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Brian Mosley’s Most Grueling Elk Hunt Ever

Since I wanted to get away from the crowd, I put a quality pack on my back and hiked 4.5 miles in before I started hunting on this day. All along the trail I saw plenty of elk sign. Just before I got to the peak where I was going to look for elk, I cleaned myself up and tried to get rid of as much human odor as I could. Then I slowly and

Big Game, Bow

Brian Mosley’s Obsession: Hunting, Football, Track and Conditioning

Brian Mosley has been hunting elk for 17 years and has taken 15 elk – 98 percent of those with his bow. Mosley’s an avid elk hunter but also enjoys being a football and track coach, as well as a strength and conditioning coach for students at the junior high and Bloomfield senior high schools. For Mosley, the challenge of the mountains and hunting elk in high terrain is just another day’s workout.

Big Game, News, Mossy Oak, Bow

Deer Minerals: Tips for Keeping Whitetails Healthy

If you put out minerals for your deer herd earlier in the spring, chances are it’s time to refresh those sites and make sure there is plenty available. Bucks are right in the middle of the antler growing process and does are heavy with the burden of carrying a fawn or two. This time of year can be taxing on a whitetails body as they need plenty of high protein forage and available minerals for

Big Game, Deer, BioLogic, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

Missouri is an Every Year Place to Bowhunt

At one time, I belonged to a 1700-acre lease in northern Missouri. I had hunted that property for 12 years, but I had to hunt it for seven years to really understand what the bucks were doing, and when and where was the best time to hunt it.

Big Game, Deer, Mossy Oak, Bow

Seeing 13 Bucks in 90 Minutes

I've never taken a monster buck in Illinois, but I've taken quite a few bucks that would score 140 in Illinois. The biggest buck I've ever taken in Illinois was the thirteenth buck I had seen on an early-morning hunt. I don’t care who you are or where you hunt. When you see that many nice bucks in a single morning’s hunt, you’ve had a great day, regardless of what happens the rest of the

Big Game, Deer, Bow

2018 Can-Am Outlander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition 450/570

The Can-Am Outlander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition ATV family has grown to include additional value for 2018. Along with the affordable Outlander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition 570 package, a new Outlander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition 450 ATV delivers even more value. The Can-Am Outlander Mossy Oak Hunting Edition reinforces the Can-Am brand’s leadership in specialized vehicles and makes its family of Mossy Oak themed hunting vehicles more complete.

Mossy Oak Break-Up Country, Gear, Mossy Oak

Why Kansas Is Ernie Calandrelli’s No. 1 Bowhunting State

All the states I've mentioned – Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New York - have the potential to produce really big bucks in any year. However, I've been most consistently successful in Kansas.

Big Game, Deer, Bow

Mossy Oak® and Huk Performance Fishing Partner to Launch Elements Pattern Line

Mossy Oak and Huk Performance Fishing will offer an all-new technologically advanced apparel line featuring Mossy Oak’s newest and most unique generation of camouflage, Elements, which features patterns for the angling community.

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Mossy Oak Becomes the Official Pattern of B.A.S.S.

Mossy Oak and B.A.S.S. have formed a partnership, which names Mossy Oak as the Official Pattern of B.A.S.S. The marriage of the fishing and hunting worlds through these two well-known outdoors brands comes in conjunction with the launch of Mossy Oak Elements, a pattern line that offers designs specific to the angling community as well as hunters.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News

Kevin VanDam Named Team Leader for Mossy Oak Fishing

Mossy Oak is pleased to announce its partnership with seven-time Angler of the Year and four-time Bassmaster Champion Kevin VanDam. The partnership between VanDam and Mossy Oak coincides with the introduction of Elements, the newest and most unique line of patterns from Mossy Oak.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, News, Mossy Oak

Ernie Calandrelli Travels for Deer

These states consistently produce good-sized bucks, have quality soil and habitat and plenty of food. Then the bucks living in those states can grow big antlers and have heavy body weights. This old saying is true: “You can’t take a big buck if you're not hunting where big bucks live.”

Big Game, Deer

Mossy Oak® Launches Elements™ Pattern Line

Mossy Oak will be unveiling its all-new Elements pattern line at ICAST in Orlando, Fla., July 12-14, 2017. The first in that line is Elements Agua, which was designed for the angling community and will be prominent within Mossy Oak’s exhibit (#1469) at ICAST.

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Traveling for Bow Season

Ernie Calandrelli of Youngstown, New York, has been hunting deer with a bow for 48 years and is the Public Relations Director for Quaker Boy Calls. He's been wearing Mossy Oak as long as there's been a Mossy Oak and has several different Mossy Oak patterns he wears to match the terrain where he hunts. He’s hunted 37 states, with 14 or 15 of those states for deer. Today, Calandrelli hunts Kansas, Georgia, New York,

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Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. Reports Explosive Growth

“Our growth is attributed to having a trusted brand, and as importantly, having land specialists that have the trust of the consumer,” said Chris Hawley, Co-Founder and CEO/President of Mossy Oak Properties, Inc. “There is no group of land brokers in the country that is more capable of helping folks find their favorite place than the land specialists in our network."

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Rena Parsons’ First Bull Elk

My wife Rena started shooting a bow in 2008, the year we both started archery hunting. She and I passed on a lot of bulls, so we went out with our rifles on the first day of rifle season. I spotted a bull I was going to take. But before I got set up to take the shot, some other hunters came in and spooked the bull. We talked for awhile about how upset we

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