Local 1 MA member Daniel Putnam, with his duck dog, Blackie, is an avid hunter who also enjoys salt and fresh water fishing. Putnam has been a member of Local 1 for 35 years.

Mark Stemple of Local 3 MA with his wife, Sharon, on a recent ski trip to Maine.

Ernesto Francescon has been a member of Local 7 NY/NJ since April 1952 and an avid hunter all of his adult life. Pictured above is Brother Francescon, center, with sons Peter, left, and Anthony, also a Local 7 member, after a successful trip to the Catskills.

Local 2 NY member Pat Salerno shot this 226.5 lb., 10-point whitetail buck while hunting in the Adirondack Mountains last November

Four-year old Cayley Marie McGrogan, daughter of Local 4 NJ member John McGrogan, shows off her first “brookie” caught on a recent trip to Northern Maine.

Even at 80 years of age, Alton Smith of Local 1 MD/VA/DC stays active in his archery club, which he joined more than 50 years ago. Smith was Maryland State Champion and two-time winner of the Virginia State Championship. When he isn’t competing at archery, Smith enjoys traveling with his wife. Last December, they visited Heroes Square in Budapest, Hungary during a trip to Eastern Europe.

Gold Card member and retired President of former Local 1 KY, Dick Mahoney’s granddaughter, Amanda “Cissy” Mahoney, is an avid volleyball player. Nominated to participate in the Third Annual National Volleyball Invitational Tournament in 2002, she represented the top five percent of the United States’ Junior Volleyball Class. Cissy went on to play at the University of West Georgia and at Perimeter College in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where she is currently enrolled.

Tom Taylor, left, and Charles Taylor both of Local 4 IN/KY are third and fourth generation bricklayers and qualifiers for the North American Ice Fishing Championship. As Charles Taylor puts it, “The love of outdoors runs deep in our genes.” Tom’s father, Howard, was an avid duck hunter, fly fisherman, BAC 60-year member, and former Local 18 IN Business Agent.

From left, Perry Leazier, 46-year member of Local 4 IN/KY with son Bernie, and yellow lab, Rae, show off their Canadian geese bagged in September 2004. With some of the best goose hunting in the country, Perry and Bernie chose to hunt the fields and water close to home.

Local 4 IN/KY members and family ventured out to northwest Indiana last December to hunt pheasant. Front row, from left, Trent Norman and Patrick Brown. Back row, from left, Apprentice Instructor Bob Green (seated), Secretary-Treasurer Jerry Brown, retired Apprentice Instructor Jerry Kusek, and Field Representative Dale Johnsen.

Local 4 IN/KY member Brad Egeske’s son, Nat, 13, shot his first buck with a bow. Here’s Nat with the 10-point, 172-lb. buck.

Local 5 NJ member Bill Taucher displays his catch while fishing in Wardenville , West Virginia in February. The 71-lb.11-oz., 50.75-inch grass carp, caught on a 6-lb. test line, earning Taucher a West Virginia state record.

Local 5 NJ member David Price is proud of his two, talented daughters, and with good reason. Brandy Price, above, of Northern Burlington High School ranked 8 th nationally in the U.S. Girls Wrestling Association in 2005. Her sister Brooke, above right, competes in an advanced level AAU Basketball league with the Philadelphia Bells. She also plays soccer and lacrosse at Northern Burlington High School.

Local 1 PA/DE member Brian Ayers belongs to the Red Clay Bass Club, where he won third place in 2001, “Lunker of the Year” in 2002, and first place in 2003. But he is most proud of his son, Brandon, a well-rounded scholar-athlete. Currently a high school junior, Brandon took up wrestling and football in the third grade and has earned varsity letters in both sports, in addition to playing PAL basketball for two years. Recently, he placed first in Delaware’s Business Professionals of America Competition for Office Medical Procedures.

George Metz of Local 1 PA/DE was pleased with the outcome of a hunting trip in Montana with fellow bricklayers last December.

Eddie Easton of Local 9 PA and owner of Potter Country Outfitters of Coudersport, PA, bagged these animals last December.

Terry Mariacher, Executive Vice President of Local 9 PA, had a successful caribou hunting trip last September with Jack Hume Adventures. “It was a great trip,” Mariacher says, “and I bagged two caribou on the second day!”

Local 9 PA member G. Sam Carns caught this 3.5-lb., 20-inch brook trout in April 2003 while fishing on Curry Run, Pennsylvania.

Wally Struble of Local 9 PA shot this Rio Grande turkey in March 2005 while hunting in Hawaii. With a 9.75-inch beard and weight of 19.5 lbs., this tom is a catch in any state!

Brother Carns with his Faueret bull elk in October 2004. Carns, a 37-year member of Local 9, trained this seven-year old, 5x5-point, wild elk to come to him when he calls.

Bruce Gloss, 27-year member of Local 5 PA, took this antelope while hunting in Wyoming last fall. Gloss says, “Hunting and the outdoors is my life’s passion.”

Thomas Simon, a proud member of Local 67 IL, above left, shows off his 5x5 bow-killed elk in Saskatchewan. The elk weighed between 1000–1100 lbs., and scored over 340.

Local 6 IL 50-year member Don Hazelwood bagged this 10-point buck during last year’s shotgun season.

John “Jac” Anderson, 30-year member of Local 6 MI, bagged this 8-point buck last November. The deer’s estimated live weight was 210 lbs. with a 15-inch inside spread.