Young Women in the Outdoors

NWTF has been a leader, not only in conservation, but also in exposing people to the joys of the outdoors and our tradition of hunting and shooting. The Women In The Outdoors program is one of the ways that NWTF has been successful. The Virginia coordinator for this group is Julie Abel. Miss Julie, as the younger women refer to her, has encouraged my daughter, KD, to start utilizing the young ladies in the King George Outdoor Club and form a Young Women In The Outdoors group.
KD held her first event December 2nd which was an informal fun shoot. She invited 12 young ladies over to learn how to shoot pistol and shotgun. We have a very rudimentary range that will allow basic shooting on our property and it served its purpose.
KD put up Shoot N C targets provided by Howard Communications and Birchwood Casey. These targets were used for their ease of seeing where shots were going. Each young lady was given personal one on one instruction on safety and shooting stance, hold of the handgun and then minor corrections and tuning up of the shooting was done by Mark Fike, Mr. Randall (one of our dad's to a young lady). Mr. Randall was an expert shot and once was on the Army pistol team. We also had some great assistance from Mrs. Cupka whose daughter Sam was attention. Mrs. Cupka is a former police officer and was great helping the young ladies get their shooting stance and maintaining safety first and foremost.
After the girls were hitting their targets with regularity, (and that did not take long for them to do), KD put up "bad guy targets" and the girls went to work taking out the bad guy. We have heard that some of the girls now have their target displayed on their walls at home!
The shotgun shooting was next and some instruction was again given before bright orange clays were hurled skyward. The girls were all able to give the shooting a try until they were satisfied they had shot enough. The day was cold and some venison soup was on tap to warm up moms and daughters. NWTF was the sponsor for this event and it went off without a hitch. Some mental notes were made to improvements/adjustments that will be taken care of for next time and the girls were encouraged to come back again when the weather is better for more events.
If you are interested in participating in the Young Women In The Outdoors, please contact KD at [email protected]