Luke Clausen There’s no shortage of activities competing for the attention of anglers during the fall. As anglers, it’s obvious we love to be outdoors; and after a summer of…
Submitted By: Tim Godbee, as appeared on www.fhfh.org Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry – Why use wild game, deer and elk, to feed the hungry? The answer to this…
Submitted By: Gary Klein – USA Guest Author and Pro Angler To watch the average bass tournament, the outcome is so often decided on who finds the best stretch of…
Submitted By: Tim Godbee, as appeared on www.fhfh.org Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry – Why use wild game, deer and elk, to feed the hungry? The answer to this…
Babe Winkelman Access to public hunting land in America is pretty darn good in most states. But there’s nothing like having access to a great piece of private land, where…
Ken Barrett As host of the union-sponsored TV show, TRCP’s Life in the Open, I often get asked if there is fishing in Alaska that doesn’t cost an arm and a…
Michael Hogan, IFPTE Local 121 I had just purchased a used 25’ Wellcraft Airslot boat powered by a modified Ford 305 engine and an OMC electric shift stern drive. My…
David Hart Want to kill more ducks? Of course you do. It’s really pretty simple, at least it should be, and experts agree that a handful of common mistakes can…
Craig Boddington I guess we all know that mule deer hunting today isn’t what it used to be. Of course, what you see depends upon where you stand. If you…
Submitted By: As appeared in The Outdoor Wire Flu is on everyone’s mind this autumn. So for hunters who start feeling lousy upon arrival in elk camp, the diagnosis may…
Doug Howlett Decoys for waterfowlers and even turkey hunters have become as important to those sportsmen as their shotguns and calls. Yet when it comes to whitetails, while many decoy…
Submitted By: Skeet Reese – USA Guest Author and BASS Pro Angler One of the many great things about fishing is that presents endless possibilities. Pretty much everyone takes to…
George Keller, IAFF 2041 Back in the 80s, my brother and I were fishing at a Texoma Lake in Oklahoma. My dad took us there many times as kids. My…
Tony DeKlerk, UA Local 422 It was September, and my hunting partner, Bob, and I drove 24 hours to Chimney Rock, Colorado to hunt elk for the first time. We…
Tony Kinton The bear, a big boar with a thick coat fresh from hibernation, eased from a tangle of spruce and approached the bait station. Paul, my guide, had not…
Doug Howlett If you’ve ever stood on a bank, rod and reel in hand, and wished you could just slip across to that little cove where the redfish were tailing…
Paul Markel Let’s play the word association game for a moment. I will say “Thompson Center” and bet that 90 out of 100 of you said “Contender.” The rest likely…
Babe Winkelman Want to see a funny video? Go to YouTube and do a search for Winkelman Tube (or click here). The first video to pop up will be one…
Jacob Hofbauer, IAFF 4660 A friend and fellow firefighter and I decided to go to our deer hunting lease on a very cold and snowy day. We made our plans…
Jay Yelas Among all the different factors that affect bass behavior, none has more impact than the seasons. Fish, especially bass, are ruled by the weather. Just like all creatures,…
Submitted By: Duane Puckett, Retired IAFF Local 157 member Congratulations to Duane Puckett on being drawn as the lucky winner in the USA member story contest, which ran from July through…
Craig Boddington I grew up in what we used to call the magnum craze, the late 1950s and on through the 60s when every new cartridge wore a belt and…
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