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Brenna is a Montana native, currently living in Colorado with her 2 cats and 2 dogs. Oh yeah, and her partner in crime, Andrew. She spends the majority of her free time fly fishing for trout, and most recently started fishing for carp. On days she cannot fish, Brenna runs a Facebook & blog called Rods, Reels...

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During SHOT Show in late January, the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSFF) released their latest study about women gun owners. The study surveyed 1001 women from ages 18-65 about their buying behavior and participation in shooting sports such as target shooting and hunting.  This NSSF info-graphic further highlights the study’s findings:

*NSSF’s “Women Gun Owners” report is available to NSSF members and to media by request.

By Steven Rinella 

Originally published on The MeatEater.com and reposted here with permission from the author.

The other day my wife and I got news that our new baby, due this December, is a girl. As we lay in bed that night, my wife expressed her desire that I teach our daughter to hunt with the same enthusiasm that I use with our 2-year-old son. After assuring her that I would, I got to wondering how I’d go about fulfilling my promise.

It’s no secret that there’s a shortage of female representation in the hunting world. Women comprise some 52% of the American population yet account for only about 9% of the approximate 12.5 million licensed hunters in the country.

This discrepancy can be partially explained through human history...

We came across this article by Holly Heyser in Shotgun Life recently and it reminded us of something we kept running into when getting this blog off of the ground.

As a woman hunter, Holly writes that she was surprised to learn that there aren’t many women who go hunting alone or with other women. In “Women Duck Hunters: Growing in Number but Lagging in Independence?,” she writes that even when hunting with a guide, women are more likely to go hunting with a male companion.

This is not shocking to us. (But we are glad that a seasoned female hunter was shocked.)

Circling back to what this reminded us of.

We started this blog wanting to share tips and tricks, recipes and gear advice, sure. But we really wanted to share women’s stories.

Both working in conservation at the time, we brainstorme...