Posted on 05/06/2016 12:54:03 PM PDT by w1n1
EVA SHOCKEY HAS BECOME the face of women in the hunting movement, and that is a big deal. There have been exactly two women to grace the cover of Field & Stream magazine in the last 100 years: the first lady was Queen Elizabeth; the second Eva Shockey.
The National Shooting Sports Foundation reported that the increase in hunting participation from 2008 to 2012 among males was only 1.9 percent; among women it was 10. In those four short years, the number of female hunters jumped from 3.04 million to 3.35 million. Did Eva have anything to do with that? Many would say yes!
Here's a short excerpt interview with Eva:
ASJ Did you enjoy hunting from the beginning?
ES I loved it. I was always curious about it, and wanted to do something to spend time with my dad. He was obviously very passionate, and I wanted to see what it was he loved so much. The first animal I hunted was a warthog [laughs], because I was not sure I would like it, so I wanted to hunt something that was kind of ugly [laughs again]. After that I was hooked and jumped into all of this rather quickly. I didn’t intend for this to become my career.
ASJ There are more and more young women who seek you out and follow you as an inspiration. What do they tell you and what do you share with them?
ES The number of girls involved in hunting has really increased from just seven years ago when I started. I often hear that they appreciate me because I am a lady who hunts, and I don’t go into the woods pretending to be a guy. I don’t start swearing and spitting as soon as the hunt starts. I don’t want to be a guy. I stay true to myself – as ladylike as I can [laughs a little], classy as I can. I’m still me just wearing camo. That’s my biggest thing! You don’t have to be masculine to hunt, and you can just be yourself and love the outdoors. Read the rest of Eva Shockey interview here.
She is also a very avid air rifle shooter as well.
She can stalk me anytime!
NOT Guilty!
She can pull my string any time.
“She can stalk me anytime!”
I wouldn’t want to be on the receiving end of one of HER arrows...but Cupid just did a bullseye number on me.
Glad she’s on our side.
Yes. Yes I will join you in that blind.
One of the few identifiable humans; they usually have stuff like trout and moose:
Still, not too shabby.
Very pretty, but something about those eyes scares me.
Some more info: she is Canadian, and co-hosts a hunting show with her dad. Here is an interesting article dealing with hunting controversy:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/11/19/eva-shockey-the-princess-of-tvs-royal-hunting-family-takes-aim-at-bears-and-critics/
She is married, but I would be more worried about her dad, Jim Shockey.
She does have crazy girl eyes, and she is dangerous.
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