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Smoked Rabbit Salsa Verde Chilaquiles

Spice up your whole rabbit with this Mexican inspired dish. Smoked rabbit gives this its own unique flavor paired with home cooked tortilla chips.

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

Take the Crucial Steps To Get A Premier Hunting License In 2022

You cannot put applications aside until summer or you will miss many state deadlines for premier hunts. Plan now.

Big Game, Deer, How-To

Mossy Oak + Bonefish & Tarpon Trust: Conserving the Silver King

Mossy Oak spent a week talking to Bonefish & Tarpon Trust scientists about the organization’s efforts to restore important juvenile tarpon habitat in Florida to ensure healthy populations in the future. Watch our video.

Fishing, Conservation, News, Mossy Oak Fishing

Should You Trail Carry? 12 Firearm Safety Tips

Do you plan on hitting the hiking trails with your firearm? These 12 firearm safety tips from Mossy Oak will prepare you for your trek.

Camping, Firearm

What is Long Range Rifle Shooting?

Long range shooting involves shooting at distances, which push the limits of a firearm/caliber with evolving environmental conditions.

Firearm

Get Your OnX Hunt Discount Code Through Mossy Oak

For a limited time, onX Hunt is offering a 20% discount code only for Mossy Oak’s fans toward the purchase of its revolutionary GPS mapping tool designed specifically for hunters.

Big Game, Deer, Predator, Land Management, Gear, How-To, News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Mossy Oak Properties, BioLogic, Bow, Firearm

The Ultimate Guide to the Texas Rig: Setup, Use and More

The Texas rig is a bait you will use your entire fishing life. Is your Texas rig game weak? These tips from Mossy Oak can help.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

3 Tactics For Hunting Public Land Coyotes

Here are three tactics for hunting public land coyotes, resulting in a more prosperous harvest.

Predator, Gear, How-To

The Relationship Between Social Media and Duck Hunting

Just like most things in today’s world, waterfowling has been impacted with the good, the bad and the ugly of social media.

Waterfowl

When and Why Deer Antlers Fall Off

Different bucks shed their antlers at different times for different reasons. In general, seasonal changes in deer physiology and behavior are caused largely by photoperiodism.

Deer

Best Shotgun Ammo for Ducks and Other Waterfowl

Do you want to be the guy in the duck blind with an edge over everyone else? Mossy Oak wants you to know what ammo gives you an edge.

Waterfowl, Gear, Firearm

Make 2022 The Best Deer Season Yet By Starting Prep Now

Reap the benefits throughout the entire year and will be rewarded this fall with their best deer season yet.

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

How to Mount a Rifle Scope

Visit our blog and learn how to mount a rifle scope. Avoid outsourcing your optics mounting by doing it yourself with the right hardware and understanding!

Gear, How-To, Firearm

Smoked Deer Heart Recipe

This is my favorite heart recipe. Over the past 11 years I have devoted myself to making wild game meats taste incredible.

Deer, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Hunting The Coyote Rut

When using sounds that focus on breeding behavior or occasionally adding the extra effort of using coyote scents, hunters can experience some of the best hunting that the winter offers by taking advantage of the coyote rut.

Predator, How-To

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3 States to Bow Hunt Velvet Bucks

By Heath Wood For bowhunters who dream of tagging a velvet-racked buck, early-season hunts provide a unique opportunity. As a young teenager, I often bought hunting videos for entertainment and to fuel my anticipation for the upcoming season. Often, the first hunt in the videos would be an early-season hunt featuring a velvet whitetail buck. These hunts took place before the antler velvet had entirely shed, presenting a rare chance to arrow a mature buck

Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Bachelor Group Behavior: How to ID the Buck You'll Hunt This Fall

Heath Wood For whitetail hunters, July is more than just the heart of summer; it's a necessary time to observe buck behavior that can pay off come fall. As velvet antlers grow and patterns become clear, bachelor groups form the social core of a buck’s world. However, those who use game cameras for summer scouting know all too well that these groups don’t stay together forever. I used to get frustrated seeing trail camera photos

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

Seeing Stripes: Targeting Striped Bass

Bart K. Davis When it comes to East Coast sport fishing, few fish inspire as much passion and pursuit as the striped bass. These sleek, silver torpedoes called stripers haunt coastal waters from the Carolinas to Maine, offering anglers a perfect blend of challenge and reward. Whether you're fishing from a beach or boat, in the surf or offshore, striped bass are a worthy adversary—provided you know how to find and fool them. Striped bass

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Big Bucks Avoid People in Summer Too: Low-Impact Scouting Tips

Heath Wood The summer months present a prime opportunity for scouting whitetails. Bucks are in velvet, rapidly developing their antlers, and often follow consistent feeding routines. However, many hunters make the mistake of getting too close too early. Just because it’s not hunting season doesn’t mean pressure isn’t important. Mature bucks are already accustomed to human presence, and one wrong move in July or August can cause a big deer to leave long before opening

Deer, How-To, Mossy Oak

Panfish Crawfish Bread Bowls

George Fiorille Catching panfish is a lot of fun. They are one of the best fish to start kids or inexperienced anglers on because they are plentiful and relatively easy to catch. By having lots of action starting off fishing, it gives the angler a greater chance of liking the sport and staying with it. Panfish are not only easy to catch but they are great to eat if prepared properly. One of the most

Fishing, How-To, Wild Game Recipes, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Fishing, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

Summer Pier Fishing Tips

Phillip Gentry Regardless of whether you favor freshwater or salt, many beach going anglers head to the local public pier to do some fishing while on vacation. Summer time is in full swing across the country and is the most popular season for people to head to the coast on vacation. Like a lot of people, vacation time means time to do some fishing. Whether you are a veteran of saltwater or prefer less sodium

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Deer Diet: What Bucks Are Eating in July and Why It Matters

Heath Wood As summer reaches its peak, whitetail bucks are quickly developing in both antlers and body. Nutrition is crucial during this time, and knowing what deer are eating in July isn’t just interesting; it’s a vital part of the puzzle for serious hunters trying to find and pattern mature bucks before the season starts. While driving across eastern Missouri, Kentucky, and Tennessee on our way to a family vacation, I probably didn't keep my

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

Smoked Pulled Wild Boar BBQ Sandwiches with Carolina Gold Sauce

If you're looking for a new way to cook Wild Boar, this recipe is for you! Need Wild Boar? Check out Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery for all of your wild game meat needs. Step 1: The Wild Boar Shoulder (Smoked and Pulled) Ingredients: 1 bone-in wild boar shoulder (5–7 lbs) 2 tbsp yellow mustard (binder) 1/4 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp kosher salt 2 tbsp black pepper 2 tbsp smoked paprika 1 tbsp garlic powder

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

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

How to Catch Red Snapper While Fishing

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

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