What might seem fun to most 9-year-old girls does not hold much interest for 9-year-old Carolyn White from Dallas,Texas.She thinks Barbie dolls and to the mall are boring.She prefers spending Saturdays with her father.It is wonderful.You feel like you can do anything it is really cool.
This Saturday,Carolyn killed her first deer,as part of an all-girls hunting trip at Wildcat Mountain Ranch in Robert Lee,Texas.It is one of supervised all-girls hunting trips that state wildlife officials are around the country in an effort to girls to try to help keep hunters from becomingendangered species.According to a survey by the U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service,there has been an 11 percent in the number of hunters nationwide from 1991 to 2006.
Girls and women has boon an untapped for us,Greg Simons,director of the Texas Wildlife Association.And that’s one of the reasons we now have some programs that are designed to facilitate and cultivate interest.
Like pink camouflage clothing and fashion lines with names like Foxy Huntress.They even sell pink rifles at placesthe Academy Sporting Store.The efforts are .They estimate that within the last 5 or 6 years we have realized an approximate 75 percent in hunting from girls and women,says Simons.I think we are making some there.
Simons argues states need money from hunting licenses to wildlife protection.If we do not do a good job of our hunting heritage we will see a loss of wildlife habitat at a rate that’s unprecedented.We can not afford to go there.Simons says girls often the sport more quickly than boys.
They do not put as much pressure on themselves which allows them to focus and concentrate better,says Simons.Hunting opponents say this sends the wrong message.We want to see children animals,says Heidi Precott of the Humane Society.We want to see them love animals and not go out in the woods and kill animals.
