Brotherhood Outdoors

Mark Spreadborough, a skilled HVAC mechanic and UA member from Kalama, WA, isn't about to let a worn out u-joint on his truck keep him reaching Vancouver Island where he meets up with Brotherhood Outdoors co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen to hunt big black bears. Adding challenge to an already tough spot and stalk hunt, Mark attempts to kill a bear with the 1895 Winchester model .35 rif

IUEC elevator constructor Bill Schaber joins co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen in Illinois to help combat the growing population of invasive Asian carp'archery style. Combine the challenge of bowhunting with the excitement of flying fish, and you've got the makings for one heck of a good time. It's non-stop action and laughter as Bill, Daniel and Julie let arrows fly as hundreds of fis

Leroy Shull, a retired IBEW electrical worker who founded Fishing for Freedom to give wounded heroes a chance to enjoy bass fishing, gets the chance of a lifetime as Brotherhood Outdoors honors his service by sending him to the Florida Keys to experience deep sea fishing for the first time. The excitement begins as the lines go tight and Leroy battles it out with big, beautiful saltwater fish he o

With 20 years of guiding big game in NM and AZ under his belt, UA welder and outfitter Dan Reyes invites co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen to New Mexico where he guides Daniel Lee on a muzzleloader hunt for the iconic bull elk in an area renowned for trophy bulls. Follow the crew through the rugged Nevada landscape on this action-packed adventure.

Jason Delgado, an organizer for a Laborers union in New York City, gives hosts Daniel Lee and Julie a taste of open water fishing for mako shark and striper on a Big Apple fishing adventure. You wouldn't expect someone who couldn't swim as a child to join the Navy or develop a passion for fishing'especially 40 miles off-shore for mako shark, but that's just what Jason did. Tune in for some deep se

Larry Lucco and Dustin Ramage'cousins, avid waterfowlers and third and fourth generation union Laborers'invite co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen to Keck's Marsh in Illinois where they hunt flooded timber and farmland mallards as well as snow and Canada geese. Don't miss the fun as the skies fill with birds and the action begins at the sound of those glorious words, 'take 'em.'

Michael McShane, an IAFF fire fighter, travels from the Maine woods to the Arizona desert to meet co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen and put his bow to the test on mule deer, coues deer and javelina. For more than 10 years, Michael saved his change and then dollars in a six gallon water jug toward a hunting trip of a lifetime until, like is bad dream, it was stolen. Catch the action as B

Having never harvested anything larger than a 120-class whitetail buck with his bow, IUEC elevator constructor David Ragland joins co-hosts Daniel Lee Martin and Julie McQueen in the Wabash River area of southern Illinois, which has produced some of the largest whitetails in North America. Though David's dad wasn't a sportsman, he bought him his first fishing pole and drove him an hour to a farm t

This week, Daniel Lee and Julie head to Texas to meet Wisconsin sheet metal worker Mike Kraning and take him on his very first elk hunt. Before this once-in-a-lifetime trip, Mike had only one trophy hanging on his wall ̶ a road-kill buck that he got approval from the authorities to collect. Not only does Mike get to see bull elk in the wild for the first time on this adventure, he gets to

Though he never harvested anything larger than a 120-class whitetail buck with his bow, David Ragland, a Tennessee elevator constructor and self-taught hunter, proves that you don't have to harvest big bucks to be darn good at scoring them. But this week, he joins Daniel Lee and Julie in the Wabash River area of southern Illinois in hopes of scoring his own trophy in an area that has produced some

Not many people would nominate their boss for a trip of a lifetime, so when James Dyer submitted an application for his boss, Travis Simmons, to be a guest on Brotherhood Outdoors, Daniel Lee and Julie couldn't resist inviting both of the hardworking operating engineers on a tarpon fishing trip to Boca Grande, FL. Each summer, the full and new moon cause a phenomenon called hill tide, which puts a

This week's episode brings together Mike Higgins, quiet steelworker from Maine, and Mike 'Big Bird' Strickland, a boisterous sheet metal worker from Georgia, for an unforgettable (and frigid) Pere Marquette steelhead fishing adventure with Daniel Lee and Julie. After connecting several years ago on the Union Sportsmen's Alliance web forums and forming a virtual friendship, Mike and Mike finally ge

Remember the rush of hearing a bird on your first turkey hunt? In this week's episode, you'll get to watch Matt Gehris, an Illinois operating engineer, experience it when he meets Daniel Lee and Julie in Georgia for his first attempt at a big old tom. As he tries to soak up as much turkey hunting knowledge as possible to take it home and apply it in Illinois, Matt learns that awkward positions and

Despite coming from the cold of Minnesota to the heat of Texas, David Zinke, a hardworking journeyman plumber, can't seem to stop the shivers in order to steady his rifle at the sight of his first monster buck. With the deer in full rut and on the move, David tries to be patient and use the wind to seal the deal on a trophy while things prove not so simple on the other side of the property for Bro

In this episode, Ohio bricklayer and turkey fanatic Jay Blankenship is excited just to be joining Daniel Lee and Julie in Tennessee to bag his first out-of-state turkey. So when he's surprised with a bonus hunt for a huge, wild Russian boar, he's over the moon. After demonstrating his knack for conversing with gobblers, he proves that he's also up for the challenge of hunting mean and sometime dan

On small, flats boats in the dark of night, with only flashlights to catch the glistening eyes of those big toothy lizards, the guides from God's Country Outfitters lead Jason Gaal, a union painter from Illinois, on his first alligator hunt near San Mateo, Florida. Co-host Daniel Lee Martin ends up in the murky, gator-infested waters, but you'll have to tune in to find out how he got there.