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We loved hearing from many of you via Instagram, Facebook and Twitter during National Shooting Sports Foundation’s 2015 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoors Tradeshow last week!  How exciting it was and overwhelming at times as it was our first SHOT Show ever!!  Here are our top highlights:

• Meeting women of the industry (too many great women to list here but -wow- we have renewed energy for our cause! What motivation!! And you’ll be hearing from many of them as guest posters!)
• Eva Shockey (we’ll be directly delivering our petitions by the end of February.  Final reminder – sign here!)
• Meeting passionate and quality retailers and manufacturers.  And – yep – we’re name dropping a few right here, right now! … Bass Pro (king of the sporting world), First Lite (new women’s line for spring 2015! Ca...

Who’s in the news? Camo is the New Black is in the news!

CITNB co-founder Whitney had a great time at SHOT Show (and we’ll be posting more about that soon). In the meantime, you can read about it in the UT San Diego article, “Women buying guns more than ever.” Here’s a little teaser quote from Whitney:

LAS VEGAS — Maybe you’ve noticed, maybe you haven’t, but more and more women are getting into owning guns and hunting than at any time in this country’s history.

Just look at what’s out there right now if you want proof. Whitney Tawney is co-founder of Camo is the New Black. It’s an independent blog that is building a community among sportswomen and providing a platform for them to share their stories.

The other night a few friends gathered around our kitchen table to share the first piece of backstrap from my very first deer. It was a beautiful and delicious experience that, just six years ago, I never would have imagined happening in my life. I didn’t grow up hunting and neither did Nick. In fact, up through early adulthood I didn’t know a single person who hunted. I didn’t know a single person who even owned a gun or a bow.

Now in my late 20’s, here I am — a new hunter with a new blog. There’s certainly no shortage of hunting websites and blogs out there. Was there really need for another? I think the answer is ‘yes’, and here’s why.

When Nick and I finally decided that we wanted to harvest our own wild game, we were just two city-dwelling adult vegans living on gra...

Ladies and Gentlemen – exciting news!  This year CAMO IS THE NEW BLACK will be at the National Shooting Sports Foundation’s 2015 Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show January 20-23 in Las Vegas, Nevada!!  The conference is the world’s premier exposition of outdoor retailers from firearms and ammunition to cutlery, optics and outdoor apparel – so you know we’ll be on the hunt for the best gear and equipment for women!! AND sharing what we find!

Keep your eyes on social media and if you want to connect directly with Whitney email her at whitney@camoisthenewblack.com

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Brandon Butler is back on CITNB to share an update after unexpectedly losing his hunting dog, Junior.

Willie, now 11-months old, retrieved four ducks on his first hunt, while wearing Junior’s vest.

Losing Junior tore a hole in my heart. He was a four-year old black lab in the prime of his life, and he was a duck hunting machine. We were ready for the epic waterfowl flight of 2014, but that dream died with him back in September.

Life must go on, and duck hunting is part of my life, so I needed another dog. There wasn’t a second thought of what the next dog would be. It would be a black lab male.  Yet, I knew no matter how hard I tried to value this next dog on his own merit, he’d suffer the fate of following in the footsteps of a giant.

With teal season already open, I started my sear...