Peter B. Mathiesen If you wear glasses, there is one thing you can count on in the outdoors—they will fog up. Fishing is equally frustrating, just try looking through misty…
Peter B. Mathiesen If there’s one item that every boater, angler and human needs, it’s duct tape. Keep a roll in the garage, the truck and especially the boat. You…
USA Staff An organized tackle system, like the Plano Bill Dance 1234 tackle box pictured above, is the key to fishing success. Have the lures you plan to use readily…
USA Staff Keep your hooks sharpened for best results and fewer lost fish. Use an inexpensive hook file or an electric hook sharpener to touch up edges and points on…
USA Staff When tying any knot always wet your line so as not to damage the line, like the Orvis Generation 3 Clear Intermediate Fly line pictured above. This will…
Submitted By: The Outdoor Wire Brush up on these turkey hunting safety tips to help ensure a safe and hopefully successful day in the woods. Successful hunting trips require a…
Randy Hill, IUOE 150 Visiting a park with ducks and geese can improve your dog’s steadiness in the field. Visiting a park with ducks and geese can improve your dog’s…
Submitted By: By Lynn Fieldman, IBEW Local 176 Just like a good recipe, a good hunting dog begins with the ingredients (bloodlines) followed by a good trainer. If you’re looking…
M. D. Johnson If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t hurry to rise and pick him up. If you bag a squirrel from one mast tree, don’t…
M. D. Johnson Don’t walk directly at a sitting cottontail. Don’t walk directly at a sitting cottontail. Rather, walk toward the critter in a circular fashion, with each round slightly…
M. D. Johnson Black bears may look slow, clumsy and dim-witted, but they’re anything but. Black bears may look slow, clumsy and dim-witted, but they’re anything but. A spooked blackie…
M. D. Johnson It pays to be quiet when pursuing late-season roosters. It pays to be quiet when pursuing late-season roosters. Pheasants have extraordinary hearing, and six weeks of hunting…
M. D. Johnson When calling predators like fox and coyote, start out your sequence at a low volume… When calling predators like fox and coyote, start out your sequence at…
M. D. Johnson Red fox and grey fox both in your area, but one fetching a higher price than the other at the fur buyer’s shed? Red fox and grey…
Christopher Renshaw The first part of this series focused on food and water considerations in habitat management. The following components—shelter and space—comprise the more “management intense” aspects of creating usable…
David Hart Can you shoot one-inch groups at 100 yards? Do you knock down every deer, coyote or elk you shoot at? If your answer is “no,” there’s a simple…
Peter B. Mathiesen Keeping today’s ATVs in top running condition can be a lesson in computer training and electronics. New ATVs run more efficiently, and they’re more comfortable and powerful.…
Whether you’re interested in trolling for large rockfish, chumming for stripers or bottom fishing for all your favorite denizens of the deep, Never E-Nuff has you covered. Located in the…
Trail Creek Lodge is a full service hunting outfitter for elk, deer and antelope (operated by Paul Maliskey of Ironworkers Local 25). Trail Creek Lodge conducts hunts on private land…
Wildlife Pit Blinds Outfitter is proud to offer some of the best waterfowl (geese & duck) hunting in eastern Ontario. Marcel Viau, a member of U.A. local 71 in Ottawa,…
Windsong Adventures Outdoor Entertainment is a family owned and operated business located in Adair, Oklahoma, about an hour from Tulsa and Joplin (Roger M is with Ironworkers Local 21) .…
Contacts for all general inquires and media requests regarding the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, The Union Sportsmen’s Journal or Brotherhood Outdoors:
katen@unionsportsmen.org
Phone: (615) 332-4900
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Office: (615) 831-6795
forrestp@unionsportsmen.org
Mobile: (828) 788-1153
