Judy Rhodes, founder of DIVA … WOW, joins The WOMA
February 13, 2011 by The WOMA
Filed under Featured Members
Judy Rhodes, daughter of an East Texas Rancher began shooting when she was four years old. Ranching parents introduced her to the great outdoors the old-fashioned way … they lived it.
Judy has traveled the world hunting and fishing with her husband, Sam. Her love of the outdoors became the passion that burns deep within her soul today! Read more
Dogless Duck Hunting
February 13, 2011 by Amy Shaw
Filed under Featured Blogs, Opinions & Editorials
Hi. My name is Holly. I hunt ducks without a dog. Read more
Julie Golob top woman on Team Smith & Wesson
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (February 7, 2011) – Smith & Wesson Corp., announced that Team Smith & Wesson members captured a record-setting 142 title wins during the 2010 competitive shooting season, surpassing the previous year’s record by 51 victories. In total, the 26-team members brought home 60 state/sectional, 36 regional/area, 24 national and 22 world titles. With an average of over 11 victories per month, the shooting team along with their wide array of Smith & Wesson firearms kept the competition at bay throughout the course of the season.
Barnes’ Twins on podium at German Cup
Jan. 30, 2011 – Oberhof, Germany – Tracy and Lanny Barnes finished a tough weekend of racing in Oberhof, Germany, home of the biggest Biathlon World Cup stadium in Europe. They completed an individual race on Saturday and a sprint race on Sunday against some of the top athletes from Germany. Lanny walked away with a win in the individual race with perfect shooting. She hit 20 of 20 targets and recorded the best and fastest shooting of the day for men and women. Tracy followed up in 3rd place hitting 18 of 20 targets.
The WOMA shares member RSS feeds on Facebook and Twitter
If you think the website is the only place you can hear from our members, think again. Here at The WOMA, we have a number of very prolific members who regularly contribute outdoor news, reviews and stories on their own blogs. Since our mission is to focus on
“…increasing media coverage of women who are active in traditional outdoor sports, especially shooting, hunting, fishing and archery.”
we would be remiss if we didn’t include the contributions made by our various members outside the confines of this website. We’ve chosen to do this in several ways:
- Posting featured member RSS feeds in the sidebar of this website
- Publishing all member RSS feeds on our Facebook page
- Including all member RSS feeds in our Twitter stream
The Package Deal — journalistic etiquette demands paying the photographer
February 4, 2011 by Amy Shaw
Filed under Business to Business: TIPS for WOMA members!, Featured Blogs
One of our WOMA members recently got in touch with me and told me a little story. It seems that this person went on a fishing trip with a well-known freelance writer in the outdoor industry. I’ll call the WOMA member Betty and I’ll call the writer Mona. From all accounts, it was a marvelous day on the water. When Mona caught a big bass, Betty took photos of her with it.
Georgette on the Gunnison
February 3, 2011 by The WOMA
Filed under Featured Blogs, Our 'Fish Babe' of the Month
Move over, Saltwater Sportsman … here’s our “Fish Babe” for February. And as usual with the fine women anglers we feature, she’s fully clothed. It’s outdoor blogger Georgette Wood on her first-ever fly-fishing trip, guided by The WOMA member and fly fishing guide Katherine Browne on Colorado’s Gunnison River for kokanee. Here, before she releases it, Georgette shows off a male salmon. Good going, girls!
Stealing the Hunt
February 2, 2011 by Mia Anstine
Filed under On the Road
Pass on the success of the hunt.
I was very excited because a new lady hunter is about to be born. I have been inquiring, trying to get a good story from her, and she has been hesitant to discuss much about the upcoming hunt. I asked if she had gotten her tag yet and she said “No, not yet”. I asked if she is excited. She said “kinda”. I thought I may be intimidating to her so I decided to go to her husband for the story.
I asked her husband if she is excited. He said he thinks she is. I asked if they had gone to shoot and sight in her rifle. He said “No, not yet”. I was still sensing some hesitation in this story. I pressed harder. I asked what he had planned for her hunt. He said he might go here or he might go there. Nothing definite. Then he uttered the words that I never thought I would hear and hope to NEVER hear again. He said “Well, if she can’t then I’ll just shoot it for her.” What? He was going to steal her hunt!
Pass on the excitement of the hunt.
He said he would shoot it for her. Thoughts raced through my mind. Here we are, ladies of the outdoor and shooting world. We have a passion inside us and we want to share it with others. We have seen the statistics about lady hunters soar over the past couple of years. Now I wonder “How accurate are those statistics?” How many husbands are out there robbing their wives of their excitement of the first hunt, or all the hunts? How many just want an extra tag to use for themselves?
Pass on the support to women hunters.
We have to stand up for our passion. We can’t let someone take the new outdoors woman’s experience away from her. Help other ladies not only uphold the laws (in our state you are only allowed to fill your own tag). Pass on the feeling of the hunt. Pass on the excitement of the hunt. Pass on the accomplishment of being a perfect shot. We will continue to uphold and support women in the outdoors.
