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Reed Hansen Says He Wakeskates to Go Hunting

As I look to the future I want to wakeskate as long as I can, and I want to use my position as a World Champion Wakeskater to help tell people why I love hunting, why I like Mossy Oak, and why I wear Mossy Oak anytime I go hunting when I’m not competing.

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World Champion Wakeskater Reed Hansen Was Born a Skier

A big community of water skiers are in the Chicago area, and my dad grew up skiing for the Wonder Lake Water Ski Show Team. That ski team still puts on shows today. My dad decided he wanted to go to Sea World and make a living as a professional water skier. So, my dad and mom met at Sea world, fell in love and got married. Before long they had my older brother Trevor,

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Champion Wakeskater Reed Hansen on Mossy Oak and His Love of Hunting

Many people want to know when I started hunting. I started hunting about the same day I began to walk. My dad took me hunting before I was old enough to hunt by myself. I’d go out and sit with him on the deer stand while he was hunting. I’ve always had a love for deer hunting. That time spent with my dad, seeing deer and watching him take deer is what has created my

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5 Steps To Creating A New Food Plot

Summer is upon us and many gamekeepers are starting to get the fever for the fall hunting season. If you have a new lease or have acquired some new property to hunt you may have some new opportunities for places to establish a food plot. A question we are often asked is how do I clear a new food plot or reclaim an old field and turn it into a productive food source?

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

How ProStaffer Reed Hansen Learned the Sport of Wakeskating

When I was 14-years old, I had been wakeboarding for 11 years. My older brother was a wakeboard champion, and my mom and dad owned a wakeboard school in Groveland, Fla. But then I discovered wakeskating and really got into it, which really went against the grain of my family because my entire family was wakeboarders.

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Life on the Land: Craig Kelley

Buying or selling land can be an easygoing and satisfying process if you have the right team backing you up. There are a multitude of complex tax laws and intricate industry-specific terms that can make an average landowner unsure if he or she is making the right decision when transferring land. However, with the aid of a Mossy Oak Properties certified land specialist, owners and investors of land can navigate through this potentially tricky process

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Wakeskating with ProStaffer Reed Hansen

Twenty-five-year-old Reed Hansen of Clermont, Florida, is the current reigning and seven-time World Champion Wakeskater and is one of the newest members of the Mossy Oak Pro Staff. The sport of wakeskating was born about 15-20 years ago, and Hansen was one of the pioneers of this new water sport. Like you, many at Mossy Oak didn’t know what a wakeskater was until Hansen gave us his information. Reed Hansen probably has one of the

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Mossy Oak BioLogic Signs Sponsorship For Moultrie's The Hit List

Mossy Oak BioLogic, the leading provider of seed and food plot management products for 17 years, has signed a two-year sponsorship deal with Moultrie's The Hit List on The Outdoor Channel.

News, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

The Biggest Bull Elk and the Strangest Elk Hunt Ever with Ralph Ramos

I'm a middle school principal, and all my hunts are 3-day hunts. I leave on Friday afternoon, hunt Saturday and Sunday and sometimes on Monday. Then I'm back at school. I average guiding about seven hunters for elk season. So far, we've been 100 percent on taking bull elk. Primarily, I hunt in the Gila National Forest and the Lincoln National Forest in Cloudcroft, New Mex. In the Lincoln National Forest, the bulls will score

Big Game, Mossy Oak, Bow

Ralph Ramos Explains the X Zone for Hunting Elk

I believe using the X Zone is the best way to put an elk in front of a hunter. As soon as we locate an elk and hear him bugling, chuckling or growling, I like to move in quickly to get within 150 yards of a bugling bull. Once I get there, I’ll set my hunter up. If he's a right-handed shooter, I’ll have him kneel on his right knee to have 180 degrees where

Big Game, Mossy Oak

Ralph Ramos on How He Hunts Elk - Tactics and Calls

I like working ridge lines. Usually, I try to get on top of a ridge before daylight and call on both sides of the ridge. Also, as I walk down the ridge line, I can call into different draws and cover more prime elk territory than if I stay in the bottoms. I try to get to the ridge as quietly as possible. When I start cow calling, I like to call as softly as

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3 Ways to Quietly Enter and Exit Your Hunting Stand

Stand approach is extremely important. If not executed properly, you can destroy all chances before you ever make it to your tree stand or blind. However, getting there is only half the battle. You also need to retreat out of your area without bumping animals.

Big Game, Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Ralph Ramos Uses Excess Cow Calling to Trigger Bull Elk to Bugle

About 25-years ago, I had an opportunity to hunt with Larry D. Jones in the Gila National Forest near Reserve, New Mex. At the first of the season, the weather was really hot, and the elk weren’t bugling. We sat down for lunch, and Larry said, “Let’s start sounding like two bulls up here on the top of this mountain. Let’s bugle back and forth like bull elk challenging each other. In the middle of

Big Game, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Mossy Oak

Using Self-directed IRAs for Land Investment

When saving for retirement, workers spend decades stashing their paychecks into Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). And while many people may be familiar with the traditional offerings of IRAs - investments in bonds, mutual funds, etc. - they likely aren't aware their IRAs can be used for other purposes as well.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Talking and Taking Elk with Ralph Ramos

Ralph Ramos from Las Cruces, New Mexico, who has been wearing Mossy Oak for 25 years, has been a member of the Mossy Oak ProStaff for the last 8 years. An elk guide, Ramos teaches a different form of elk calling - aggressive calling that’s had proven success. This week we’ll learn how to get ready for elk season, and why Ramos calls the way he calls.

Big Game, Mossy Oak

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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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