Julie Goloski Golob wins two titles at World Speed Shooting Championships

Team Smith & Wesson Captain Julie Goloski Golob racked up two more championship wins at a recent match.

Julie took the Ladies Production World Champion and Ladies Limited World Champion trophies at the Steel Challenge World Speed Shooting Championships in Piru, California, August 18-22. Read more

Chris Quam takes 2nd in 5th Annual Rawlins Steel Match, Wyoming

On August 28 and 29 I shot the Rawlins Steel Match in Wyoming. I shot the match last year for the first time, and our group from Colorado that drives up together decided to make it an annual road trip.

They have 12 stages with a minimum of 230 rounds required. Of course we all load at least 350+ rounds to bring along for the first day. The shoot had between 30 and 40 shooters this year. I placed second in the women’s division and had a somewhat “respectable” time among the open shooters.

Sunday consisted of the Shooter on Shooter, a double elimination match. Depending upon how far you advance in the shoot-off, another 300 rounds may be required.  I had my shining moments and advanced almost to the top before being knocked out.  More practice . . . less Wyoming wind . . .  and fewer excuses by me! Second round of eliminations I didn’t advance as far, but had great fun and was in the company of some great shooters!

Chris Quam

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Even the Squirrels Knew

Call it animal instincts, or call it nuts (no pun intended), but on a recent Squirrel Safari to a pecan grove in Miami, Okla., the bushy-tailed creatures had to sense their demise with the very presence of all the Smith & Wesson handguns and Thompson Center rifles and shotguns carried by the various outdoor writers on this expedition. Read more

Shauna Stephenson marries Cole Sherard

Outdoor writer Shauna Stephenson married Cole Sherard, a criminal defense attorney, August 7, 2010, in Saratoga, Wyoming. The two were married under the cedar planks of a Frank Lloyd Wright inspired arbor built by the bride’s father. Read more

What’s Holding YOU Back?

Have you ever thought about submitting an idea, giving an opinion, or sharing a suggestion?  What’s holding you back?  Is there something in your past telling you to keep it to yourself?  Let me tell you a little story.  And every word of this is true. Read more

Baiting the Press

After reading a recent news story on Ted Nugent and his inappropriate hunting behaviors out in California,  I thought to myself, surely I don’t have to state the obvious.  But I couldn’t help myself.  I’m going to state the obvious.

As sportsmen and women who hunt and fish, we are exposed to the possibility of outcries of animal cruelty.  I think we’ve fought that battle many times in the last two decades and would not like to go through that again.  We are also liable for our actions, both to the ecosystem members upon which we intrude, but also to our fellow hunters who are impacted even peripherally by our actions.

Read the rest of Traci’s opinion piece at her blog here.

Traci Schauf is a college instructor, freelance writer, amateur photographer, and obsessed outdoorswoman who divides her residency between Oklahoma and Kansas.  With her family, she canoes, kayaks, bikes, hikes, backpacks and fishes.  She hosts her own daily blogs about her family and outdoor life at http://momonvacation.blogspot.com and healthy living and fitness at http://community.wholeliving.com/profiles/blog/list?user=3q9603u0ypadw.  She has been published in Country Woman, Family Fun, and Contempo magazines. Traci’s philosophy is, “There is an outdoor activity for everyone, and everyone should be outdoors.”

The opinions of the WOMA members in the Op-Ed do not reflect the opinions of the WOMA as an organization. This category allows members of the WOMA to express an opinion, first published in another form, to the membership.

Delicious Elk/Deer Burgers

Being who you want to be

How often do you listen to the words of a song?  I mean really listen?  I keep my car radio tuned to the same station, 104.7 The Fish, which is a contemporary Christian station here in Atlanta.  I was listening to a song I had heard about a hundred times before, when the words really sank in.  “This is your life; are you who you want to be?”  The melody was awesome, as usual, and the voice was perfectly pitched.  But for once, the message was getting into my brain, kind of like those passages of scripture that you can read a hundred times, but all at once will jump out and smack you in the face: “This is your life; are you who you want to be?”  Wow.  Am I who I want to be?  Well, am I?  Let’s think about that for a minute. Read more

Baird’s new website features outdoor photography

Jason Baird’s new website is live. Baird, an associate professor of mining at Missouri University of Science and Technology, also freelances as a photographer and writer in the outdoor market. His new site incorporates his professional explosives engineering work and his outdoor pursuits. WOMA member Paige Eissinger designed his website, based on a WordPress platform. See http://lokiconsult.com/ Read more

Amy Shaw — Member of the Women’s Outdoor Media Association

Amy Shaw entered the sales side of the shooting industry in the summer of 2007, where she has gone from never firing a gun to owning several in the span of three short years. Her father is one of the founding owners of Tactical Solutions, a firearms manufacturing company that proudly supports women in the shooting industry.

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