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Seminar offers women chance to try new activities
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Seminar offers women chance to try new activities
BY JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star
If you're going to shoot well, you've got to breathe well.
As Kathy Scholl eased the muzzleloading rifle into her shoulder, instructor Dayle Johnson offered some final coaching. The two were participating Saturday in a women's shooting workshop at the Lincoln Izaak Walton League.
"Take a deep breath, let it half out, hold it then squeeze the trigger," Johnson said.
Scholl took her time. When she was ready the rifle roared with a plume of white smoke. Almost simultaneously, a metal silhouette target 40 yards down range rang out, signaling her aim was true.
"That's our motto: It don't mean a thing if you don't hear that ding," Johnson said.
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Later, Scholl said she is familiar with shotguns, but she always wanted to try shooting other firearms. Saturday's seminar gave her that opportunity in a safe, low-pressure environment.
"It's been great," she said. "They make it really nonthreatening. Women want to learn in a way that somebody's not shouting, `No, you're doing it wrong' at them."
The Ladies' Day at the Range was sponsored by the Ike's, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the National Wild Turkey Federation. It was part of the federation's Women in the Outdoors program.
The 28 women who enrolled in the daylong seminar all got to try shooting shotguns, muzzleloaders, rifles, handguns and bow and arrows. The idea was to give them an intensive, hands-on experience, said Christy Christiansen of Ashland, the federation's Women in the Outdoors state coordinator.
Firearms seem intimidating to some women because they were never exposed to target shooting or hunting as children, Christiansen said. By letting them shoot repeatedly in the seminar, Christiansen hopes they'll develop some confidence.
"We hope they come away with the knowledge that they can do this," she said. "Everyone can acquire a skill."
The seminar also included a session on hunting ethics and wildlife conservation.
Instructors and coordinators all donated their time to the program. Christiansen said she often hears from instructors that women make outstanding students because they listen closely and follow the instruction.
Wes Sheets, president of the Izaak Walton League, said his organization had long wanted to provide a women's shooting seminar. The partnership with the turkey federation and Game and Parks made it happen.
He said they decided to limit enrollment in order to keep a high ratio of instructors to participants.
Reach Joe Duggan at 473-7239 or jduggan@journalstar.com.
http://www.journalstar.com/nebraska.php?story_id=10001
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
BY JOE DUGGAN / Lincoln Journal Star
If you're going to shoot well, you've got to breathe well.
As Kathy Scholl eased the muzzleloading rifle into her shoulder, instructor Dayle Johnson offered some final coaching. The two were participating Saturday in a women's shooting workshop at the Lincoln Izaak Walton League.
"Take a deep breath, let it half out, hold it then squeeze the trigger," Johnson said.
Scholl took her time. When she was ready the rifle roared with a plume of white smoke. Almost simultaneously, a metal silhouette target 40 yards down range rang out, signaling her aim was true.
"That's our motto: It don't mean a thing if you don't hear that ding," Johnson said.
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Later, Scholl said she is familiar with shotguns, but she always wanted to try shooting other firearms. Saturday's seminar gave her that opportunity in a safe, low-pressure environment.
"It's been great," she said. "They make it really nonthreatening. Women want to learn in a way that somebody's not shouting, `No, you're doing it wrong' at them."
The Ladies' Day at the Range was sponsored by the Ike's, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and the National Wild Turkey Federation. It was part of the federation's Women in the Outdoors program.
The 28 women who enrolled in the daylong seminar all got to try shooting shotguns, muzzleloaders, rifles, handguns and bow and arrows. The idea was to give them an intensive, hands-on experience, said Christy Christiansen of Ashland, the federation's Women in the Outdoors state coordinator.
Firearms seem intimidating to some women because they were never exposed to target shooting or hunting as children, Christiansen said. By letting them shoot repeatedly in the seminar, Christiansen hopes they'll develop some confidence.
"We hope they come away with the knowledge that they can do this," she said. "Everyone can acquire a skill."
The seminar also included a session on hunting ethics and wildlife conservation.
Instructors and coordinators all donated their time to the program. Christiansen said she often hears from instructors that women make outstanding students because they listen closely and follow the instruction.
Wes Sheets, president of the Izaak Walton League, said his organization had long wanted to provide a women's shooting seminar. The partnership with the turkey federation and Game and Parks made it happen.
He said they decided to limit enrollment in order to keep a high ratio of instructors to participants.
Reach Joe Duggan at 473-7239 or jduggan@journalstar.com.
http://www.journalstar.com/nebraska.php?story_id=10001
"If cowardly and dishonorable men sometimes shoot unarmed men with army pistols or guns, the evil must be prevented by the penitentiary and gallows, and not by a general deprivation of a constitutional privilege." - Arkansas Supreme Court, 1878
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1. canoeing or kyaking 10. game preperation
2. back packing 11. compass & map orienteering
3. four wheeler 12. wood carving
4. shotgun 13. fly tieing
5. handgun 14. fishing
6. rifle 15. firearms care
7. muzzle loader 16. horse back riding
8. archery 17. making animal skin clothing
Contact Indiana Dept. of Natural Resourses (BOW) Becoming Outdoor Woman program.
9. dutch oven cooking