We reviewed a cookbook that contains some wild game recipes, but mostly chili, and brownies and Southwest dishes and all the types of foods that our soldiers crave when they’re away from home. Read the review of American Military Family’s fundraiser for its Gold Star Program, “Cooking with Heroes.”

She so gets it, and so does her daughter. Read Prois Hunting Apparel CEO’s essay about raising our children to hunt in Human Events.

The Paralyzed Veterans of America-Outdoor Recreation Heritage Fund (PVA-ORHF) recently announced the launch of “100,000 Patriots”–their newest program to help injured veterans step outside again and enjoy hunting, shooting, and fishing. “Operation ‘100,000 Patriots’,” explained Lt. Col. Lew Deal, USMC (ret), PVA-ORHF’s National Program Coordinator, “is an initiative to help our wounded warriors recover by […]

Kathleen Clary Miller finds out that hosting five-year-old twin boys at her home in Montana’s outback takes a lot of energy and some advance planning. Read to the end of her column at The Fishing Line and you’ll be surprised to find out what the little fellows liked the best about the whole trip.

Mossy Oak’s Online Store, located at www.mossyoak.com/store, has a new look and expanded inventory. Not only does it have more products to offer, but it incorporates a more thorough search system and easier navigation to help in finding specific products for hunters and outdoor enthusiasts’ needs. “Our goal was to make shopping easier for our […]

Kudos to the Billings Gazette for featuring 78-year-old Army veteran Joyce Roque and for mentioning that the reason she moved to Montana was for its hunting and fishing. Read about Roque’s interesting take on the military then and now in Mary Pickett’s article here.

Michigan DNR’s Dennis Fox — who heads recruiting and retention of the Becoming an Outdoors Woman program there — said women hunters have success because they’re “patient,” and “they want to learn.” Link through at The WON’s news’ category to Mark Ranzenberger’s article in the Morning Sun about opening day for deer/firearms season in Michigan, […]

MISSOULA, Mont.—She used to cry when her father came home with a dead deer. Now she’s the first woman hunter to bag an elk in Tennessee in at least 144 years. Tami Miller of Franklin, Tenn., hopes her story will inspire other women to take up hunting. “It’s hard to get a babysitter at 4:30 […]

We’re just going to call award-winning photographer Tim Flanigan our Dr. Foto Fix here at The WON. In this week’s “Shoot to Thrill,” Flanigan talks about “clickity vision,” which the photographer should have used before clicking the shutter shut on this photo. And, Dr. Foto Fix Flanigan has decided to hang out his shingle here at The WON and will be happy to look at your bad photo and give you some tips to correct your technique for next time. Send us the photo and we’ll send it on to the good doc.

The Food Plot welcomes blogger Terry Scoville’s contributions. Terry blogs at Women’s Hunting Journal, and we just had to have this recipe before she took off for a duck hunt, followed by another elk hunt. We think you’ll like the ease and decadence of this recipe.

Caitlin Connor (Winnfield, La.) had the highest finish for the U.S. after shooting in difficult weather conditions at the 2009 ISSF World Cup Final in Beijing today when she took fourth place in the Women’s Skeet event. Shooting in intense snowfall, Connor, the 2009 World Cup Minsk silver medalist, entered the final tied for third […]

Find out who made the cut for The Extreme Huntress contest, round 1, and how you can vote for your favorite huntress.

The Guru Huntress doesn’t want anyone to stop thinking pink, even though October and National Breast Cancer Awareness is now over. Read the story behind the pink Victory Arrows.

This week’s BlogLight shines on Emily at Scent Free Lip Gloss, who blogs about her outdoor hunting and fishing experiences at “huntslikeagirl.blogspot.com.”

Well, lookey here who made the U.K. Telegraph — Deb Ferns, columnist for “Outside My Comfort Zone” (sponsored by Brownells) and concierge for Babes with Bullets (TM) Ladies Action Shooting Camps. Read about Deb and see the great photo at the link to the article at The WON.

She’s only 15, but she’s making a big impact in shooting competitions around the world. Tiffany Piper, who is sponsored by Missouri-based Secure Firearm Products, recently earned Master Grade winner in the Cowley Cup in New Zealand. Her dad and brother also did very well, making this a grand day out for the whole family.

