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A Hunter’s Christmas Gift Guide: Seven Gifts Your Friend Doesn’t Have Yet

A hunter can never have too many outdoor gear and accessories. But if your hunter already has a full kit, here are a few ideas for gifts they might not already have yet.

Gear

What’s in Your Backpack Is Vitally Important

One of the critical ingredients to having a comfortable and successful hunt is the equipment you carry in your day pack when you hunt during gun or bow season.

Deer, Gear, Bow

Elevate Your Game As A Coyote Hunter

There are 3 tactics that if coyote hunters take advantage of, they can increase their batting average, elevating their game as a good predator hunter.

Predator, How-To

Increase Success When Public Land Deer Hunting by Going Deeper

New technology and hunting aids, like onX, are enabling more and more hunters to go deeper in the woods in the dark, navigate to their tree stands or ground blinds, and be prepared to take a deer when the other hunters start coming in the woods.

Deer

Paul Butski Learns in Bow Season How to Take Deer in Gun Season

During bow season, what I learn about wind direction in the stands I hunt from will be useful information once gun season arrives.

Deer, Bow, Firearm

Paul Butski Bow Hunts to Spend More Time in the Woods

I love bowhunting and gun hunting for deer, but bowhunting allows me to spend more time in the woods than I will if I only gun hunt.

Deer, Bow, Firearm

Building a Mental Database as a Professional Fisherman

The only way you can build that database in your mind is to have spent a lot of time on the water in all types of weather and water conditions.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Taking the Next Step to Becoming a Professional Angler

I’ve learned a lot through my high-school bass-fishing career and realize that chasing sponsors and beating down their doors is not the way to get sponsors.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

How Did Tucker Smith Get Sponsors for Bass Fishing?

One thing that most high-school tournament bass anglers want to know is how to get sponsorships on the high-school level, and how to you carry those sponsorships with you to the college level and on into a professional bass-fishing career.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Too Cold for Your Usual Camp Spot? 7 Warmer Options to Travel To

If you dread leaving the warm confines of your sleeping bag, consider these 7 warmer options to camp this winter.

Camping

How Smith and Marbut Won the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Championship

What type of equipment were you and your partner Hayden Marbut using to win the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Championship?

Fishing, News, Mossy Oak Fishing

Winter Wonder Wear: 9 Camping Essentials to Keep Warm

To enjoy your winter camping properly, you must dress and pack for conditions. Taking the time to go through a checklist of your gear before departure pays off.

Gear, How-To

Three Bassmaster High School Championships at Kentucky Lake

At the 2020 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Championship, Tucker Smith won his third National Championship with two different partners from Briarwood High School in Birmingham Alabama.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

10 Lakes to Have a Successful Ice Fishing Trip at This Winter

Across the country, there are plenty of lakes to choose from for a lucrative ice fishing experience, complete with beautiful views. Here are ten of the best.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Having a Hunter’s Heart

Not only did Dad start hunting elk in his later years and come to see my moose and me when he was 85 years old, he always has been an avid hunter.

Deer, Turkey

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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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