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A Woman in an Outfitter’s World

The advice I would give to other women who want to get involved or work for an outfitter is to just go for it. Get out there and do your best work!

Thirty-one years ago, my passion for the outdoors started with oversized jackets and camo bibs. This is who I am. This is why I hunt.

You hunt? This is what it’s like being a woman in the outdoors. Next time someone says, “YOU hunt?” My tip is this: Let it go.

If you knew how many times I’ve received a shocked look when I say I hunt. Can people really be that surprised when they hear that a woman hunts?

Life off the grid is strange to many and envied by even more. It’s not for the faint of heart. Here’s what life looks like now.

Do you have a hunting husband? Do you have a husband who has a hobby turned passion? Understand it and you don’t stifle it.

My life completely revolves around the outdoors. I’m so grateful my parents decided to raise a girl to hunt.

Being on your period and hunting sucks. Hiking on your period sucks. Fishing on your period sucks. Here’s how to be outdoors on your period.

In motherhood, it’s important to go about doing what you did pre-baby and discover it is not always as difficult as it seems to get outdoors.

Kara Wattunen grew up in the outdoors her whole life. An important thing to her is to always utilize as much of a harvest as possible!