Entries Tagged Dave Maas

How thick must the ice be for safe ice fishing? Three inches? Four? And how do you use a spud bar to check the exact ice thickness? Watch and learn.

If you dropped your phone in frigid deep water while fishing and needed to dive to retrieve it, would you do it?

If you have a deer hunter on your Christmas list, then check out the author’s top 10 picks for stocking stuffers.

A primary benefit to tagging a big game animal is a freezer full of delicious meat. In the author’s experience — nearly a half century of eating big game steaks — these six species are the best of the best.

String-jumping can occur regardless of your crossbow’s speed, but here’s a tip — learned the hard way — on how to reduce it.

A hotel security guard was lucky to escape with only scratches after being swatted to the ground by a huge black bear in an Aspen, Colorado, hotel kitchen.

A hunter waits for a bedded muley to stand, and finally it does, offering a broadside shot. But what happens next is far from clear.

The most famous saying in hunting might be Roger Raglin’s “Jiminy Christmas!” His history with the phrase, and its true origins, will surprise you.

Whitetails are wired to be on full alert, but these five proven deer scents can fool them, especially during the rut.

During firearm whitetail season, a fisherman is out in his canoe on a lengthy float trip when he hears a distant gunshot. You won’t believe what happens next.

Every deer camp should have these two unique items on hand, not only to entertain, but to educate, too.

Mark Drury of Drury Outdoors TV fame is gun hunting with his mom, and she has a close encounter with a monster buck. But the buck lives for another day!

Mentors to new hunters should do everything they can to avoid these three pitfalls.