Kate Cywinski For Gary Green, a Public Education Officer for IAFF Local 321, hunting is about the full experience. “The time I spend in nature gives me peace and pure…
Larry Nixon Among anglers, there is perhaps no more controversial topic than whether or not, as conservationists, we ought to fish for bass while they are spawning. Battle lines on…
Beau Beasley “Be careful Jim”, I said to my guide as he unhooked and then handed me my first West Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout. “I think he must have swallowed the…
Peter B. Mathiesen If you consider all the states that offer boars for bullets, my preference leans towards California. With extraordinary open mountains, the sunshine state provides a blackpowder hunter…
Kate Cywinski Anyone who thinks hunting is a man’s sport never met Barbara Ries, a hardworking member of IAMAW local 1886 with more hunting experience, backwoods knowledge and pure dedication…
Beau Beasley “Well, there they go,” chuckled veteran fly fishing angler Cory Routh, referring to the fishing boats and their crew that were leaving the docks in search of good…
Kate Cywinski As a full-time drywall finisher, father of five, volunteer fire fighter and small farm operator, Anthony Vecchio has little time to pursue his lifelong passions for hunting and…
Peter B. Mathiesen Few tugs on a rod are as memorable and robust as a double-digit lake trout. There’s only one problem. If you want to chase lakers in the…
David Hart Few issues among hunters are contentious as bait. Whether you love, hate it, or fall somewhere in between, baiting for deer, bear or other game is legal in…
Christopher Renshaw It was on every news channel, in every living room, across North America. This past October we were witness to a drama that has been played out repeatedly…
Kate Cywinski Russell Delaney, a member of IBEW local 2320, grew up hunting waterfowl along Cape Cod with his grandfather and uncle. Even on his first outing, he knew he…
Tony Kinton Few experiences are more thrilling than the sound and feel of a powerful bass boat zipping across a lake, headed toward some favorite spot where largemouth are abundant.…
Kate Cywinski John Scavotto’s passion for bow hunting is so great he sports a shoulder tattoo of a hunter in a tree-stand aiming down with a bow. He considers it…
M. D. Johnson The sweat running down your neck feels like someone opened a hot faucet under your hat. You try to ignore it, but it’s hard to concentrate. There!…
David Hart The splash of water takes us by surprise. It’s barely light enough to see the color on the Carry-Lite decoys bobbing in the brown water 10 yards out…
Chris Ellis Plain and simple, a streamer is a lure and fishing a streamer is the closest thing that a fly fisherman does to spin fishing. Throw the lure out,…
Kate Cywinski When Jay Rodriguez, a New York steamfitter, read about Captain Conway Bowman in Sportfishing Magazine, he never dreamed he would soon join him in San Diego to fly fish…
Lost at Sea Prairie dog shooting is a great social activity mostly because there is very little hunting involved. The standard modus operandi is to pull up on the edge of a…
David Hart The notion of ditching the desk job and pursuing a career as a full-time professional bass fisherman is an inviting one for many anglers. What could be a…
Kate Cywinski Todd Crawford, a Boilermaker with local 154 from Mingo Junction, OH, loves to make people laugh, whether he is with friends, family or creating an application video for…
David Hart The thunder of wings erupted from a wall of grapevines just 10 feet to my left. I spun, raised my shotgun, and scrambled to find the grouse that…
Beau Beasley Each spring, fly anglers across the country sort through their fly boxes to decide which patterns they’ll put to good use in the upcoming season and which won’t…