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Recovering Your Harvest: Tips for Blood Trailing

What happens when your hit is not immediately fatal? What you do next will have a huge influence over whether or not you recover the animal. Learn proper techniques for tracking deer blood with information on how and when to correct those near-fatal shots.

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Bow

Magna Carta of Wildlife Conservation

Incremental commitments by Mossy Oak to the American conservation movement include a preeminent partnership with Ducks Unlimited, the world’s most successful champion of healthy wetlands and wildfowl.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Mossy Oak

Glodo: Family of Duck Call Makers

When it comes to historical duck calls, the Glodo name is recognized as being the “pinnacle” of all calls amongst collectors, especially those that collect vintage calls from Illinois and Tennessee.

Waterfowl, News

Plan to Hunt Colorado Mule Deer

In Colorado, many deer hunting licenses are limited, and therefore hunting licenses are given via a draw process. Becoming successful in the draw may take multiple years.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Biking for Bucks: 5 Reasons the Bike Works Best

Over the last decade, I’ve found that few things allow you to make a stealthier commute than the bike. Here’s a look at 5 reasons the bike works best for covering ground this season.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Ducks Unlimited + Mossy Oak: Waterfowl Forecasting Personifies Conservation

The 2021 North America waterfowl hunting season will remain the most intensively studied wildlife event in the world until official calculations are released for the fall flights of 2022. The immediate outlook, scientists concede, suggest this upcoming season will offer below-average yields.

Waterfowl, Conservation, Shadow Grass Habitat, News, Mossy Oak

Common Sense Tree Stand Safety

It doesn’t matter if you have been hunting out of the same stand for over a decade, or you just purchased the latest model, there are a few things that need your attention in order to ensure that you return home after the hunt.

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Bow, Firearm

Weather Conditions: Best Time to Deer Hunt

There is nothing more crucial when deer hunting than that of the weather. Weather affects almost every aspect of deer hunting in multiple scenarios.

Deer

3 Steps To Effectively Use Deer Decoys

A deer decoy gives a visual for deer and draws them to a specific area, keeping the attention from the hunter, guaranteeing a shot. When hunting with a decoy, follow these three steps that are sure to draw a buck into shooting range more effectively.

Deer, Gear, How-To

What Does Poison Sumac Look Like? And How to Treat It

You know what poison ivy looks like, but do you know what poison sumac looks like? Mossy Oak shows you how to identify and treat it.

How-To

Sharing Property Information Using OnX

If you’re a property neighbor wanting to communicate property lines and information or simply wanting to share maps and stand locations with friends and family that will be hunting your property, OnX Hunt is a great tool for easy communication.

Deer, Turkey, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Properties

Deer Hunting Strategies Using OnX Hunt

OnX Hunt is a useful hunting tool for not only identifying public land spots, but also for strategic hunting, like identifying likely deer paths and bedding areas and where to place a tree stand.

Deer, How-To

Best Practices for Trail Camera Management

Game camera (or trail cameras) are a fun way to keep up with what’s going on at your property. Whether you’re checking for pictures of that big buck or watching for pigs, it’s important to consider the placement of your camera.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Cold Season Food Plots vs Warm Season Food Plots

Gamekeeper and “Food Plot Guru” Austin Delano explains the difference between different types of food plots, like warm season food plots, cool season food plots, early season food plots, and late season food plots.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

How The Drurys Get Ready for Deer Season

Terry Drury explains how he and Mark get ready for deer season and the bucks they pinpoint to hold or target on their property.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

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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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