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The oak tree is essential to wildlife, and Gamekeepers and hunters alike know the value in a producing oak tree. Acorns provide the protein, carbohydrates and fats animals need to survive the winter. Let’s look at identifying acorns, what acorns are most desirable and when acorns are available. NOT ALL ACORNS ARE CREATED EQUAL If you have been backcountry camping,
Powered by OnX Hunt If you’re a property neighbor wanting to communicate property lines and information or simply wanting to share maps and stand locations with friends and family that will be hunting your property, OnX Hunt is a great tool for easy communication.When talking to your neighbors about hitlist deer or bedding areas to stay out
Powered by OnX Hunt Trail cameras (or game cameras) are a fun way to keep up with what’s going on at your property. Whether you’re checking for pictures of that big buck or watching for pigs, it’s important to consider the placement of your camera.You’ll want to place it in a heavily trafficked area for maximum
Powered by OnX Hunt OnX is a valuable tool for taking care of your land. It can help you map out where to plant, identify valuable areas of interest, and keep notes on management tactics for your land, like when a plot was planted and where the best access point is.Here, Gamekeeper and “Food Plot Guru”
provided by John E. Phillips Austin Delano is a wildlife and habitat consultant at Mossy Oak BioLogic. Delano has been an avid hunter all of his life and always has enjoyed studying and learning how to take deer, turkeys and other wildlife but also how to provide more food and nourishment for the wildlife on the
Gerald Almy | Originally published in GameKeepers: Farming for Wildlife Magazine. To subscribe, click here. The first half of the powerful “one-two punch” for fall food plots are brassicas. They can include rape, radishes, turnips, kale and others. They produce 30 to 40% protein, are one of the most attractive crops hunters can take advantage of and
Brodie Swisher The fall season is right around the corner, and deer hunters across the country are putting the wraps on gear prep and dialing in their weapons. But if you still haven’t gotten your fall food plot work complete, don’t sweat it! There’s still time. Here’s a look at how to plant a last
Brad Harris Grown frustrated with hunting public ground? Tired of waking up at midnight just to secure the public land honey hole for the day’s hunt? How many times has someone parked a boat right next to you 5 minutes prior to legal shooting time? 15 years ago, I was fed up with all of
Barry Smith SMALLMOUTH BASS The smallmouth bass (Micropterus dolomieu) is a species of black bass whose natural distribution runs from southern Canada, through the Saint Lawrence-Great Lakes area, to the upper and middle Mississippi basin, west to eastern Oklahoma, and down through the Tennessee River drainage. It has been introduced by anglers and Game and
Ron Jolly No doubt you are aware of the dilemma facing gamekeepers in the form of feral hogs. You know the destructive nature of these omnivorous mammals and their ability to multiply, survive and thrive. You have heard of the threat they pose as carriers of disease, destruction of habitat and native species. Over the
