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On Your Own: 6 Safety Tips for Hiking by Yourself

The quiet trail beckons: there’s so much to be gained from heading out on your own. Read our blog for 6 safety tips.

Camping, How-To

Prepare a Green Field Now for Bowhunting Deer

If you’re planting the same green-field plantings for early bow season that you hope to hunt over through the end of gun deer season, you need to already have your seed and fertilizer bought and soil tests done.

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Species Profile: Everything You Need to Know About Kokanee Salmon

Kokanee don't get as big as some other salmon, but they are fun to catch and even more fun to cook and eat.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Use “Hidey Hole” Plantings and Prepare Blind Spots to Take More Deer

What can hunters do to attract, feed and hold deer, if they don’t have a 1/4-acre to 5 acres to plant green fields to hunt during bow season?

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

What and When to Plant for Deer

Know when and what to plant for deer food plots. Learn more about improving your land for wildlife, planting green fields and more.

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

How Kevin VanDam Designs and Uses Different Lures

I’ve helped Strike King design hundreds of lures, if you consider the different color patterns that I’ve helped develop, maybe even more than hundreds.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Purchase the Right Seed for Better Food Plots

With a premium seed you are getting a better germination rate, superior attraction, improved yield, enhanced palatability and in the case of perennials a longer life.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Deadly Spiders: Know How to Identify the Good from the Bad

Spiders eat pests, rarely attack, and produce helpful by-products, but there are some you don't want to bother. Use this guide to learn which spiders are harmful.

How Kevin VanDam Uses Electronics for Bass Fishing

Over the years, I’ve tried to learn as much as I can about electronic technology that aids fishermen in catching bass.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Squeeze the Most From Your Ground

The nutrients from the soil and the energy from the sun are contained in the plants. We want that to be transferred to our whitetails, or whatever your preferred species may be.

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

7 Tips To Keep Your Fish Alive This Summer

Here are 7 tips to keep your catch alive this summer.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Taking Long-Range (Ethical) Shots

The best advice for hunting is to be as close as possible. If you can't, be equipped to take the animal down with a setup for long-distance hunting shots.

Small Game, Deer, Predator, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Firearm

Kevin VanDam Continues to Learn with Bass Fishing

My home state of Michigan has many different types of habitats for bass. Bass fishing at home in those different types of water definitely prepared me to be a tournament pro.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Topwater Frog: Confessions of a Frog-aholic

I can’t imagine a more fun way to catch bass than on a topwater frog.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Your Wild Game Nutritional Guide

Wild game, like venison, duck, and wild turkey, are better for you, stronger tasting, and more satisfying to cook and eat.

Deer, Turkey, Waterfowl, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

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How to Fish a Stick Bait from Top to Bottom

Thanks to the popularity of anglers fishing with live sonar, other electronics, and the overall popularity of hard baits, stick baits are probably one of the two most popular baits with bass fishermen today.

Fishing

The 3 Deadliest Calls for Modern Turkey Hunters

There are plenty of calls on the shelf for turkey hunters these days, but there are three sounds that’ll get a turkey killed like no other when educated birds know all the basic yelps.

Turkey

New Sub Gauge Shotguns for 2026

Today turkey hunters have an abundance of choices for the sub gauge shotgun that delivers results in nearly every type of action and budget.

Turkey, Small Game, Waterfowl

Which Turkey Subspecies is the Hardest to Hunt?

This writer went around to about 20 different respected turkey hunters at NWTF to crowdsource an opinion on what the hardest subspecies of turkey is. Their answers are fun and there’s a general consensus on one type.

Turkey

Crispy Curry Wild Turkey Burgers

The spices and flavors kick up this wild turkey burger to a unique notch.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Creative Ways To Attract Predators To Your Traps

Here are three creative ways to attract predators to traps.

Predator, How-To

Species Profile: Eastern Wild Turkey

Eastern wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) are the most abundant and widespread of the four races commonly occurring in the U.S.

Turkey

Is the 20-Gauge the Perfect Turkey Gun?

Read on for a look at why the 20-gauge shotgun has grown to be a new favorite among turkey hunters across the country each spring.

Turkey, Gear, Firearm

Forest Stand Improvement

Forest Stand Improvement (FSI) is a term and technique that may be considered by some as ambiguous, and by others as under-utilized. Let’s set the record straight on what it’s all about, why we should consider adopting this practice, and a notion of how to go about doing it.

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

Taming the Kick: Ways to Reduce Recoil

We have a gunsmith talk to us about how to reduce recoil in rifles, shotguns, muzzleloaders, and handguns.

Turkey, Big Game, Small Game, Deer, Waterfowl, Predator, Gear

Barbecued Venison and Wild Boar Ribs

Once you truly nail a dry rub and master smoking ribs, I doubt you will ever go back to braised ribs again. The flavor is far superior.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Targeting Bass Through Every Stage of the Spawn

As spring sets in and temperatures begin to warm, bass anglers across the country are gearing up for that special time known simply as the spawn.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

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