Dave Maas Articles

The fanny pack gets a bad rap among the general public when it comes to fashion, but it still has a prominent place in the whitetail woods.

A special panel of judges from the Pope and Young Club recently recognized a new archery world record mountain goat.

There’s no one right way to draw a compound bow, but the safest method for your shoulder might be the draw-low method.

With all due respect to a grunt call, the snort/wheeze is a whitetail hunter’s most effective long-range deer vocalization.

Don’t assume a scoped rifle, slug gun or muzzleloader is still driving tacks if you traveled to deer camp by airplane. Here are three tips for sighting-in firearms before heading into the field.

While movable, single-pin bowsights are tremendously popular today, the author prefers the simplicity and speed of fixed-pin bowsights.

Pursuing mature bucks is great, but sometimes getting back to the basics of whitetail hunting and targeting any deer is welcomed.

One key to success in bowhunting turkeys is to place your lifelike decoys at only 5 to 7 yards.

Can you recall any especially helpful nuggets of advice you've been given about hunting, fishing, or the outdoors in general? Here are some that stand out to us.

Bowhunting turkeys isn’t easy, but it can be made simpler by choosing a broadhead designed for head/neck shots.

You worked hard during the 2019/2020 deer season, hunted numerous days but still came home without a mature whitetail buck. What happened?

For only $10, hunters less than 18 years old can join the P&Y Club as youth member, and be entered to win one of three hunts.

Each year, hunting buddies ask the author to name his favorite products from the annual Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show. These six items, which vary in size from minuscule to monstrous, caught his attention.

With hunting seasons closed out across the country, it’s time for all hunters to tackle the toughest time of the year. The question for many is “What now?”

The annual Archery Trade Association (ATA) Show is the place to be to try out new and innovative archery products, including this year’s crop of high-performance crossbows.

The author put the Glacier Stainless 1L Vacuum Bottle from GSI Outdoors to the test in the duck blind during 2019.

It's time to nail down your 2020 New Year's resolutions. Here are some from the staff here at Grand View Outdoors.

This intense video of using a chainsaw to free locked whitetail bucks definitely falls into the “do NOT try this at home” category.

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Our editors and staff weigh in on what they want to find under the tree this year.

State wildlife departments continue to wrestle with the topic of CWD, and North Carolina is next in line with proposing a ban of urine-based scents.

The family that hunts together, stays together, right? Not necessarily.

Cold-weather bowhunts from natural ground blinds and treestands demand warm, quiet clothing. Does Thiessens — a newcomer in outdoor apparel — deliver?

If you like to ambush whitetails from the ground, without the use of a blind, then use this tactic to draw your bow undetected.

Do you ever think about how you would like to spend your final minutes on Earth?

Kansas is home to monster whitetails, but the author’s third trip to the Sunflower State looked like it would end with another bowl of tag soup.

In a day when heavily managed private lands are the norm and hunters don’t kill a specific buck unless they “have a history” with the animal, this story serves as a reminder about what’s most important.

FeraDyne Outdoors partners on a photo contest with Tom Miranda and the Lazy CK Ranch in Texas.

To minimize the chance of a poor hit, bowhunters can learn from this informative video that details a deer’s reaction to the sound of a shot.