Women Hunters on the Rise
When you hear so often about hunter numbers decreasing, it’s always nice to hear there are new hunters going afield. That was the case with me when I read this article about female hunters increasing.
Since my mother is a hunter, I’ve never had a problem with female hunters and have hunted with many of them over the years. I’ve always felt that if more women gave it a chance, they would find they actually enjoyed it just as much as men. Now with a 72% increase in five years to 3.4 million American women hunting, I think I was right.
One of the reasons for the increase is because hunting is becoming more acceptable of women. Once a man’s sport, females feel more welcome and the trend needs to continue. Many states offer programs of some sort for women who wish to go afield, companies are targeting merchandise for female hunters, and more females are writing about hunting. These all help in drawing in female hunters.
This is a trend that I, for one, am glad to see.
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