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DEER THUG Justin Eakins: Deer Management Secrets

This week Justin Eakins, one of the Mossy Oak DEER THUGS, tells us how he manages and hunts deer on 30,000 acres at the end of the season on his land at his Canadian River Hilton Hunting Lodge in Crawford, Oklahoma, and how he grows a crop of bucks that he doesn’t plan to harvest for 4 years. Eakins has been a deer hunter for over 30 years.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Gear Spotlight: Predator Gear Drysuit

Duck hunters across the country are putting out their favorite decoys hours before daylight with great anticipation of seeing and hearing those first few birds coming in. A new piece of gear by Predator Gear could change the way you duck hunt. The Predator Gear Drysuit is the first and only drysuit ever made for hunting.

Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, Gear

Chris Kirby on How to Bow Hunt Late Season Bucks

Wild apple trees are my favorite food source to hunt over, because apples fall on top of the snow, they're very tasty for the deer to eat, and we can purchase a wide variety of apple trees from the Mossy Oak Nativ Nurseries. Upstate New York has a lot of wild apples for us to hunt over. However, if you live in an area where you don’t have wild apples, check with the folks at

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Nativ Nurseries, Bow

Introducing all new Mossy Oak Break-Up® COUNTRY™

Mossy Oak®, the industry leader in camouflage design, is proud to introduce its newest pattern, Break-Up COUNTRY. Using dramatically larger limbs, leaves, bark, branches and other digitally enhanced natural elements, new Break-Up COUNTRY annihilates your outline and fuses you with the terrain like no pattern that has come before it – at any distance, anywhere across the country.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

Chris Kirby: Push Deer - Don’t Drive Them

We always maintain a thick cover sanctuary on each of the farms we hunt. These thick cover areas are where we've gotten trail camera pictures of deer or find big tracks leading into thick cover. Every one of our club members has agreed not to go into those sanctuaries except to remove a deer and not to hunt close to these sanctuaries. We have the understanding that we will be able to hunt the sanctuaries

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak® and BRP to Collaborate

Mossy Oak, outdoor industry leader in modern camouflage design, has concluded a joint marketing agreement with BRP, maker of Can-Am ATV and side-by-side vehicles, to bring hunters and outdoor enthusiasts the ultimate powersports experience.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, News, Mossy Oak

Conservation easements: friend or foe?

As our society grows more concerned with conserving and preserving rural land for future generations, conservation easements are growing in usage. But what exactly are they? Conservation easements can complicate future plans for land buyers.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

Chris Kirby on Late Season Deer Talk

Deer are vocal all year long. Primarily, I’ll use a Deer Thugs Brawler that I carry with me from the beginning of bow season until the last day of hunting season. In the late season, I'm not going to call aggressively or loudly. I'm just going to give contact calls – low sounding and infrequent - one or two note grunts. Once again remember that just because the main rut is over, does not mean

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Get Ahead of the Game

By this time of the year, most everyone’s hunting season is over or starting to wind down and not many guys are thinking about growing plots or feeding their deer. With some cold and nasty weather still possible for the next few weeks, it’s a great time to sit down and start planning for the upcoming growing season. There may be some things you thought of while sitting in your deer stand this fall that

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Find what you Need when you Need it with the Geo-Pak Series from Watson Airlock

Watson Airlock has found the solution for organizing, transporting and storing any item in your hunting arsenal. The Watson Geo-Pak Series™ has been designed to accommodate all shapes and sizes of hunting accessories and clothing, eliminating the frustrations of organizing the tools needed to fool the buck of a lifetime.

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Chris Kirby Tells Where to Hunt For Mature Bucks During the Late Season

In the late season, I believe your ability to take older-age-class bucks totally depends on planting the right crops during the late spring and early fall in designated food plots. When you're planting food plots, most people think about planting crops that they can hunt over in the early season. They rarely consider planting late season food plots. But here’s why you should consider planting last season food plots.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, BioLogic

How To Hunt the Late Season

Chris Kirby has been wearing Mossy Oak most of his life and is the president of Quaker Boy Calls. Through partnering with Mossy Oak, he produces the Deer Thugs line of deer calls. Although Kirby lives in Orchard Park, New York, he hunts all over the country and helps manage several small farms in his area - some as small as 25 acres and others as large as 200 acres. Kirby says, “You definitely can

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak

When a Big Buck Is Close, Watch His Eyes

The buck was returning from feeding and was going to his bed. Before this buck came out of that field where he could see the entire field, he studied the timber with his eyes and into the timber where his vision would be limited. We were 20 yards inside the timber. This buck was very cautious. He looked right up in the tree at me and my cameraman two or three different times. I whispered

