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Dave Maas Articles

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Whitetail Shot Placement With a Rifle: Is Broadside Best?

Of all the possible shot angles when rifle hunting for whitetails, the author’s favorites are quartering away and quartering toward.
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Video: Tips for Beating Target Panic From Levi Morgan (Part 1 of 4)

Legendary tournament shooter Levi Morgan spills the beans with his tips for beating target panic. Yes, he battles it, too! This is the first video of a four-part series.
Butt on the ground turkey ambush

Bowhunting Turkeys Without a Ground Blind

You don’t need a ground blind for bowhunting turkeys. The key is hiding behind one or two strutting decoys.
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Food Plot Shape: Why Long and Narrow Is Best for Whitetails

Do you think food plot shape matters for whitetails, or is it all about the total acres available?
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3 Surprisingly Helpful Products for Enduring Coronavirus Shelter-in-Place Orders

The coronavirus pandemic is affecting every aspect of our lives. During the last couple weeks, the author has discovered three surprisingly helpful products to make life just a little bit easier during shelter-in-place orders.
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Tip for Exiting Food Plot Stands: Bump Deer With a Truck

It’s impossible to exit some food plot stands without alerting feeding deer. The trick is to do it in a way that doesn’t educate them.
Dave and Scott with jakes

Bowhunting Turkeys: Why I Don’t Pass on Jakes

This spring while bowhunting turkeys, the author won’t pass shot opportunities on jakes. Will you?
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Bowhunting Turkeys: Test Your Bowsight Pins for Point-Blank Shots

Don’t make the mistake of assuming your top bowsight pin is the correct choice for bowhunting turkeys and taking shots at point-blank range.
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Food Plots: Why I’m Finished Planting Soybeans

The author has planted soybeans for many years in his Midwest food plots, but that stops in 2020.
Dad frost seeding food plot

Early Spring Frost Seeding: Do It Now!

If you have food plots with bare soil, then now is the time for frost seeding clover.
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Pope and Young Club Announces Live Online Auction

Because the Pope and Young Club annual convention was cancelled for 2020, the organization is moving its primary fundraiser — the big game hunts auction — online.
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Archery Shooting Tip: Don’t Punch the Trigger

Accuracy on the range and at animals can go south for many reasons, but one of the most common mistakes with an index-style release is punching the trigger.
How to Enter and Exit Deer Stands

Tips for How to Enter and Exit Deer Stands

If you don’t have a solid game plan on how to enter and exit deer stands, then whitetails will see or smell you — or both — killing your chance of success.