BASC Women in Shooting

[Conor O'Gorman]

There are some women deer stalkers on here. In England and Wales around 4% firearms cert holders are women. It's 6% for shotgun cert holders

BASC Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting and field sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved. Perhaps share the links below on your social media accounts to help demonstrate that deer stalking and shooting in general is open to women.

Women in Shooting

Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved.

basc.org.uk

 

[Nimrod1960]

The more the merrier.
Unless they consistently wipe my eye, like the the lady gun I often shoot with

 

[enfieldspares]

My late mother was a better small bore rifle shot than I that is true. She shot "possibles". I only ever managed one, once, elsewise 97 or 98.

Anyway as a kid we went to a Home Life Exhibition at Leicester's Grandby Halls. There was a shooting competition to win half a dozen eggs. You had to put a bullet through a hole to cause an electric hen to cackle and "lay" a voucher for half a dozen eggs. Similar to bell target shooting the aim to put the bullet through the hole. You got as you came in a half dozen tickets to use on the attractions. After a walk around we decided in the shooting competion. I shot four and was near but not quite. One ticket was one shot.

My mother took the last two tickets off me fired her first shot and won six eggs. Fired her second shot and won six more. "There you are" she said.

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

The ladies stalking group Artemis have 4 of my 5 cull days over the winter

 

[Dunwaters]

Slow down a bit, it’s not all positive.
Last time I was out with the ladies I had to walk a long way to find a secluded bush behind which to relieve myself.
We need protocols

 

[VSS]

Slow down a bit, it’s not all positive.
Last time I was out with the ladies I had to walk a long way to find a secluded bush behind which to relieve myself.
We need protocols

You could have just discreetly turned your back.
It's a bit more difficult for them.

 

[Tim.243]

There are some women deer stalkers on here. In England and Wales around 4% firearms cert holders are women. It's 6% for shotgun cert holders

BASC Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting and field sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved. Perhaps share the links below on your social media accounts to help demonstrate that deer stalking and shooting in general is open to women.

Women in Shooting

Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved.

basc.org.uk

@Nickb

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

You could have just discreetly turned your back.
It's a bit more difficult for them.

no it’s really not I be

There are some women deer stalkers on here. In England and Wales around 4% firearms cert holders are women. It's 6% for shotgun cert holders

BASC Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting and field sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved. Perhaps share the links below on your social media accounts to help demonstrate that deer stalking and shooting in general is open to women.

Women in Shooting

Women in Shooting aims to promote the inclusivity of shooting sports and celebrate the diversity of women involved.

basc.org.uk

I have been hosting female stalkers 4 years, this season is the tribes 5th season

 

[Stalker62]

You could have just discreetly turned your back.

Yeah.

I tried that.

Still got thrown off the Shoot...

 

[Ratel]

I was once married to a woman who was in the top 3 of the "Best stalkers" known to me. I started her stalking but she perfected it and eventually shot five of the six species. We had no Chinese in Scotland whilst we were together. She would stalk shoot and gralloch her own deer and although it was rare she took part was also an excellent game shot.

 

[Nickb]

@Nickb

4%

 

[geoshot]

I don't know many female deer stalkers, but those I do know are without exception good-excellent stalkers & shots
My missus amazes me with just how good she is at sighting deer, despite her lack of experience
I don't know why the percentage is low, there are a few idiots in the sport who seem to do their best to spoil things for anyone, not just females
But I don't think there are enough of them to genuinely tar us all with the same brush
Best of luck to the BASC initiative and/or anyone helping females to get into the sport
I hope to be taking a couple of female guests out for Chinese Water Deer stalking this season again, so I like to think I'm doing my bit

 

[Dunwaters]

You could have just discreetly turned your back.
It's a bit more difficult for them.

Not doing that.
It’s uncouth.

 

[Tugmanade]

You could have just discreetly turned your back.
It's a bit more difficult for them.

Surely you’d then be pi**ing in the wind ??

 

[Heym SR20]

A very enlightening essay in today’s Guardian. A Frenchwoman, who is a liberal in politics on hunting in the US and how hunting is a truly sustainable use of wild lands. And on how taxes from hunting are reinvested into wildlife and habitat management.

I’m a liberal who loves hunting. Allow me to change your mind

When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat

www.theguardian.com

compare this to Scottish Government funded deer culling contractors, sporting rates etc etc all reducing wild life diversity.

Hopefully the above article will start the worm turning back towards those of us with a liberal nature who love hunting.

And demonstrate to the anti’s we are not all right wing nutters who just want to murder defenceless animals.

 

[willie_gunn]

A very enlightening essay in today’s Guardian. A Frenchwoman, who is a liberal in politics on hunting in the US and how hunting is a truly sustainable use of wild lands. And on how taxes from hunting are reinvested into wildlife and habitat management.

I’m a liberal who loves hunting. Allow me to change your mind

When I killed my first mule deer, I felt deep reverence for the animal. It showed me hunting can be more honest and sustainable than eating factory-farmed meat

www.theguardian.com

compare this to Scottish Government funded deer culling contractors, sporting rates etc etc all reducing wild life diversity.

Hopefully the above article will start the worm turning back towards those of us with a liberal nature who love hunting.

And demonstrate to the anti’s we are not all right wing nutters who just want to murder defenceless animals.

A decent article, true enough, but the fact that The Guardian hasn't opened it for comments is telling - I would expect the opening words of the article "Murderer, you're a murderer!" would feature heavily.

When The Guardian Incarnate, George Monbiot, wrote his article back in 2020 titled "I shot a deer - and still believe it was the ethical thing to do", many of the comments BTL acted as though he had been transformed into Thatcher, Johnson and Farage rolled into one. They quoted him where he shot the animal and harangued him for having inflicting such injuries on "someone" - as in their minds a deer, being a sentient animal, was really no different to a small child. There were some readers who respected what Monbiot had done, and even volunteered that they would do the same themselves, but even they were forced to confess that the majority were trolling Monbiot, apparently for being anything other than a vegan.

Somehow I can't think an American liberal author is going to make them suddenly see the light - particularly one who finds similarities between hunters and vegetarians, suggest hunters are more attuned to their prey than anyone except Native tribes and biologists, and talks of the sense of elation when harvesting a wild animal.

My take on reading the BTL comments most days would suggest that the attitudes of Guardian readers have actually hardened over the intervening years, and I think the author would be in line for a considerable amount of abuse. They would also find plenty of reasons as to why any positive aspects from the article wouldn't apply to the UK.

 

[bowji john]

I have ladies shooting here on my range regularly

They usually out shoot the fellas

I don’t really know why

However- I’ve noted a very quiet steely determination amongst many

It ain’t size that matters

It ain’t aggression either

It is a quiet determination - the Japanese call it spirit - that is truly what counts

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

I have ladies shooting here on my range regularly

They usually out shoot the fellas

I don’t really know why

However- I’ve noted a very quiet steely determination amongst many

It ain’t size that matters

It ain’t aggression either

It is a quiet determination - the Japanese call it spirit - that is truly what counts

The women listen, there is no male bravado or one upmanship, the just go out there and enjoy themselves that’s why their better

 

[Norfolk Deer Search]

@Artemis

 

[pendle]

The Woman from Artemis are a good bunch. I have been with them at shows shared food and drink with them. They are good company
I have cut out 3 plywood roe targets for them.
Every little helps