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Female hunters are on the rise – and they’re appearing more and more on TV and in the news. Instead of men with beards, we’re seeing images of blondes in pearls with a shotgun (think Debutante Hunters).
A recent article on Salon, Nothing like “Duck Dynasty”: My life as a female hunter, points out that hunting isn’t as glamorous as hot girls with guns. Its author is a Korean-American professor who says she is neither hot, nor blonde, contrasting herself to one of the authors on our Sportswoman’s Reading List from this week (can you guess who by the covers?)
Paula Young Lee, the article author, says people are usually surprised – sometimes appalled – that she hunts. Here are two excerpts:
City people are frequently surprised to learn that “hunting” isn’t a unified monolith but consists of groups and subgroups, including bow hunters (defined by weapon), upland bird hunters (defined by quarry), and growing numbers of women (defined by gender).
… as a minority woman who hunts, I must either be inauthentic or incapable of seeing how my views have been co-opted by the patriarchy.
Lee is a former vegetarian and got into hunting because of food allergies. She wants to remind people that it’s hard work. And that it’s also worth the hard work – which we know you are well aware of.
Check out some of our recipes for new ideas on how to cook your harvest.
Paula Young Lee’s is the author of several books, including “Deer Hunting in Paris: A Memoir of God, Guns, and Game Meat”.
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