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Forget the day spa: How hunting and fishing trips have become the new retreats of choice for women
Mail Online ^ | 3/22/2012 | AP

Posted on 03/23/2012 4:58:38 AM PDT by Kimmers

Erika Faulk and her cousin, Gale Robinson, could have met up for a weekend spa retreat or planned a shopping excursion, but the two middle-aged, suburban moms opted for weekend learning to shoot guns, build campfires and track deer deep in the Ocala National Forest. Faulk, Robinson and about 100 other women were taking part in a three-day workshop called 'Becoming an Outdoors-Woman'. The program began two decades ago in Wisconsin and has spread to 40 states and Canada as a way to teach women the skills needed to enjoy outdoor activities.

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TOPICS: Outdoors
KEYWORDS: banglist; chickshutin; fishin
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To: Kimmers

Ugh...men hunt...fish...women stay in cave ugh...

I grew up hunting and fishing with my Grandfather, thankfully he was the strong man in my life while I was growing up, my parents were divorced. I now hunt with my husband, our daughter hunts & fishes. Her female friends hunt & fish. I’m sure her future husband will enjoy hunting & fishing with her.

Ok men out there...would you like your wife to be able to hunt & fish with you? I’m sure there are women who I would not like to hunt with, there’s also men who I would never hunt & fish with.


21 posted on 03/23/2012 6:37:15 AM PDT by wyokostur
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To: momtothree

“I disagree. I can shoot (never been hunting though) and fish a great deal. I am not masculine by any means. Hunting, fishing, camping etc... gets you outdoors and you enjoy nature. Plus, I can bake/broil/fry any fish that I catch (and clean it as well). I don’t find this masculine but just another part of who I am.”

+1

I love to shoot, am a pistol instructor and would love to give hunting a try/I began flyfishing a couple of years ago and truly enjoy wading the mountain streams and rivers.

There is nothing wrong with being a girly girl who also enjoys outdoor recreation.


22 posted on 03/23/2012 6:40:12 AM PDT by ProfoundBabe ("Every real thought on every real subject knocks the wind out of somebody or other." - OW Holmes)
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To: ProfoundBabe

“There is nothing wrong with being a girly girl who also enjoys outdoor recreation”.

ABSOLUTELY!! I went pier fishing once and struck up a conversation with an older gal (I’d say in her mid 80’s) who was out there by herself. She told me that her husband (who was now deceased) dated her and some other young women BUT knew she was the ONE because she was quiet when they fished together and caught more (and didn’t brag!). It was a cute story and she still goes fishing to remember when they went together and together as a family. Once the outdoor activities like fishing/hunting/shooting gets into your blood... there is no turning back!


23 posted on 03/23/2012 6:46:56 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: momtothree
Self sufficiency and the lack of the "eewwww!" shriek when dealing with issues your mothers going back 10,000 years handled with aplomb does seem to fall in line with a certain political attitude. It is difficult to imagine your typical Wymyns' Studies graduate, whether she bathes and shaves her legs regularly or not, handling the capture, killing, gutting, cleaning, and cooking of a single fish. Most of them would rather and would starve first.

Plus, "There ain't nuthin' finer than a naked (or fully clothed, for that matter) woman with a gun"


24 posted on 03/23/2012 6:56:04 AM PDT by katana (Just my opinions)
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To: katana

You are right! My Grandmother’s killed/plucked/cooked their own chickens. (they were very feminine as well). It seems silly to me that someone would rather starve then capture, kill, clean and cook a fish. I don’t see any difference than plucking tomatoes off a vine to go with dinner and catching a fish to go with the tomatoes. It really is providing food for one’s family which women have been doing for a LONG time.


25 posted on 03/23/2012 7:12:29 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: A Strict Constructionist

who are THEY...(I think the THEY who do not are in the minority)

not me and the wife....not my kids... not my friends kids...we made them join boyscouts, we included them in activities...we taught them right from wrong...

I dont know how often I laid the law down on my boys...

...and on the leftist school principals who had their heads up their rears...I straightened out a few of these idiots too.

teach your kids a mode of behavior and you should have no problems.

I dont expect gutter trash to raise their kids any other way than gutter trash. repectable people, should be teaching their kids the way they were raised....


26 posted on 03/23/2012 7:33:31 AM PDT by Vaquero (Molon Labe)
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To: Vision
At my upscale gym it's bizarre to see attractive 20ish women taking boxing lessons. Personally I believe it's disgusting.

I think it is sexy and hot as h*ll when women are into extreme sports. Boxing, climbing, martial arts. etc.

This is no longer the 1950's (in a good way in this case) when women are allowed to do interesting stuff other than needle point and sewing.

27 posted on 03/23/2012 8:17:19 AM PDT by trailhkr1
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To: wyokostur
Ok men out there...would you like your wife to be able to hunt & fish with you?

My wife doesn't hunt, but did so growing up. I do not hunt, never have. When we were dating and she told me she could dress a deer, I thought it must take a lot of skill to get a deer to hold still while you put clothes on it, but didn't really see the point.

28 posted on 03/23/2012 8:36:38 AM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: Vision; momtothree; ProfoundBabe; wyokostur
At my upscale gym it's bizarre to see attractive 20ish women taking boxing lessons. Personally I believe it's disgusting.

You would not like my GF then. She is a hardcore weightlifter-that is how we met. She was my lifting partner and we were friends for a long time before becoming lovers. She is stronger than the average male, her arm are well defined and sexy toned (but not to the gross level). She also runs marathons and we spent 10 days hiking a portion of the Appalacian Trail last year carrying 60-70 lbs packs each.

Women that do men stuff rock and I can assure you my GF is ALL woman and she is my best friend. I can't tell you how many men have come up to me and said they would like to have a GF like mine instead of ones that just jab all day on Facebook.

29 posted on 03/23/2012 8:46:44 AM PDT by trailhkr1
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To: Melas

LoL! Them buggers are pretty fast!


30 posted on 03/23/2012 8:58:58 AM PDT by wyokostur
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To: trailhkr1

Sounds to me like you found a gem, trailhkr1!! She is your best friend AND shares your interests.... Good for you!!


31 posted on 03/23/2012 9:07:13 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: Vision

How very condescending you are! If I called you what I believe you to be I’d be banned!


32 posted on 03/23/2012 12:38:22 PM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: 2nd amendment mama

Maybe you should take up boxing and get all tough?


33 posted on 03/23/2012 12:53:20 PM PDT by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Vaquero

“repectable people, should be teaching their kids the way they were raised....”

Less and less of this group around. Everyone demands their due without earning it. Money and education seem to mean less and less as they act like sophisticated gutter trash.

You are correct. It starts and ends in the home. This is why all education should be run by locals not the state or DC.


34 posted on 03/23/2012 6:08:35 PM PDT by A Strict Constructionist (We're an Oligrachy...Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: wyokostur

“would you like your wife to be able to hunt & fish with you?”

Heck no - that would mean I’d have to hunt and fish.


35 posted on 03/28/2012 8:18:55 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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To: Gil4

Ya..my husband just HATES it when I drag him out to hunt. I also drag him out to go golf too! He REALLY hates that, Lol! Actually we golf together in golf tournaments :-)


36 posted on 03/28/2012 9:42:15 PM PDT by wyokostur
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To: wyokostur

Fortunately, my wife doesn’t fish or hunt. Unfortunately, she doesn’t golf, either, although she does tolerate me golfing.


37 posted on 03/29/2012 2:55:08 PM PDT by Gil4 (Sometimes it's not low self-esteem - it's just accurate self-assessment.)
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