouts, I think of throwing hamburgers, hot dogs, or brats on a grill for my family and friends.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak, Ingredient Wild

Retriever Training: Steady to Shot and Flush

Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels Head Trainer Bill Gibson walks us through the importance of a steady dog in the field and how to train one up to be steady.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

Nosler Whitetail Country Ammo Review

The new bullet is an example of the innovation at Nosler: their engineers were able to produce the previously retired Solid Base bullet with a tapered jacket designed to expand reliably at a wide range of impact velocities.

Deer, Gear

Coastal Conservation Association: A History of Grassroots Conservation

In the late 1970s, commercial fishing pressure along the Texas coast had led to a virtually complete decimation of the stocks of red drum and spotted seatrout—the bottom dropped out, and no one knew for sure if either species could be saved.

Fishing, Conservation, Mossy Oak Fishing, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Best Caliber for Deer Hunting

What is the best caliber for deer hunting? This question has been discussed over campfires and during Monday morning quarterbacking sessions for ages!

Deer, Gear, Firearm

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