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Equipment and Fishing for Early Winter Walleyes

If you’re searching for a place to go and catch good numbers of walleyes and possibly the biggest walleye you’ve ever caught in November and December, my suggestions include the Missouri River.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Camping with Your Best Friend: 7 Camping Essentials for Dogs

With these seven essentials, camping with your dog can be stress-free and fun.

How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

Johnnie Candle on How to Catch Winter Walleyes in November and December

At this time of year, the walleyes are feeding heavily as winter approaches. The female walleyes are starting to produce eggs to get ready for the spring spawn, and they’re hungry.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Organizations Offering Outdoor Programs for People in Minority Groups

More outdoor organizations are becoming aware of not only people with disabilities but also are creating outdoor programs that allow for inclusion of people with disabilities and people from minority groups.

Deer, Bow, Firearm

You Can Fly Fish, Kayak, Hike and Hunt with Adaptive Equipment

More and more national forests are paving hiking trails, so that people with manual wheelchairs can hike with their families.

Big Game, Deer, Fishing

Getting Your Kids Excited for Their First Hunting Trip

When you take your kids hunting for the first time, the focus shifts from the prey to make it a positive and safe environment for your children.

Small Game, Deer, Turkey, How-To

Types of Adaptive Outdoor Equipment for Hunters with Disabilities

I break down adaptive equipment into three categories: equipment originally designed for able-bodied people but that can be used by people with disabilities, equipment specifically designed for people with physical disabilities, and equipment or modifications of equipment people build in their garages and workshops. Let’s look at these categories.

Big Game, Deer, Fishing, Gear

Hear Better, Hunt Better

Most outdoor mentors and their students now understand that a few minutes of casual skeet shooting without hearing protection is a serious – potentially life altering – mistake.

Turkey, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Gear, Firearm

Ashlee Lundvall Recommends Outdoor Adaptive Equipment

Local outdoor organizations may rally round a person with a disability to help raise money to purchase adaptive equipment.

Country Roots, Deer, Fishing, Bow

Essentials for Your Deer Processing Shed

We may not have a special processing building with a walk-in freezer, but with a little foresight and preparation, we can do it all on our own. Let’s start with the bare necessities for processing our deer.

Deer, How-To, Video

Ashlee Lundvall Lives the Outdoors Lifestyle Despite Disability

Before I got totally involved in the outdoors, the outdoors appeared to be a very scary place to me for people with disabilities. Many people made the assumption that if you had some type of disability that being in the outdoors and participating in outdoor sports were off limits for you.

Bill Lowen Explains His Lures and Equipment for the Santee Cooper Tournament

I probably caught 90 percent of the bass I weighed in during the week flipping soft plastics and 10 percent on the Compact spinner bait.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Is Halloween the Best Time To Hunt Big Bucks?

For many hunters, Halloween, as well as the days surrounding this holiday, are not only for spooky movies and trick-or-treating; it is also a time when hunting is at its best.

Deer

Solo Hunting: 7 Safety Tips for Hunting Alone

Safety is important during any hunt, but it becomes a matter of life or death during solo hunts in rough terrain.

Big Game, Deer, Turkey, How-To

Bill Lowen Fishes Various Lures at Santee Cooper Bassmaster Tournament

I’ve learned that when I fish my style of bassing, I usually can place in the money in a tournament. In this Santee Cooper tournament, I ran up the river and fished channel swings and current breaks with three or four types of lures.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

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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

Week-by-Week Buck Movement in October

We break down the month into week by week observations on October deer movement and how to plan for and strategize for early season deer hunting.

Deer, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Testing the New Leupold VX-6HD Gen 2

Our friend and “gun nut” Bill Gabbard put the new version of the Leupold top-of-the-line VS 6HD hunting scope to the test on a day at the range.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Gear

Your Guide To Flathead Catfishing

To the casual angler, a catfish is a catfish is a catfish, but to catfish anglers, the different species of catfish are as different as night and day.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Harvesting Does Early - Quality Management

Doe harvest is one of the most vital aspects of managing your herd correctly and many managers believe this should be done as early as possible in the season.

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Bow, Firearm

My Best Friend Timbo

Neill and Timbo hunted 13 seasons together. Timbo is one of Mossy Oak's greatest dogs; he remains a legend in the Haas family and the dad, granddad, and great-granddad to puppies even today at the Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels. Here Neill writes his parting thoughts on his best friend, Timbo.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Companions, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

Best Bow Hunting Bows and Gear for 2025

Bowhunting offers a quieter way to experience the woods. The right gear can make your time afield not only more effective but also more enjoyable. The right equipment does more than just get the job done—it should all work together to keep you focused on the hunt rather than distracted by your setup. From cutting-edge bows released this year to ultra-quiet and beloved bino harnesses and more, here’s a roundup of top gear to help

Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Predator, Gear, Bow

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