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How to Unhang A Hung-Up Gobblers

What do you do when you're calling to a turkey, he's gobbling back to you, he starts coming to you, and then, he stops, struts and drums just out of gun range at about 60 yards?

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Hunting the Named Turkey With Will Primos

When a friend starts telling you about a turkey he's going to take you to and he's given that turkey a name, you know you're in trouble. When turkey hunters name turkeys, you automatically know that turkey has a reputation for being a hunter dodger. That turkey hasn’t earned his name by doing what turkeys are supposed to do. For this reason, if you decide to hunt that turkey with a name, you need to

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Missy Jech earns NWTF scholarship

The National Wild Turkey Federation announces Melissa Jech of Rushville, Nebraska, as the recipient of the 2015 National Scholarship sponsored by Mossy Oak. The $10,000 scholarship will help Jech further her education as she plans to enroll at Chadron State in the fall.

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GameKeepers’ Greatest Tool for Weed Control

Weeds rob your plot of essential nutrients, water, and root space. Given time and opportunity, weeds will quickly mature, produce seed, and overtake a well intended food plot. Weed Reaper herbicide is one of the greatest tools a GameKeeper can utilize to keep weeds under control and get the most out of your plantings.

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

Why I Call So Much and Call So Loudly

Over the years, I've often been criticized because I call a lot, and I call loudly. I developed this style of calling when I first started hunting turkeys with the Vice President of TV and Video Productions for Mossy Oak, Ronnie “Cuz” Strickland. We learned this fact together: if a turkey gobbles when you call, and you can tell that turkey what he wants to hear quickly and emphatically, and if you sound like an

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How to Solve Turkey Hunting Problems

If you’ve been calling to a turkey on public land, but when you sit down and set-up to take the turkey, you hear another hunter calling to that same turkey, that’s one of the most-frustrating things that can happen to a turkey hunter. I've been asked, “What will you do to solve this problem?”

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How to Solve the Problem of Going Deep for Deer on Public Lands

I’ve hunted a 1200-acre property near my home all my life. When I walk a mile away from the truck to reach the center of that property, I may see five hunters in the place I’m hunting. To reach that spot, I may have to walk 30 minutes to an hour and realize if I take a deer down there, I’ll probably spend 1-1/2-hours getting that deer out. More than likely, I’ll have to call

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JeepTopsUSA Provides Custom Mossy Oak Tops for Jeep Wranglers®

JeepTopsUSA has joined forces with Mossy Oak to offer custom camouflage shade tops, tonneaus, soft top boots, door skins and headliners for Jeep Wranglers. JeepTopsUSA’s products will leave a lasting impression and stand up to the punishments of the environment while making you and your Jeep look good.

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Josh Wade Tells How to Take Deer When There Are Few Deer to Take

I start hunting deer at the end of turkey season and put out trail cameras to help me find deer to learn where they’re at, and where they’re moving. I move my cameras around to get as much information as I can about the land I hunt. Each year I review what I’ve learned from previous years.

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GameKeeper Life Hacks: Make Life Easier with our Spring/Summer “To Do” List

By this time of the year, most everyone’s hunting season is over or starting to wind down and not many guys are thinking about growing plots or feeding their deer. With some cold and nasty weather still possible for the next few weeks, it’s a great time to sit down and start planning for the upcoming growing season. There may be some things you thought of while sitting in your deer stand this fall that

Conservation, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers, BioLogic

Why John Wade Hunts Midwestern Deer

I met a friend in college, Jacob Kraft,from Freeman, Missouri, right on the Kansas border. He invited me to come home with him and hunt Missouri and Kansas. I went home with him a few times, and we hunted the Sugar Creek Conservation Area in Missouri, which is public land, and we saw a ton of deer there. I’d see more deer in a week in Missouri than I’d see in the entire hunting season

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Bowhunting Whitetails on the Open Prairie

I moved to North Dakota 24 years ago from southeast Ohio. I had grown up hunting hills and hardwoods. The open farm and ranch land of North Dakota presented a whole new challenge. I knew there were big deer here, but I wasn’t sure how to go about hunting them. I had to learn to think like a prairie whitetail.

