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Venison Scaloppine

Venison Scaloppine was the first dish that I "loved" when I began my month's cooking stint with using only wild game as my protein. If you are new to who I am and how I started cooking wild game, I spent one month "cleaning out the freezer" by cooking all the wild game that Scott, my husband, had harvested the previous year. I wasn't crazy about venison, but after that month, I fell in love

Deer, Wild Game Recipes

Five Fall Deer Calls

Whitetails have a diverse and complex vocabulary, but if you only learn a handful of calls, these are the ones you need to know.

Deer, How-To

Designing Lures Aids Kevin VanDam’s Bass Fishing Success

I believe all bass fishermen like to tinker with their lures. I’m fortunate to be able to work with Strike King’s lure designers to develop lures I want to fish with in bass tournaments. Since I’ve helped to develop some of the lures I fish with, I have an awful lot of confidence in the lures I pick.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua

The Importance of a Harvest Plan

Like most aspects of managing wildlife, having a plan will help you to make smart, accurate assessments. Herd management decisions can often have the biggest impact on the amount and size of the bucks you have to hunt.

Deer, Conservation, Mossy Oak GameKeepers

10 Things You May Not Know About Whitetails

White-tailed deer are fascinating creatures and hunters go to great lengths to learn as much as they can about them. Because the more knowledgeable you are about your quarry, the more successful you are at reducing them to possession.

Deer

Reaching Clover’s Golden Years: Lengthening the Life of Clover Food Plots

Many people plant clover plots, but few achieve the maximum potential lifespan of perennial forages. The following tips will help you guide even challenging clover floor plots into old age.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers, BioLogic

From Hunting in Hawaii to the Nevada Desert

Robert Bertling of Las Vegas, Nevada, has been hunting mule deer for 23 years and has been a Mossy Oak ProStaffer for 3 ½ years. He’s also sub-guiding, which is a prerequisite to obtaining a guide or an outfitter license. Robert was born and raised in Hawaii.

Big Game, Deer

Harvesting the Right Antlerless Deer

There is no question that the harvesting of antlerless deer is part of a solid deer management plan. With that understood, shouldn’t it make sense there should be some logic in which antlerless deer should be removed from a herd. A quick survey asked a dozen hunters what factors they used to select a doe for harvest. The criteria varied from age to size, and believe it or not, a few still said it’s wrong

Deer, Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers

6 Tips for Public Land Waterfowling Etiquette

Public land waterfowling can sometimes be a pleasure, other times a nightmare. Much of that depends on how you and other hunters behave. There's not much you can do about others, but if you follow a few guidelines of common sense and courtesy, your neighbors might be more inclined to do so as well. Then everyone can have a more pleasant experience.

Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, How-To, Firearm

Using Integrated Wild Pig Control in Swine Management

Learn effective strategies for controlling wild pig populations. Using specialized technologies and control methods, you can help lessen the damage caused by wild pig.

Conservation, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers, Firearm

Survival Tips: How to Build a Fire in Wet Weather

A fire can save your life, but can you start one in the rain if you had to? Keeping these survival tips in mind can mean the difference between having an awesome story to impress your friends with or being the poster child for what not to do in a dangerous situation.

How-To

Fishing Cypress Trees for Bass in the Fall and Winter

One of my favorite lures during the fall and winter months is either a Strike King KVD 1.5 or 2.5 crankbait to fish around cypress trees, which we have plenty of in south Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida. The bass really congregate around those cypress trees in the fall of the year.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Elements Agua, How-To

Basic Boating Safety and Rules of the Road

Boating is one of the most enjoyable forms of spring and summer recreation, whether it be fishing, skiing, tubing or just cruising the waterways. Like any outdoor activity, it comes with its potential hazards, not the least of which is collision with another boat. You can go a long way toward avoiding that with a better understanding of the rules of the road.

Fishing, How-To

Waterfowl Shooting Tips from Browning Arms

Browning makes a shotgun to fit your shooting style. Once you find your ideal waterfowl gun, practice these tips for better success in the field.

Country Roots, Waterfowl, Mossy Oak Shadow Grass Blades, How-To, Firearm

DIY Venison Sausage: Recipes, Equipment and More

Expert game cook Stacy Harris stops by Mossy Oak to provide some great tips on how to make delicious venison sausage at home. Explore venison sausage recipes and tips on our blog.

Deer, How-To, Wild Game Recipes

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Scott Sharp Grows and Hunts Turkeys on His Small Properties

I can’t tell you how excited that makes me feel that we’ve done enough work that the turkeys have found our 15 acres – or least one hen has – and started a family there. On the 40 acres, I’ve spotted as many as six or seven gobblers this past spring of 2020.

Turkey, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers

Timeline for Developing Hunting Land

For the past five years, I’ve been able to take my limit of two shooter bucks for the year off these three properties.

Deer, Land Management, Mossy Oak GameKeepers

Training for Hiking – 9 Ways to Get in Shape

By getting into shape with crunches, lunges, and even long walks, you’ll make it easier to enjoy every hike.

How-To

Blue Otter Polarized and Mossy Oak Launch Luke Combs Edition Sunglasses

Mossy Oak is excited to announce an all-new sunglasses collection with Blue Otter Polarized. Featuring a flagship Luke Combs edition in Mossy Oak’s first pattern, Original Bottomland, among several other options, there is a pair for both hunting and fishing applications.

Fishing, Mossy Oak Bottomland, Gear, News, Mossy Oak Fishing

You Only Need Enough Land for a Deer to Put Four Feet Down

The size of the property isn’t nearly as important as where the property is and what you do to attract and hold wildlife on that property.

Deer, Land Management

The Hunt for Body, the Big Velvet-Antlered Buck

I found my velvet-antlered buck I wanted to take on a 40-acre property we’d only bought eight months earlier. We had improved the property, planted three green fields on it and put out trail cameras.

Deer, Bow

Lightweight Backpacking Food: 12 Meal Prep Ideas for Your Next Trip

When lightweight backpacking, a variety of shelf-stable, nutrient-dense foods can make or break your trip.

How-To

Flipping Hunting Lands: Improve, Hunt, Sell

We buy small properties, improve them for hunting, hunt them for 1-2 years and then sell them for a profit.

Deer, Turkey, Land Management, Mossy Oak Properties

Scoring “The King” Mule Deer

The three men on the panel were all three Boone and Crockett and P&Y scorers. The master measurers scored the buck at 288-1/8 inches net.

Deer, Bow

Everything You Need to Know About Tracking Whitetail Deer

Tracking whitetail deer is an art form, and the more knowledge you possess, the better your chances of a successful recovery.

Deer, How-To

Steel Shot for Waterfowl: High Velocity vs. Pattern Density

When duck and goose hunters are purchasing steel shot there are a few numbers on the box that we look at, speed and payload.

Waterfowl, Gear, How-To, Firearm

What Happened After Cody Robbins Shot the Monstrous Mule Deer

When that giant buck went down, I was shook up and rattled all at the same time. I was a mess. My cameraman Shane Hunter still was filming the buck as the buck ran 80 yards.

Deer, Bow

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