By Bill Cooper Sometimes an Eastern wild turkey gobbler can be as hard to get as pulling hens’ teeth. Renowned turkey hunter Ray Eye learned, through decades of turkey hunting,…
by M.D. Johnson My wife, Julia Carol, and I have a garage sale house. No, we didn’t buy our place at a garage sale. However, many—perhaps a majority—of the things…
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) national outdoor TV series, Brotherhood Outdoors, takes Derek Carrington of Buchanan, Michigan on a Kansas whitetail hunt on Sunday, April 6, at 11 a.m. ET…
by David Hart There’s nothing more frustrating than missing an easy shot at a target or an animal. It happens to everyone, of course, but it usually happens because of…
by Bill Cooper Watching masses of snow geese cyclone down into a crop field is one of the most amazing spectacles in nature. From a distance, the mix of birds…
by M.D. Johnson Remember the Lay’s Potato Chip commercial? During the 30-second spot, the announcer proclaims, “I bet you can’t eat just one.” Well, that’s how it is with turkey…
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) national outdoor TV series, Brotherhood Outdoors, takes Chad Keller, a union coal miner from Philippi, West Virginia, to Illinois, for a Thanksgiving Day white-tailed deer…
by David Hart Deer season may be over for most of us, but for guys like Dennis Williams, the season never really ends. While others are watching a basketball game…
By Laura Tingo Joe Harris of Chesterfield County, Virginia, said family and hunting are what he lives for. A retired union machinist and member of IAM Local 10 for going…
by Bill Cooper Shakespeare once said that all the world is a stage upon which we players await our entrances and exits. This stage, and this entrance, began our quest…
After spending more than 30 years hunting deer, elk and squirrel and reeling in his share of fish, Derek Carrington, a member of Roofers Local 23 in South Bend, Indiana…
Chad Keller, a West Virginia coal miner with UMWA Local 9909 has hunted deer for going on 30 years now, but when Brotherhood Outdoors took him on a trip to…
by David Hart The sight of a dozen mallards filtering through the treetops as their wings slapped against limbs was unlike anything I’d seen before. I stood mesmerized by the…
by M.D. Johnson My father has a very simple theory when it comes to shotgun maintenance. “If you take it into the field, it gets wiped down,” he’d say. “If…
Increase in support powers expansion of conservation, youth initiatives The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) rings in the new year with landmark growth in its membership to 213,000 members. This positions…
Winter brings the holidays, the new year, and – for many – hunting. It may be too late to get in that big game hunting, but in most areas there’s…
by Bill Cooper At the roar of my single barreled 12 gauge Stevens shotgun, an enormous cloud of dry dust enveloped the cottontail rabbit bounding full speed across my Dad’s…
by Beau Tallent Hunting for late season, post-rut bucks can be tough. Bucks have been pressured, and the chance of a mature, mossy-horned monarch trotting by blinded by love are…
by Kenneth L. Kieser Recent mild winters have made Missouri a hot area for duck hunting. Most duck species have migrated to southern states by December, but wads of mallards…
Over the years, Gene Barnes, his brother Greg and their father Harlyn enjoyed hunting small game, deer and elk together. Both Gene and Greg experienced the thrill of taking an…
by Bill Cooper A cloud of black, sulphur-smelling smoke blocked my vision. I had just pulled the trigger of my CVA Optima muzzleloader, while looking down the barrel at a…
by Kenneth L. Kieser Missouri hunters were born with a silver spoon in their double-clucking, goose-calling mouths. The Show Me State, in the heart of the Mississippi Flyway, has always…