Women's Outdoors

The second annual Women’s Only Wellness Weekend at Turkey Run State Park (Marshall, Ind.) this spring offers a chance for women to hike beautiful trails, enjoy the food and accommodations of Turkey Run Inn, and participate in workshops ranging from tai chi to bird-watching to wine tasting.

Sara Ahrens got up close and personal with Remington Arms’ guns with suppressors at a recent media event. She tells you why you might want a suppressor on your gun.

Does superstition have a place at the gun range? Do you have a “lucky charm” that you must carry with you to the range when you shoot – especially in competition? I asked some women in the shooting world to tell us about their good luck items, and here’s what they said.

A resident of Northcentral Wisconsin, Trisha Bowen-Steffen has been hunting, trapping, and fishing for what seems like her whole life. Her passion grew from tagging along with her dad who never told her “no” when it came to anything in the outdoors. She started shooting bow through her local 4-H club at age 8 and hasn’t stopped since.  

Lea Leggitt continues with red-carpet interviews at the Golden Moose Awards, hosted by the Outdoor Channel. In this installment, she meets her mentor, Eva Shockey.

It’s the wearin’ o’ the green this week at The WON. Wanna win WON — we’re talking a LaserMax Uni-Green rail-mounted laser, along with a way-cool LaserMax Silvertone bracelet with green stone on black cord and, from a new business in the gun fashion world, a green old-school, vintage-looking camo tee from Gun Girls, Inc..

March is Women’s History Month. Trying to decide whom to write about, I first thought of Annie Oakley. However, since everyone knows about her, I decided to dig a little deeper. Following are 4 great shooters  whom you may not have heard of, and need to know more about, because they were great shooters, too.

Recreational fishing industry is asking anglers to properly dispose of soft plastic baits 

TRCP unveils its inaugural tournament on March 12
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It’s the time of year when mom, dad, kids and even dogs can head out on a hunt. Big game hunting seasons have closed. Some of our friends have tagged out and others never quite caught up to the big bucks or bulls they chased. As winter transitions to spring (between January and March), deer and elk begin to drop their antlers. If you’re like LG, you know that means it’s time to do another type of hunting – shed hunting! We get asked how to shed hunt all the time. Here’s how we do it.

This week, Dan Small Outdoors Radio features lady’s pistol champion Randi Rogers, turkey-hunting expert Ray Eye, Ruffed Grouse Society biologist Gary Zimmer and Madison, Wisconsin tackle dealer Gene Dellinger. Jeff and his partner Wayne Gstohl win the NAIFC qualifier on Wisconsin’s Lake Menomin. Dan greets fans at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show. 

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) announced March 10 that it had withdrawn its proposal to ban 5.56mm M855 ammo, known as “green tips” after receiving tens of thousands of comments from the public opposing the ban. The ammo is popular with target shooters and small game hunters because of its affordability, and is a common caliber found in AR-15 rifles.

Professional Competition Shooter Gabby Franco to Teach Life- and Shooting-Skills Courses

In this installment of “Ask Randi Rogers,” she describes why people fail miserably in the clutch at shooting matches. Randi, in typical Rogers’ form, also gives constructive advice on how to practice to improve match performance. After all, this pro competition champion shooter ought to know.

Annette Doerr writes the popular blog WeShoot2. In this guest post, she focuses on 10 things her horse taught her about shooting. We think you’ll crack a little smile when you read this one, and see some astute comparisons, as well. Thanks, Annette.

Hunter, angler, and former Field & Stream staffer will lead media outreach for sportsmen’s group

Casting for Recovery presents the 3rd Annual Cast One for Hope, an exclusive single-fly event on the legendary Bitterroot River, to benefit women with breast cancer. The event will be held on Oct. 2 and 3, 2015, in Hamilton, Mont.

Many will say that shooting clay-birds can destroy a hunter’s timing or create bad habits. A clay shooter can get locked into the predictable flight paths of targets, causing missed ducks, pheasant and grouse. Sporting clays provides a more lifelike presentation than trap or skeet, but any clay shooting is different than wingshooting. The original goal of shooting clays was to provide practice for hunting. It provides us an opportunity to practice a correct gun mount, to master observation techniques and to shoot more often, and therefore better. My time spent shooting trap and skeet have made a noticeable difference when hunting season arrives. Here are 5 ways to transition your shotgun skills from the shooting clays course to the hunting field.

The Lady Bass Anglers Association (LBAA) will kick off its 2015 tournament season at Caddo Lake, La., on March 13. Located in Shreveport, La., Caddo Lake is the largest natural body of fresh water in the South. For more information about the tournament, visit the Lady Bass Anglers Association’s website.

We love this story of how a young woman, Ashley Kerr, achieves her dream of working in the outdoor industry. As part of our series on “Women of Remington Outdoor Company,” we hope to encourage and inspire a new round of outdoor enthusiasts to go after those dreams of doing what they love — every day at work.