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New Hampshire’s Josh Wade Hunts Deer Out of State

Coming from New Hampshire, I always wanted to believe that other states had more deer than we did in New Hampshire. On many of the outdoor shows on TV, the host might see three or four bucks in a day or maybe five or six does. I wanted to see if there was that type of deer hunting available in other states, because I could hunt hard and not see a deer in 2 weeks

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Hunting Deer When They’re Hard to Find

Josh Wade from Charlestown, New Hampshire, has been a Mossy Oak Pro for 7 years and been hunting whitetail for 18 years with a bow, a rifle and a blackpowder gun. “Here in New Hampshire we don’t have many deer, so we primarily have to hunt states like Missouri, where we can hunt in all three seasons.”

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Remembering How Brent Lafreniere’s Bowhunting Career for Deer Began

I started shooting a bow when I was very young and began hunting with a bow when I was 13. I’d gotten my hunting license when I was 12, so the first deer season when I was actually able to hunt with a bow was when I was 13. I took my first doe with a bow when I was 14 in 1998, and my first buck with a bow in 2001 when I was

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In Loving Memory of Mr. Fox Haas

Mr. Fox Haas 1930 - 2026 It is with heavy hearts that we share that our beloved Mr. Fox has flown up to his heavenly roost. Mr. Fox passed peacefully in his home, with his wife Evelyn and three children, Shurley, Toxey and Nina, by his side. His house was full of his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren until the day he died, and through his bedroom window, turkeys and deer still passed through his backyard

Turkey, Mossy Oak

Mr. Fox Haas Pursues 71st Successful Turkey Season

Mr. Carl Fox Haas, Mossy Oak’s “founding father” and a legend in the outdoors industry, will begin his 71st turkey season on Thursday, March 15th in his home state of Mississippi, where he will be accompanied by his son Toxey Haas and grandsons Neill an Daniel Haas.

Turkey, News, Video

Fox Haas's History with the Wild Turkey

Toxey Haas on his dad Fox Haas's life-long obsession with the wild turkey. Interviewed by Jessi Cole on March 9, 2023. Jessi Cole: Your dad is, to put it mildly, held in high regard in the turkey hunting community. A lot of people, though, don’t know his full story. And it’s a great one. Let’s start with this: When did your dad kill his first turkey? Toxey Haas: He killed his first wild turkey in

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Mossy Oak's Fox Haas Kills Turkey at 94 Years Old

Mossy Oak patriarch Mr. Fox Haas killed a wild turkey at 94 years old from a golf cart blind custom built by his grandson. Here's the story.

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Lining Up for a Mr. Fox Vest: The NWTF Experience

I knew this vest would be special. As an avid turkey hunter, I knew that I wouldn’t be the only person thinking about how special the release of this vest was.

Turkey, Conservation, News

Mr. Fox’s Buck: Still After Them at 91 Years Young

Everyone at the Mossy Oak office’s favorite story of the 2021-2022 deer season was the story of Mr. Fox’s big buck kill. We wanted to share the story of the hunt with everyone who has followed along with Mr. Fox’s hunting seasons through the years.

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NWTF Foundation Awards Mr. Fox Haas and Toxey Haas with Conservation Award

At the 2022 annual National Wild Turkey Federation convention, Chief Gamekeeper Mr. Fox Haas and Mossy Oak Founder Toxey Haas were both awarded with the NWTF Foundation Conservation Award.

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Turkeys for Tots by Fox Haas

Fox Haas's article from the 2002 edition of "Hunting the Country" magazine details Toxey's first turkey and the best way to create a lifetime hunting partner out of your young kids.

Turkey, How-To, Mossy Oak Companions

Fox Haas Inducted into Hall of Fame

Fox Haas, a linchpin in the birth of multi-faceted outdoors industry icon Mossy Oak®, was inducted into the West Point, Miss., Hall of Fame on February 9, 2017. West Point is the home of Mossy Oak and Fox Haas’ residence for over 60 years.

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Fox Haas Inducted into Legends of the Outdoors Hall of Fame

The 13th Annual Legends of the Outdoors National Hall of Fame has included Fox Haas, father of Mossy Oak Founder Toxey Haas, in its 2014 class of inductees. Fox Haas was instrumental in the re-establishment of wild turkeys in east central Mississippi, hosting one of the region's first successfully transplanted flocks on land under his control in the 1970s.

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Winter Crappie Fishing Tips

For areas whose waters don’t freeze over during the winter, January and February can be one of the best times of the year to seek out crappie, particularly if your goal is slab sized fish.

Fishing, How-To, Mossy Oak Fishing

Frost-Seeding Food Plots

Here we talk about how to frost seed and snow seed your food plots.

Land Management, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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