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Using Boats For Public Land Deer Hunting

Boats can give you access to some of the best spots on public land. Here we’ll talk about features you’ll need in a good hunting boat and more strategies to getting the most out of your new hunting rig and spots.

Deer

Late Summer & Early Fall Food Plot Planting Parameters

After years of answering questions for other gamekeepers, it is becoming apparent that some of us are so busy that we try to squeeze all of our late summer/early fall plantings into one weekend.

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

Dove Popper Pizza

There's hardly a better way to deliver delicious ingredients like the ease of pizza. Here, we make the ingredients wild with fresh dove breasts.

Small Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Dove Chorizo Stuffed Jalapenos

Combining dove meat with bacon to create a new style of chorizo meat is something no one else has tried yet, and I don’t know why. So if you’ve just had an amazing day in the dove fields, head to the store, grab the ingredients and get cookin.

Small Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Tailgate Talks: 2023 Tennessee Velvet Weekend Successes!

This year's Tennessee bowhunters faced brutal temperatures for the annual velvet season.

Tailgate Talks, Deer

Hunting Bedding Areas in Early Season

With caution and wisdom, hunting near bedding areas in the early season can prove to be a successful strategy.

Deer, How-To

Kevin VanDam’s Influence on Lure Design and Usage is Unmatched

KVD has helped to develop some of the most advanced, widely-used and top money-producing lures in the game.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Fishing

Using Indiangrass in Wildlife Plantings

When selecting a native grassland species for your projects, consider indiangrass due to its hardiness, drought-tolerance and for the benefits that it provides to many different species of wildlife.

Conservation, Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries, BioLogic

5 More Early Season Deer Hunting Tips

Using these 5 steps to help establish a solid foundation for the start of deer season is sure to help increase the chance of a successful fall harvest.

Deer, How-To, Bow

Free Kids Hunting Activity Sheets!

Free games geared towards the outdoor kid. Print these for your kids to work in the tree stand, at camp, on the road, or at home.

Turkey, Deer, Mossy Oak

All the Time in the World: Bottomland Book Club

John Geirach is a beloved fly fishing author. Writer and fly fisherman Troy Basso reviews Geirach's "All the Time in the World" for our Bottomland Book Club review section.

Fishing, Bottomland Book Club, Mossy Oak Fishing

The Outlaw Gunner: Bottomland Book Club

One may question why we should acknowledge such a dark time in our history as hunters, but I firmly believe that we must always keep the past in focus, even if it's one that may be a bit ugly.

Bottomland Book Club

Lifesaving Tips for Tree Stand Safety

Tree stand safety equipment is the stuff you hope you’ll never need. But again, it’s insurance. When your time comes, you’ll be glad you paid the price to stay protected.

Deer, Gear, How-To

Nashville Hot Alligator Recipe

I have made the sauce much more sweet and milder so that you can truly enjoy the flavors and textures of deep fried alligator. Alligator meat is highly under-rated when it comes to the culinary possibilities.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Butchery

How to Pattern Bucks for Velvet Season

As seasons change, so do the deer. Patterning a buck during the summer is completely different than doing so in the fall.

Deer, How-To, Bow

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Unknown and Blind Retrieve Sequences

Mossy Oak Kennels Head Trainer Bill Gibson gives us three sequences of unknown and blind retrieves to advance a retriever to the next level and discusses the desired skill sets gained from the drills and areas of success or room for improvement to look for.

Waterfowl, Dogs, Mossy Oak Gamekeeper Kennels

When Morning Hunts Should Begin

One of the most prominent debates amongst hunters is the best time to hunt during the early season.

Deer, How-To

Gifford Pinchot: Generational Giant of American Conservation

Pinchot and Roosevelt were confidants with a shared vision on how forests and wildlife should be managed for the generational benefit of all.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

5 Bowhunting Fails That’ll Cost You a Deer

Bowhunting is challenging enough as it is without making these pretty basic mistakes. Consider this the first phase of “what not to do” in planning your bowhunting season.

Deer, Bow

Nighttime Predator Hunting Strategies

Hunting hogs, coyotes, bobcats, and foxes at night is an effective strategy to reducing numbers.

Predator, Conservation, Land Management, Firearm

Venison Boudin Biscuits

Boudin patties cooked on a griddle and paired with drop biscuits and pickled jalapeños create a crowd favorite every time.

Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

Perfecting Your Tree Stand

When it comes to hunting whitetails, much has been composed about stand placement, playing the wind and thermal and other major points; however, oftentimes it can be tiny details that mean the difference between “antlers on the ground” and a “white, hairy flag waving goodbye.”

Deer, How-To

Mossy Oak Celebrates Big IBO Win by Prostaffer Bill Epeards

Mossy Oak Prostaffer Bill Epeards took home another national championship recently at the IBO tournament.

Turkey, Big Game, Deer, News, Bow

Hot Honey Whiskey Dove Recipe

It tastes just as good as it sounds.

Small Game, Wild Game Recipes, Ingredient Wild

A Plea for Water & Habitat in the Klamath Basin

The Klamath Basin is a critical component of the Pacific Flyway affecting waterfowl populations like pintails broadly. Are policies and management in place to manage water resources to sustain waterfowl habitat and harvest in the face of a changing climate?

Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Kevin VanDam on Being a GameKeeper and a Hunter

When VanDam doesn’t have a rod and reel in his hand, chunking, winding and competing to win $100,000 or more, he loves to get on his tractor or pick up his chainsaw and improve his 325-acre farm for wildlife

Turkey, Fishing, Deer, Waterfowl, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak Fishing, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, Nativ Nurseries, BioLogic

Using Early Season Mock Scrapes

The key to success in making mock scrapes has always been timing. Many hunters begin making mock scrapes during mid-October or the pre-rut when bucks and does are making scrapes to communicate with each other before the breeding season.

Deer, How-To

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