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

Joe Shults Harvested a 206-5/8 Buck Wearing Mossy Oak

Mossy Oak camouflage helped me take the biggest deer I'd ever taken. I was hunting in Breckinridge County, Kentucky, during the second rut. A standing soybean field was on one side of a small strip of woods 50-yards wide, and on the other side of the woods was a thick cover bedding area. We thought that the soybean field was probably the only food source still available for the deer during the late season. We

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

How and When Camouflage Helps

On October 1, 1993, I decided to open my sporting-goods store, Joe’s Sporting Goods. I sold Mossy Oak exclusively in my store, because the other brands of camo I had purchased weren’t selling. Today I still have the only sporting-goods store that sells hunting equipment in my town.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak

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Top 7 Non-Food Plot Plantings for Deer

Paul Annear Whitetail food plots get a lot of love in the land management space. Deer hunters everywhere spent countless hours planning their next food plot rotation. Grinding away on a humid summer day just to plant and create a whitetail haven where deer feed and can be hunted is rewarding and fun. But there are more permanent food sources you could be missing out on. A lot of whitetail management fads come and go.

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

How to Maintain Your Summer Clover

Paul Annear It’s hard to beat the attraction of a lush field of well maintained clover. In most of the U.S. clover is attractive right out of the ground and hardy blends like Non-Typical Clover stay green deep into November, even in the upper Midwest. Clovers are the most popular food plot planting for a reason. Deer love clover, and its easy to establish without large equipment. To keep from weeds taking over your clover

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

Fly Fishing for Bream

Phillip Gentry When most people think of fly fishing, the image that comes to mind is the silhouette of a wader clad angler plying the bubbling waters of some cold mountain stream. Others may envision an iridescent Caribbean sand flat with an angler on the deck of a sleek flats boat trying to temp a shadow drifting through the saltwater. As many fly-casting fans have discovered, just about any type of fish species that can

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Red Snapper: Tips and Tactics for an American Favorite

Bart K. Davis One of the most sought-after gamefish from the Carolinas to the Gulf, red snapper are experiencing a resurgence like few other species. Thanks to careful management and tighter harvest limits over the past two decades, populations have bounced back strong—and with that recovery has come a new golden age of snapper fishing. They truly are the American snapper. With their fiery red flanks and powerful strikes, red snapper are everything anglers want

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Fishing the Emerald Coast: Destin’s Inshore and Offshore Action

Bart K. Davis Destin, Florida, isn’t called “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village” for nothing. Tucked along the Emerald Coast in the Florida Panhandle, and with easy access to the Gulf of Mexico, this bustling beach town offers a year-round buffet of saltwater action. From sight-casting to redfish in skinny water to battling cobia just outside the pass, Destin is a dream destination for saltwater anglers. These tips and techniques will help you make the most

Fishing

Flounder Fever: Top Techniques for Catching Flatfish on the East Coast

Bart K. Davis If you’ve ever felt the unmistakable thump of a flounder strike on the end of your line, you know the thrill of targeting these delicious and elusive flatfish. Found along the entire Atlantic seaboard, flounder are a favorite target for inshore anglers. But landing these ambush predators consistently takes more than luck, something I learned growing up on the marshes and sounds of southeastern North Carolina. Fortunately, these tips and techniques will

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing

Keep Those Shooting Skills Sharp by Whistle Pig Hunting

Mark Fike It is summer, but hunting season is not far off. Keep those shooting skills sharp and make a farmer or gardener happy by hunting whistle pigs! Whistle pigs, aka groundhogs, are a common sight along highways, in farm fields, and unfortunately in gardens and backyard flower beds. These varmints readily adapt to living in close proximity to humans and quickly learn when danger lurks nearby. Growing up in Virginia we always had a

Small Game, Predator, How-To, Firearm

Popular Calibers for Hunting Deer

What are the most popular calibers for whitetail deer, not the best caliber, not my favorites, but just popular? That should be easy. Just call all the ammunition manufacturers and ask them to list their top ten.

Deer, Firearm

Smoked Wild Turkey & Alabama BBQ Sauce Sandwich

We're always looking for new ways to eat a wild turkey; smoking them is always a great and flavorful option.

Turkey, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Hot Honey Salmon Mac n' Cheese with Crispy Fried Onions

This dish combines the best of both worlds: sweet and spicy salmon bites nestled on a creamy, malty mac n' cheese, all topped with a delightful crunch.

Fishing, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Classic Backyard Smoked Venison Brats

When I think of classic backyard cookouts, I think of throwing hamburgers, hot dogs, or brats on a grill for my family and friends.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak, Ingredient Wild

Retriever Training: Steady to Shot and Flush

Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels Head Trainer Bill Gibson walks us through the importance of a steady dog in the field and how to train one up to be steady.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

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