Statistics seem to indicate women are the fastest growing hunting group. I wish that were the case in my family. My wife and daughter are non hunters, daughter is also a vegan. My son used to hunt, but not much anymore. Out of the blue my nine year old grand daughter has stated she wants to begin hunting. Hope it is true. I have been lucky to be able to hunt often all over the world, would be nice to have family along.

Hixomcm;
There was a day when I posted daily to this site. It was full of ladies that hunted and shared the same passion as you and I. We had a leader on this site, Kim and she made it interesting, informative and exciting. She had a Gear Giveaway and she was fair in chosing who got the prize.
I have posted stories of many of my hunts and time that I spent in the woods. Hunting is my passion but I love sharing the stories and hearing the feedback from the readers. I LOVED the site as it was made of of both men and women and to get both sides views and opinions was awesome.
I have tried many times to get a subject started and after a couple of responses, it just got dropped. It just seems like nobody visits the Huntress site and it is very sad.
I don't believe there is a man on this earth that loves hunting more than I do. I have been blessed in my life and have traveled many places to hunt and have taken some amazing animals...with my bow. I have had three stories published and a 4th one is soon to be. I found a magazine that is always looking for stories written by their readers and once again, I love sharing the stories.
It would be awesome to have this site as exciting as it once was. I truely miss it and though I frequent the other sites, they definately are male dominated...if that is the correct word.
I check in often so keep the posts coming.
JB

Happy Myles MEGA DITTO's

Some of the best hunters especially in competition shooting were Women, one of them just happened to be NRA National Champion and you would never had known it.

Females especially Teenagers are seriously overlooked. One I gave a crack at Small Bore Competition back in June of 85 went on to the Olympic tryouts in June 86 at the Whittington Center Raton New Mexico.

Never ever underestimate a Lady!

Or PigHunter, she could be creative like me and use her name=) lol
We would love to have her...I really miss they day when this site was ALIVE. We all have so many stories and ideas to share.
Hope she will join us.
JB

I love to hunt. My husband & I have tought our oldest daughter to hunt and she loves it. Our younger daughter on the other hand isnt for sure. She doesnt like the noise or shooting. I am thinking about getting her a bow. I think it might be a good start to getting her out & enjoying what we love.

i enjoyed it when kim was on here and was disappointed when she left. i'd like to see this part of the site revived.

Crowman...I commend your for realizing that "women bring a new perspective to the sport". I have preached until I am blue in the face that hunting stories written by women see a totally different side of the hunt than that of a man.
I love to hunt, it is my passion and during my hunts I write in my journal. When I return I write a story of EVERY hunt that I go on. Rarely do you see a man write about the beautiful cardinal that sat in the tree to the right of the stand. At the same time, the feeder went off and a sow and 4 piglets ran in to the site. We see differently but at the same time, we all get around to the same thing and that is the hunt and the harvest.
I have had people read my stories and many of them are men and all of them have said "they felt like they were right there in the stand with me".
But pick up any magazine and see if you can find stories written by women. I have only had one magazine that has published my stories, three with a forth upcoming. The first one the outfitter called me and asked what I had written as his phone had not stopped ringing since the magazine hit the mailboxes. All I wrote was the story of the hunt....thru the eyes of a woman.
I have a husband that encourages every hunt I go on and I think I have made him pretty proud with my harvests. More men need to encourage their wives, girl friends or daughters to get out and enjoy the sport.
It use to be a man's sport but fortunately I had a dad that taught me to hunt and fish. He made me who I am today and I am proud of it.
Thanks for the encouraging words to all the girls out there.
JB

Oh tell us grasshopper! lol
Jacee...it is great to see you peaking in. Congrats on the moose tag, honestly that is the greatest hunt I have been on.
Threw my name in the hat for this fall should the guide have an opening. I would give the tag to my husband just so that I could see the hunt from where he saw mine last fall. I feel like I missed so much being the hunter and not the observer. I loved it from my vantage point but his had to be awesome too.
Keep me posted as to how your hunt went. I will be waiting to hear.
JB

Thanks to whomever started this thread. I've never hunted before, but have become increasingly interested. Before I met my boyfriend Rick, the world of hunting was like Jeremiah Johnson for me, mere folk tales. I'm also from California, so hunting has always been kind of taboo. As for myself, I was on the fence. I didn’t know what to think about it. In fact, I had never even thought about it. It was simply understood around here that it was something people did not do anymore. It didn’t exist.

Oh. And did I mention I was Asian? Hunting-- anything physical, really-- belongs to the world of men in Asian culture. Not that I ever let that stop me.

Rick started slow and was respectful about it. It started with just stories, stories that I came to fall in love with. He told me about his family back in Nebraska, how much he loves hunting with his cousins and just being outside and living off the land. Then he showed me all his rifles and shotguns, ones he's had for a very long time. I could tell it was something special for him. “I’ve never shown any woman my guns before,” he said. It made me laugh because he was actually sweating.

Later, Rick showed me how to trim and prepare venison. I loved it so much that I started a food blog about preparing wild game. Slowly, I realized that hunting isn't just a sport, filled with testosterone-crazy men. It's about family, tradition and reminding yourself that every meal is a gift. I am lucky for such a good start, and I have Rick to thank for that.

I have been learning how to shoot, and will be going to Nebraska with Rick this fall. I've never been to the Midwest before, and I am anxious to experience what he's been talking about for the past two years now. He also got me my first shotgun, which I am very excited about. I hope to shoot some birds this yaer, once I get my shooting up to par. Who would’ve thought that I would ever be a gun owner? It’s not something you’d hear often from a woman in LA.

This thread has inspired me. Perhaps I will write something about my experience when I return from Nebraska, proudly knowing that I shot my first deer. I love to write and have been doing it for a while, both for fun and professionally.

And yes, I will be writing from a purely female perspective.

-Jen

You are all welcome to visit our food blog. www.foodforhunters.blogspot.com

Judy I was thinking of the female perspective moose hunting over the weekend. My husband and I had a discussion about this (keep in mind he is outnumbered, three girls to one guy!). I wanted to talk about the different colors of the aspens, how some were more reddish than others. I stopped several times to take pictures. We (aspen and I) had to stop for many bathroom breaks, and we would look at the dew, for bedding sites, and at the trees for sign. He mentioned that we are hunting and don't have time for leaves, and pictures, and all the potty breaks. I told him to kiss my ass, I was the one with the moose license!

MORE FEMALE HUNTERS!!!! Nothing more attractive than a cute girl that will go sit on stand with you all day!!!

I think all us woman hunters need to band together and give them boys in camo a run for their money!! Bring on the pink camo and lets show them we got game too!!I have 2 females cousins and a daughter who have a great love for hunting and I just think its sad that they have almost pushed hunting as a mans sport,Well I got more bucks on the wall them my man and Im just as proud as he is to display them :)Us Huntresses are gonna walk to walk and talk the talk!!WOOT WOOT!! Our gun season opens next weekend and been seeing a few nice bucks so hoping one of those bad boys roll by and BEST of luck to all the ladies out there on all your hunting adventures!!

Congratulations!!!!! What a story and how dang exciting. I am so proud of you.
Moose meat is awesome and there is no fat in the meat. We are still eating off of mine.
Once again, congratulations and thanks for the post. I had been thinking about you.
Jude
ps..talk about last day, last minute. whew