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How Often Should I Check My Trail Camera?

One of the questions we get asked a lot is how often to check trail cameras. Everyone is eager to know what’s on their cameras but checking them too often can leave a lot of scent behind and give mature deer a reason to avoid the area.

Deer, Gear, Video, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Using a 7mm Mag Rifle for Deer Hunting

Discover the 7mm mag rifle for deer hunting, ideal for flat shooting. Learn about hand loading ammo and its effectiveness in gun season hunts.

Deer, Gear, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Mossy Oak Presents a Short Film “Leap Alaska”

Mossy Oak presents “Leap Alaska,” a short film that follows Tanner Coulter as he hunts Alaska for the first time with friend Andrew Wiseman. Their shared passion for hunting forged a friendship that led to this unforgettable hunt.

Big Game, Video, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Obsession Bows Offering Mossy Oak Original Bottomland Camo

Obsession Bows, the 2014 and 2016 Outdoor Life Editor's Choice winner and 2017 Field & Stream Hunting Gear of the Year bow maker, is excited to announce the first-ever availability of Mossy Oak's popular Original Bottomland pattern on an archery bow.

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Bowhunting in Hot Weather

Since bow season arrives on October 15 here in Alabama, we’ll have some 70 to 90-degree heat while hunting. We have two problems to overcome to take deer at that time of the year - human odor and thick cover.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Best Locations for Trail Cameras

Where you mount your trail camera is dependent on the situation. When it's late in the summer, for example, deer are still using warm season food plots. Anytime you can find trails or travel corridors coming from bedding areas to food sources, those are the best places for mounting a trail camera.

Deer, Gear, Video, Mossy Oak

100 Deer with a Bow

By the time I was 25, I had taken more than 100 deer with my bow. During that time Alabama’s deer herd had grown to gigantic proportions, and deer hunters who hunted with their bows and rifles could take a buck and a doe each day from October 15 until January 31.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Mossy Oak® Eclipse™ Pattern for Men, Women and Youth Available at Walmart

Mossy Oak Eclipse is the first pattern designed specifically for hunting from inside a ground blind. It is available now at Walmart stores and on www.walmart.com on men’s, women’s and youth apparel.

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Deer Hunting with a Pistol

I consider pistol hunting deer like bowhunting with a gun, because I want to take deer at close range with both. I like hunting with a pistol. The first time I took it to the woods and a doe came in, I got as charged up with adrenaline as I’d been the first time I had a deer come within bow range. The doe was at about 20 yards, and I shot her free-handed.

Deer, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Welcome to Mountain Country

It's September, which means we've already been West to hunt Mountain Country. Watch our first elk hunt of the season, featuring Chris Paradise, Senior Vice President of Mossy Oak.

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Calling in Doves is Similar to Calling in Ducks

Decoying and calling doves really became exciting. Although I knew I hadn't mastered calling, I found out I could work mourning doves in to range. And the satisfaction that came from good calling and decoying welled-up inside me. I realized that I could work doves around water in the same way that I could work waterfowl over water.

Small Game, Mossy Oak

How to Teach a Dog to Heel

Training a dog to heel is not a hard thing to do. It just takes repetition and consistency. Follow these steps daily to train your dog to heel.

How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Game Camera Mounting Tips

One thing that often gets overlooked when putting up trail cameras is the height. If the trail camera is mounted too low, it limits the field of view. And if you’re putting you trail camera in an area that could flood, you’re risking damage to the camera and your pictures.

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

When Dove Shooting Becomes Dove Hunting

With the proper equipment and knowledge about doves, outdoorsmen can enjoy one of the best wing-shooting sports. Opening day of dove season often can result in a frustrating frenzy of fast shooting, plenty of birds and much spent powder. But after opening day, the wild and timid surviving doves know how to dodge hunters. Dove shooting then becomes dove hunting, an altogether different sport.

Small Game, Mossy Oak, Firearm

Practice and Learn Why You’re Missing Doves

If you're serious about your dove shooting, go to a trap, a skeet or a sporting-clay range. Have a qualified instructor watch you shoot. In 5 to 10 minutes, he'll be able to see the mistakes you're making and help you drastically increase your ability to shoot doves more proficiently.

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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

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