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In the news: Backcountry Hunters & Anglers Inaugural Women and Hunting Panel

IN-THE-NEWS

 

Just a few weeks ago, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers hosted their annual Rendezvous in Denver, Colorado.  Unlike other years, BHA included a women and hunting panel.  The panel was a big success with good attendance featuring Prois Hunting marketing rep Paige Hill Murphy, Extreme Huntress Amanda Lowrey, Seek Outside owner and founder Angie Timm and Camo is The New Black co-founder Whitney.  Check out this video featuring the panel:

We were proud to be a part of a panel of such high caliber women and encouraged to have a hunting and fishing organization feature women so prominently.  This is only the beginning…

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Shoot with the Girls

Tips-and-Tricks
Heather shooting an MR-15 at SEOPA.

Heather shooting an MR-15 at SEOPA.

Shooting can be really fun. It can also be really intimidating, especially when surrounded by a bunch of men who seem to know what they’re doing.

For work, we attend conventions and some of them include days at the shooting range. I’ve been trap shooting and felt rushed, trying to fumble with a too-big-for-me gun while the experienced shooters wait for their turn. By far the best experience I’ve had is at SEOPA, where they hosted a women’s-only shoot for an hour or so before it was opened up to everyone.

Most of the women who attended this hour-long shoot didn’t have any experience with guns. Others were like me: like to go to the range but don’t very often. It was awesome to see the difference in atmosphere when it was just the ladies lined up...

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Archery and the Zombie Apocalypse

Guest Post

The following is a repost from Archery360.com by Shannon Rikard.

Photo credit: Dead Snow

Photo credit: Dead Snow

Zombies are everywhere! OK. If you consider that legions of undead aren’t actually swarming the streets – there’s really no need to run to your window and look – zombies aren’t everywhere. They are, however, featured so often in books, movies and TV shows that it’s hard to escape the topic.

When someone mentions zombies, it’s often in the context of a “zombie apocalypse,” a term made mega-famous by “The Walking Dead,” “World War Z” and other media references. But what exactly does the term mean? Generally, “zombie apocalypse” refers to a widespread rise of undead humans that engage in an assault on civilization.

Zombie “facts” are as abundant as are the ideas about how to...

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Three and Out

Guest Post
Jill Beauchesne Alban

Jill Beauchesne Alban

It’s spring in Montana. Two weekends ago, I couldn’t get my car out of the driveway because of a blizzard that dumped close to two feet of snow in Missoula. Then, in a matter of days, warm temperatures melted most of the snow and bumped up local rivers to what the fishing guides call “chocolate milk.” Thankfully, the water started going down only a few days later, coinciding with a spate of days in the upper 50s.

When the weather gets a bit warm, the rivers around here start to beckon me, like they’re whispering my name. It hasn’t always been this way. When I first moved to Montana 10 years ago, I was mystified by the mania of fly-fishing and the way it drove my friends to wake up at 6 AM to hit a morning hatch...

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Wild Game, It’s what’s For Dinner

IN-THE-NEWS

The following is a repost by Bob St. Pierre from the Pheasant Blog.

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“Hunters are increasingly motivated by meat,” that’s the headline of a report released on Wednesday byResponsive Management, an international survey research firm. According to their findings, the percentage of hunters identifying “for the meat” as the most important reason for hunting participation rose from 22 percent in 2006 up to 35 percent during this year’s study.

The report attributes the 13 percent climb to three factors; 1) the recession, 2) the locavore movement and 3) the increased participation of females in hunting...

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