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Gearing Up for Your First Hunting Season

View Mossy Oak's deer hunting gear post to get help gearing up for your first season. Become familiar with the basics and discover all essentials for beginners!

Deer, Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, How-To, Bow, Firearm

Mourning Doves: Fast Facts, Trivia and Management Tips

Mourning doves are a species of bird that lives throughout much of the United States. Learn more about mourning doves and how to manage them from Mossy Oak.

Small Game

Morris & Smith Win Back-to-Back Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championships

As title sponsor of the Bassmaster High School Series and official pattern of B.A.S.S., Mossy Oak Fishing is thrilled to congratulate Grayson Morris and Tucker Smith on winning the 2019 Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News, Mossy Oak Fishing

Greg Hackney on How to Bass Fish Team Tournaments

The guys who use this system of buddy bass tournament fishing generally are the teams that win these team tournaments.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

How To Stay Cool And Scent-Free During The Early Season

Bow hunting during September or early October could very well lead to a chance encounter with a mature buck that is still in a summer pattern. Take advantage of these tips and tricks to stay cool and scent-free. The success resulting from them will be rewarding.

Deer, How-To, Bow

How to Catch Hot Weather Speckled Seatrout

Here at Shore Thing Charters, we’ve found that the best piece of equipment an angler can use to catch trout is an alarm clock.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Choosing the Right RV for Your Vacation Plans and Road Trips

When it comes to an RV, you have a variety of choices and customizations to choose from to best fit your lifestyle and adventure plans.

Mossy Oak

Everything You Wanted to Know about Black Bears

There is something about hunting black bears that generates adrenaline in a hunter like no other big game. Perhaps it is the fact that a black bear could be the hunter, or fight back, which generates a new edge or fascination for the hunter.

Big Game, How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Bow

Shooting Skills: Stay On Target for Predator Hunting

One of the main reasons that predator hunting has become a personal favorite pastime of mine is due to the fact that it gives me the ability to hunt virtually all year with no off season. In order to keep my shooting skills sharp, I have utilized three different exercises that will keep the hunter in tune throughout the entire year.

Predator, Gear, How-To, Firearm

Johnnie Candle on How to Catch Summertime Walleyes

Summertime is probably my favorite time to fish for walleyes. That’s when I do the most guiding, because the walleyes become very predictable.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Buck to Doe Ratio: Understanding the Balance

If you want to see more and bigger bucks, and larger body weights, you probably need to thin your doe population out a bit, possibly a lot. A given piece of land will hold and sustain X amount of deer (both bucks and does).

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Saltwater Fishing for First Timers

Saltwater fishing is an exciting and relaxing activity that many anglers find to be unique when compared to freshwater fishing.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Elk Hunting Expectations for a First Timer

What should you expect before you make your way West to chase bugling elk this fall? That’s a great question that every aspiring elk hunter should think about.

Big Game, Gear, How-To

Minced Venison and Mushroom Pie

Summer is the time of year to go through the freezer and take inventory of your wild game. Grind up any of the meat that is getting old, and put it to good use in a pie.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Greg Hackney: How to Catch a Really Big Bass

Yes, you can get lucky and catch a big bass in many different places. However, the most consistent spot to find and catch a large bass is where no one else is fishing, and possibly where no one ever has cast a lure.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

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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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