All the RepYourWater gear going to blog subscriber Debra Wright.

The time has come! We drew one winner at random who has subscribed to our blog and the winner is… Debra Wright.

Debra has won the following gear from RepYourWater:

• One Trout Camo Hat
• Two Trout Camo Sun Shield Gators
• RepYourWater stickers

Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed to Camo is the New Black! And congratulations to Debra!

We have more giveaways in the works so keep checking back for your chance to win.

Wondering what to get your sportswoman this Valentine’s Day? Flowers are nice, but we bet you can be a little more original. We’ve got you covered! Check out these goodies for some ideas:

(Clockwise from top left): The Cadillac of lady waterfowl jackets from Drake Waterfowl | Earrings with a bang | The most complete modern how to cookbook (Afield by Jesse Griffiths) for wild game and fish | And last but not least, don’t forget to keep her warm with Hotties

Katniss Everdeen is inspiring young girls to try archery. (Photo from IMDB.com)

A series of news articles (such as here, here and here) report that The Hunger Games movie series, among some other popular shows, have contributed to an uptick of young girls learning archery.

John Shappel teaches at Tri-State Archery in Dubuque in Iowa was quoted in THOnline.com saying:

“Most of the new archers I’ve seen myself are young ladies,” said Shappell, who is on the Dubuque Field Archers board of directors. “Most of the younger girls, say 13 and down, are looking to get into sport. They’ve seen ‘Hunger Games,’ and say, ‘Yeah, I have to go and shoot archery.'”

As it seems we most often hear of negative effects of popular culture, we say this comes as welcome news...

Peggy Sundstrom

Seduced to Hunt

It’s true.  I was seduced to become a hunter more than 25 years ago, and not in the way you might think.  While I had fallen in love with an avid waterfowl hunter whose passion for the sport intrigued me, I was not, in fact, seduced to the hunt by him, but by my first taste of bacon-wrapped teriyaki duck.

I grew up in an urban household with a focus on outdoor activities, including camping, backpacking, fishing and other such avocations, but not hunting.  The closest I had come to game was at a restaurant that served delicious, but certainly not wild, meat (think farmed venison or boar).  I was an enthusiastic cook, but I hadn’t given much consideration to harvesting my own meat...

We are already starting to have a community and we want to show you our love!  We have great products from Colorado company RepYourWater to giveaway.  The winner will get what is listed and pictured below:

• One Trout Camo Hat
• Two Trout Camo Sun Shield Gators
• RepYourWater stickers

All you have to do to enter is Subscribe to our blog! Just enter your email address in the box to the right and you’re done! We’ll announce the random winner on Monday, February 10, so be checking back!

Subscribe to Camo is the New Black for a chance to win! Enter in the sidebar at the top right of the page.

RepYourWater was born out of their desire to represent their love of fishing throughout Colorado with the creation of the original Colorado Flag Trout logo...