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Why Kevin VanDam Enjoys Fishing Mid-February to Mid-March

Why do you like fishing at this time of the year, from the last two weeks of February through the first two weeks of March?

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How to Find and Catch Post-spawn Bass

If there are still a few bass spawning, but you’ve decided a majority of bass have moved out of the spawning flats, where do those bass go, and how do you catch them?

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Smoking Salmon: How to Cook Your Catch

Smoking salmon takes patience, but it’s worth it for the deliciously smoky flavors and tasty dishes you can add to your recipes.

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How to Find and Catch Pre-spawn, Spawning, Post-spawn and In-between Bass

Not all the bass spawn at the same time. How do you decide what bass you’ll fish for, and what lures you’ll use?

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How to Find and Catch Bass During the Pre-spawn

If you’ve decided the water temperature in the lake is too cold for the bass to spawn, the bass are fairly deep, and you know this isn’t a grass lake, what lures will you use to catch those prespawn bass?

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Delicious Dinner Inspirations: How to Cook Wild Game in an Instant Pot

Cooking wild game in an Instant Pot allows you to tenderize the meat while retaining its characterful flavor.

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Kevin VanDam on Bassing from Mid-February to Mid-March

During this time of the year, depending on where you’re fishing, you’ll have all three phases of the bass spawn present. How do you determine where to fish, and how do you catch the bass?

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Dear Land Guy: Access and Easements

I am looking to buy a piece of property and hear a lot about “access” and “easements.” What should I know about these?

Land Management, Mossy Oak Properties

Everything You Need to Know About the 2021 NWTF Virtual Convention

Everything you need to know about the 2021 National Wild Turkey Federation Virtual Convention! The Virtual Sports Show is February 15–19 and the Virtual Conventions is February 19 and 20.

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Take Post-Spawn Bass

During the last two weeks in February all the way up to the first two weeks of May, in many states, you’ll have the opportunity to fish for post-spawn bass.

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Raising a Little Angler: How to Get Your Kid Interested in Fishing

Learn how to get your kids interested in fishing at an early age. Find out how to pass those skills down to your kids so they can become angling enthusiasts!

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Catch Spawning Bass – More to Know

Discover secrets from the pros on how to catch spawning bass successfully. Browse Mossy Oak's fishing blog for the latest tips, guides and how-tos today!

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Whitetail Fawns: Improving Survival Rates

Reducing fawn mortality is a critical step toward proper deer management, and it requires very little output. The results, however, can be dramatic, and five years from now the record-book buck you are chasing might never have been around were it not for the efforts you made to secure his health and safety today.

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Catch Post-spawn and Spawning Bass

I can swim it in deep water where the bass are holding before the spawn, through shallow water for bass that are on the bed or through the water where bass are going to and coming off the bed.

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Jerky, Berries and More! How to Dehydrate Food

You can dehydrate jerky, berries and more by using natural techniques, such as sun drying or using more modern methods like electric food dehydrators.

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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