Dave Maas Articles

This fail video is an important reminder that safety must be priority No. 1 while fishing.

There have been untold numbers of articles written about how to kill more and bigger whitetails. Most of this content is average — and much of it is a complete waste of time. Here’s the author’s No. 1 pick.

Correy Hawk builds longbows from trees he harvests in southeast Nebraska. Here, he explains the process, including why some have “snakey” limbs.

The owner of an unoccupied ice fishing shanty had to chase it for a few miles as it blew across Wisconsin’s Lake Winnebago.

A recent report by the National Deer Association shows that 88 percent of the whitetails killed in America are taken on private land.

Volunteer firefighters rescue a legendary big buck that fell through the ice on the Red Lake River in northwestern Minnesota.

Each February thousands of anglers venture onto massive Lake Winnebago with hopes of spearing a massive sturgeon. On Feb. 14, 2023, James Gishkowsky harvested a 177-pounder, which ranks No. 7 all time on the lake.

Viewer warning — troubling video of a whitetail crashing through butcher shop’s glass door in northwest Minnesota.

An April 2023 jury trial has been set for a landowner charged in harassing a group of duck hunters in east-central North Dakota.

For catch and release to work as intended while ice fishing, it’s critical that anglers understand how to properly handle fish.

A bowhunter carrying a 70-pound-draw recurve stalks an Alaskan moose through the deep snow and thick conifers, eventually taking a 10-yard shot.

Bowhunting whitetails is a season-long chess match, and your chance of winning goes up if you make smart moves every time you enter the woods.

Dusty Sinclair of Sugarbelle Sweets in Corpus Christi, Texas, creates the absolute best in outdoor-themed custom cakes.

A hunter recently paid $725K at auction for the chance to pursue mule deer anywhere in the Arizona from Aug. 15, 2023, to Aug. 14, 2024.

In terms of whitetail hunting videos — and special stories — this one is tough to beat.

A large-racked mule deer is found tangled in a barbed-wire fence. The rescuers act swiftly and safely to free the buck.

Two golfers in a cart record the intense attack on a mule deer fawn by three coyotes.

In this 46-second video clip, you’ll see Melissa Bachman’s husband, Ben Bearshield, arrow a massive Kodiak Island brown bear at point-blank range.

A whitetail doe in Lansing, Michigan, is live trapped and then saved — from a stuck Halloween bucket.

Drones can provide never-before-seen views of wildlife in their natural habitat, and in this video, you’ll see a rare occurrence when a bull moose sheds both antlers simultaneously.

Bowhunting World’s Field Editor Darron McDougal says the Mathews Phase4 29 is the culmination of past innovations with two new and notable advancements, making the company’s new flagship bow the one to beat in 2023.

Each year, the author checks out the latest and greatest gear showcased at the industry-only Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show. These five items recently caught his attention during the 2023 ATA Show in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Think you know how to tell a 2.5-year-old whitetail buck from a 3.5-year-old? Or a 3.5-year-old from a 4.5-year-old? Take the buck aging test to find out.

Three products were recognized at the 2023 ATA Trade Show with New Product Launch Awards, including climbing sticks from Latitude Outdoors (gold), packs from Mystery Ranch (silver), and a bowsight from Redline Bowhunting (bronze).

You know that a big game animal's lungs expand when filled with air, but you’ve never seen it demonstrated in this way.

With their Ring camera, homeowners in southern Alaska capture rare video of a bull moose shedding both of his antlers at the same time.

The author field tests the new KUIU Proximity Jacket and Pant during frigid November whitetail bowhunts in South Dakota.

This video is proof you don’t need tons of expensive gear to be a successful duck hunter.

A decent-size whitetail buck steps onto a picked cornfield, and a youth hunter fires his .308 bolt-action. What happens next has to be seen to be believed.