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When is harvesting timber the right move?

Whether you're buying or selling land, it's crucial that you're aware of the value a piece of property holds. The land itself is important, but you'll also want to know about the future prospects and potential room for profit depending on how you intend to use it. This is especially true when it comes to harvesting timber.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

What to Do When the Turkey Quits Gobbling

Two of the biggest mistakes I see hunters make when turkey hunting is they get impatient, and they move too quickly.

Big Game, Turkey, Mossy Oak

The Gerber Vital Pocket Folder and Vital Zip

This past hunting season, I had the chance of using the new Gerber, Vital Pocket Folder and Vital Zip tools. Gerber is a Mossy Oak Partner and has been making knives and tools for almost 70 years. The design and craftsmanship of these Vital tools reflects decades of craftsmanship and commitment to hunters. A hunter’s choice of field dressing tools is extremely important, especially on wilderness hunts where you'll be required to quarter, skin, cape

Gear, Mossy Oak

The Philadelphia Phillies David Buchanan Says Hunting Is His Escape

As a baseball player, I have a lot of demands on my time - not only in the game, after the game and in-between games. So, when I go hunting, that tree stand, duck blind or hike gives my brain and my emotions an opportunity to relax and not have to worry about my performance. I like to get up early, eat a good breakfast and go out into the woods deer hunting. I love

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Philadelphia Phillies’ David Buchanan on His Route to the Pros and His Partnership with the Catcher

I started pitching when I was 7-years old and pitched all the way through elementary school, high school and college. I've also played right field, center field and a little bit of infield. In high school, I was a pretty good hitter and batted clean-up. My batting average in high school was about .340. When I graduated from high school, I decided to go to Chipola College, because the school had a great baseball team.

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Mossy Oak Announces Golf Course Development Project

The George Bryan family, founders of Old Waverly Golf Club, announced today that it has joined two forces of nature – golf course architect Gil Hanse and outdoor brand Mossy Oak – to create a truly unique new golf experience with the highest detail in nature preservation.

News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Golf, Mossy Oak Properties, Nativ Nurseries

David Buchanan’s Greatest Baseball Game for the Phillies

Any time we have the opportunity to go hunting, we go. Most of my hunting has been for deer and ducks. However, during the off-season next hunting season, I'm excited to be going on a mule deer hunt, an elk hunt and hopefully a bear hunt. Our baseball season ends in October. So, I try to do as much hunting as I can until baseball season starts up again. My biggest problem is similar to

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Tree Planting For Wildlife: 3 Things You Need To Know

Tree planting time has been here for everyone in the South, and will be cranking up soon further North. Raising trees is addictive like other gamekeeping activities, but it often seems folks who have never tried it (or tried once and failed) put it off every year and year after that. Food plotting has become main stream and for most is an annual or bi-annual ritual, but tree planting and management “in the woods” still

Conservation, How-To, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

My Toughest Game to Pitch and Every Pitch Is an Adjustment with David Buchanan

I've often been asked, “Why do you like that kind of pressure?” I've learned that the more pressure I face, the greater the reward when I'm successful. I also have the pressure of knowing that there are very few people in the world who can do what I do, at the level I'm playing. So, I take a lot of pride in that. Only 150 people in the world are Major League pitchers in the

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How close to town is too close?

Among the many factors you'll need to consider when buying land, one that may not be given the time and attention it deserves, is how close the real estate will be to town. At first this may seem like more of a matter of personal preference, but the truth is it can be a hugely influential component of your purchase.

Conservation, Mossy Oak Properties

David Buchanan- Starting Pitcher and Avid Hunter

Twenty-five-year old David Buchanan from Atlanta, Georgia, is living every young baseball player’s dream. He's a starting pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies professional baseball team. He made his debut in the Major Leagues on May 24, 2014, after signing a contract to play in the Philadelphia Phillies program in 2010. He only started hunting 5 years ago, but he has always loved the outdoors.

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Eva Shockey: What She Does, Why She Does it, and What’s in Her Future?

Eva Shockey is an employee of the Jim Shockey TV shows. Too, Eva may be the person you don’t see in many of Jim Shockey’s TV shows, because she’s behind the camera filming her dad. She crawls through the mud, she climbs the mountains, and she carries the equipment. Often, she directs her dad while she’s shooting the TV shows that her brother Branlin produces. But Eva Shockey isn’t behind the camera very much, since

Video, Mossy Oak, Bow

The Shepherd of the Flock

What happened next was a big part of what made this the most memorable hunt. The group with the gobblers started turning to go up the hill so I began to call. They would gobble and drifted closer but would not come in. The other hens met up with them and they all started going up the coulees. This was a large steep climb going up 200 feet that no Eastern bird would walk up.

Big Game, Turkey, Firearm

Irish Setter VaprTrek Hiker

As a hunter that has been fortunate enough to hunt across North America, I have been faced with a variety of terrain and conditions while on these adventures. There is no question that having the right weapon, optics and gear is important. Although, having high-quality boots is vital. When your feet hurt, are wet or uncomfortable, it can impact your entire hunt and potentially outcome of that experience. The Irish Setter VaprTrek boot in Mossy

Gear, Mossy Oak

Eva Shockey Explains Why Someone Like Her Got into Hunting

Eva Shockey is one of the most-recognized women in the outdoors. In the last 4 or 5 years, her life has made a dramatic turn around, since before this Eva always has been a momma’s girl. Her mother, Louise, is the epitome of femininity, a professional model, a prima ballerina and a dancing instructor. This path is the one that Eva followed from the time she first could walk until she was about 21 years

Video, Bow, Firearm

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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

Turkey, Conservation, Land Management, News, Video, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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.

Turkey, Deer, Waterfowl, News, Video, Mossy Oak Companions, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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.

Deer, Firearm

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.

Turkey, Conservation, News, Mossy Oak, Mossy Oak Gamekeepers

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.

News, Mossy Oak

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.

News, Mossy Oak

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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