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Women in the Field Continued from page 19 Game harvested by Bobbie Wallace Parsons with the 7x57. AFRICA Blesbok Sable Bongo Sassaby Bushbuck Sitatunga Bush Pig White Rhino Cape Buffalo Springbok Cape Hartebeest Steenbok Crocodile Nyala Duiker Zebra Hippopotamus Impala Jackal Kafue Lechwe Kudu Leopard Lion Warthog Red Lechwe NoRtH AMERICA Alaskan Moose American Bison Barren ground caribou Black Bear Coyote Elk Pronghorn Antelope White Boar Written recollections of your hunting experiences will be invaluable to future generations of your family and friends. Please do not underestimate the value of this. it is a wonderful opportunity to include your idea about your faith, family values, the environment and the place of the hunter in society. authors, Jack O’Conner, wrote that an elk shot in the foot with a .270 is just as “foot shot” as he would be if the shooter had been using a .458. neVer eVer use a tree climbing stand without a safety harness!! One final thought----never think it is necessary to go all over the world for hunting excitement i have been asked many times why i or experiences worthy of being written hunt. My standard answer is always the same. Because i never know just which about. day i’ll make a memory that will last a Jim and i dearly relish the excitement of lifetime. after all, you gotta have somea Black Warrior river swamp cane-cutter thing to contribute to the conversation (rabbit) hunt behind a yodeling pack while rocking on the porch. and if i’m of beagles. and the prospect of a good counting my life’s regrets, not hunting duck hunt rolls you out of a warm bed won’t be one of them! headed into the pre-dawn cold with no love your family and friends, stay safe, problem. have fun and make memories. Other points for a safe and successful hunt include wearing ear protection and Don’t go confidently in the directions using enough “gun” for the game you are of your dreams. live the life you’ve hunting. Know game anatomy for proper imagined. - Thoreau bullet placement. and on that point, one of america’s most famous hunters and PRÓIS technical hunting and field apparel for women badassery defined // join the posse on Accept No Limits | outdoorwomenunlimited.org // prÓishUntinG.CoM // 970-641-3355 Fall/Winter 2015 | BLAZE | 34