The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) brought its Work Boots on the Ground conservation program to San Antonio, Texas on Jan. 17, when union trades workers, both from the local community…
by Bill Cooper Hawg hunters know that February can produce some of the biggest largemouth bass of the year. But it takes knowledge of the correct tactics and a lot…
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…
The Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s national outdoor TV series, Brotherhood Outdoors, takes veteran union operating engineer Bradley Richmond to Florida’s famed Boca Grande to fish for tarpon 11 a.m. ET on Sunday,…
by Beau Beasley More times than not when folks learn I’m a fly angler I hear a statement like, ‘I’ve always wanted to do that, but never took the time…
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…
A walk around the offices of IBEW Local 196 in Batavia, Illinois tells you a lot about Eric Patrick, the union man who runs the ship. He greets you with…
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 Bob McNally As a general rule, redfish are obliging predators… abundant, not difficult to find, and much of the time willing to hit lures and baits. But there are…
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 Bob McNally On a December night as dark as a witch’s heart, the boys on Bull Shoals Lake were “slow-rolling,” and they had a boat full of bass that…
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…
by Capt. Bert Deener I remember my first heartbreak related to line failure like it was yesterday. I was 12 years old and fishing my grandmother’s pond with my dad’s…
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…
A walk around the offices of IBEW Local 196 in Batavia, Illinois tells you a lot about Eric Patrick, the union man who runs the ship. He greets you with…
Pulling in a trophy silver king is something that Bradley Richmond, a 14-year veteran of Operating Engineers Local 150 in Rockford, Illinois, had only dreamed of. An unexpected invitation from…
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…