Deer Lab Experts Might Shock You With Their Answer On Deer Management.

This video introduces the 'bow range burn' technique for deer management, pioneered by Dr. Marcus Lashley and explained by Luke Resop from Mississippi State University Deer Lab. The technique involves burning a 30-yard radius around a tree stand to create a nutritional pulse, which has been shown to increase deer use of the area significantly. This method demonstrates that impactful habitat management doesn't require burning vast acreage.

This video details a late-season whitetail hunt in Pennsylvania's big woods, emphasizing tactical planning and snow tracking. The hunters successfully harvested a mature buck using a Mossberg Patriot rifle in 7mm PRC, showcasing advanced stalking techniques in challenging, snowy conditions. The expert hunters highlight how weather and pressure influence deer movement into thick cover.

This video details a successful deer hunt in Vermont, showcasing strategic planning and execution. The hunter emphasizes arriving early, identifying key terrain features like saddles, and patiently waiting for the right opportunity. The use of a Mossberg bolt-action rifle with Hawke optics and Hornady ammunition is highlighted throughout the successful stalk, tracking, and recovery process.

This video from the MSU Deer Lab, featuring Luke Resop and Mark McConnell, explains the critical concept of plant succession in land management for hunting. It emphasizes that active intervention is necessary to maintain habitat in a stage beneficial for target wildlife species like deer, quail, and turkey, as natural progression can lead to less ideal conditions. Key management tools discussed include soil disturbances, prescribed fire, herbicides, and mechanical timber harvesting.

This video from Midwest Whitetail provides a comprehensive guide on planting agricultural food plots, essential for whitetail deer management. Rye Ludwig outlines the key steps involved, from selecting the ideal location and choosing appropriate seeds to soil sampling, ground preparation, fertilizing, and spraying. The tutorial also covers the planting process itself, along with strategies for replanting, further spraying, and essential fencing to protect the plots. The content is geared towards hunters looking to improve their deer habitat.

Jasper Charles, host of 'Start Up' on the Mossberg channel, demonstrates how deer rubs can be valuable indicators of deer activity times. By understanding the relationship between bedding areas, food sources, and travel corridors, hunters can interpret rubs to predict when deer are most likely to be moving through a specific location. This technique is presented as a key scouting tip for effective deer hunting.

The Mossberg 590M is a new-for-2018 magazine-fed pump-action shotgun chambered in 12 Gauge. It features double-stack magazines available in 5, 10, 15, and 20-round capacities, offering significant tactical advantages for quick ammunition type switching. The design incorporates milled receiver lugs and dual extractors for enhanced reliability, and its ergonomics include an ambidextrous safety and a unique helical magazine release.

The Mossberg 990 AfterShock is a compact, semi-automatic 12 Gauge shotgun designed for tactical applications and home defense. Key features include an enlarged loading port, oversized safety, M-LOK attachment points, and the specialized AfterShock grip. It offers a 5+1 capacity and demonstrates rapid cycling during live fire.

Learn a crucial duck hunting decoy mistake: ducks spooking when all decoys face the same direction. Jason Cruise demonstrates how real ducks orient uniformly before fleeing. To avoid this, vary decoy keel weight placement, causing them to face different directions and mimic a relaxed flock.

This video provides a detailed 3D animation of the Mossberg 500/590 pump-action shotgun's internal mechanics. It breaks down the complete firing cycle, from loading shells into the magazine tube to extraction and cocking. Key components like the bolt lock, elevator, hammer, and sear are explained in relation to their function during each stage of operation.