Even women who always thought guns were “a bad idea” have changed their minds about learning to use and owning a handgun. Personal protection is a primary reason but more women are also enjoying a visit to the range, not as observers with husbands and boyfriends, but as participants with mothers, daughters, sisters and girlfriends.

Have you ever wondered if that humorous story you’ve told countless times around the campsite could be the makings of a great t-shirt design? Do you see clever hunting shirts at your local sporting goods store and think, hey, I can do that? Well, now’s your chance to see your ideas come to life on […]

With an eye for detail, Shoot to Thrill contributor and outdoor photographer Kathryn Nazzaro describes a recent trip to the bird-watching woods where she found two finches munching on pine cones. Read about how she captured their feeding habits on camera.

This week’s BlogLight shines on Brigid from The Plains, who blogs at mausersandmuffins. That about says it all, except for the outstanding photography and outtakes from Brigid, a woman who knows what she likes, and that includes chocolate cappucino cheesecake bars and interchangeable lenses for her shooting glasses.

The WON’s own Guru Huntress Nancy Jo Adams meets Bass Pro Shops RedHead staff member Marti Davis in Illinois next weekend to hunt whitetail and film for the Campbell Outdoor Challenge. The WON is happy to sponsor the team and wish them the best.

SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CITY, La. — Pam Martin-Wells and Judy Wong shared a fishing spot for three days at the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Women’s Tour Championship on Louisiana’s Cypress Black Bayou Lake. When it came down to trophies and titles, they split them. Martin-Wells won the coveted 2009 Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Women’s Tour Angler of […]

On October 3, Jo Schaper was given the Lester B. Dill Award by the Mississippi Valley-Ozark Region of the National Speleological Society. The award was established in 1972 by Lester B. Dill, the Ozark entrepreneur who took Saltpeter Cave in Franklin County, and turned it into a major tourist attraction called Meramec Caverns in 1930. […]

You gotta hand it to Nancy Jo Adams, aka Guru Huntress at The WON. She knows how to pick ’em, and this column is no exception. This week’s review is of the Booger, a handy-dandy retrieval gadget sold by Walnut Grove Hunting Products.

Kathy Magers, instrumental in the creation of the Women’s Bassmaster Tour and former professional bass angler, has once again taken the advice about “finding your passion in life and making it work for you” and stepped out of retirement to launch a new business in outdoor photography. She said, “ After 30 years and as many […]

Próis® Hunting Apparel adds bowhunter Missy Sharrone to its field staff. Read about Missy’s journey to becoming a top-notch hunter with a bow and arrow.

Outdoor photographer Stacey Huston wasn’t sure she would be able to capture the essence of a primitive archery hunt for the taping of Journey with Red Hawk. She surprised herself as she relaxed into the surroundings, realizing that set-up shots can still work outside. Read about her experience at this week’s Shoot to Thrill.

Due to recent unsafe conditions and high water on the Red River, BASS relocated the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Women’s Tour Championship, set for Oct. 16-18, to Cypress Black Bayou Lake, located in Benton, La. The event will mark the first Bassmaster event on the fishery. The WBT Championship, the culmination of the 2009 […]

It’s show time for fishing writer Naomi Shapiro, who debuts in this week’s The Fishing Line category with a story of triumph over a fishing floating thingey in Alaska on what appears to a little trip of Heaven. And, she’ll reveal her fishy sources.

Her byline comes across the Google Alerts here at The WON because she writes about the outdoors. Shauna Stephenson, outdoor editor for a newspaper in Wyoming, devotes herself to telling about outdoor experiences with a personal touch, and she also harbors a devotion to  scrupulous research — whether it’s tracking bears with a state agency […]

The Women’s Outdoor News is honored to be the recipient of this year’s Southeastern Outdoor Press Association’s “Best Outdoor Entrepreneur Project” award at the organization’s conference held last week in Punta Gorda, Fla. Lisa Snuggs, SEOPA’s Executive Director Lisa Snuggs accepted the award for Barbara Baird, publisher and editor of The WON.