报择 BC 省女性枪手增加

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报择  BC 省女性枪手增加

今日（9月5日）加西《省报 The Province 》头版头条；BC 省女性猎手增加。

http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/index.html

More Annies are getting their guns

Increasing numbers of B.C. women are taking up shooting, hunting as hobbies

Glenda Luymes and Jack Keating, The Province Published: Friday, September 05, 2008 。 Women are being drawn to guns.

Fraser Valley outdoor stores are reporting a general increase in the number of women coming in to buy firearms and hunting equipment, while women are starting to make their mark in shooting sports.

Bryan Mymko of Stillwater Sports in Ladner said he's stocking more women's hunting clothes and boots this year.
"I'd say, yes, generally we're seeing more women coming in," he said yesterday, adding the rise may be attributable to hunting recruitment and education aimed at women.

In 2006, the Ministry of Environment came up with a strategy to recruit and retain hunters as hunting-licence numbers dwindled from 174,000 in 1981 to 84,000 in 2004. Part of the strategy included providing hunter-education courses taught by women for women.

Patti MacAhonic, the first female executive director of the B.C. Wildlife Federation, said her organization's class -- called "Becoming an Outdoor Woman" -- is always full.

And she's noticed that as the number of hunters begins to gradually rebound provincially, women are being included in the trend.

A hunter herself, Mac-Ahonic said shooting is part of a "traditional way of life," which for her includes organic farming.
Bob Pitcairn, secretary of the B.C. Rifle Association, said he expects a jump in female rifle shooters as more teenage girls are appearing in under-19 shooting competitions across Canada.

"It takes time, but I think we might see the effect of that in a few years," he said.

Pitcairn believes women shooters tend to be more open to instruction and learn quickly.

"They can hold their own in competition," he said. "It's not like swimming, where you have to have separate men's and women's events. Shooting is one big melting pot."

Ray Mulholland with the Langley Rod and Gun Club said he hasn't seen an obvious "boom" in the number of women at the range, although there has been a jump in family memberships.
Heather Storey is a recent convert to the joys of firing guns at a shooting range.

Her boyfriend David Vito introduced her to the sport about six months ago.

"I enjoyed it," she said of firing guns for the first time.
"There's even a bit of a workout to it. You're holding the gun out. I mean, you feel it in your biceps, the recoil from the handguns."

Storey, 25, and her boyfriend use the firing range of the Mission and District Rod and Gun Club. She fires several semi-automatic handguns and a semi-automatic rifle.

"They're all fun. They're all a different experience," said Storey.
She and her boyfriend don't hunt.

Vito called firing guns "a hobby and a sport," adding: "My previous girlfriends weren't into it at all, but Heather thinks it's really cool."

"I like the challenge," said Storey, who shares a house in North Delta with Vito, 29, two cats and a cockatiel.

"For example, I might shoot a certain distance and I'm doing OK hitting the bull's eye. Then I want to increase the distance to challenge myself to go further."

择要如下：
为挽救年注册狩猎人数下降的颓势：174000／81.－> 84,000/04; 2005年起，省环保当局， 推出了一系列举措。包括面向女性社群的宣传教育：“如何成为户外女性” 等。从加拿大来福枪协会，地方射击练习场，枪牌猎牌培训班，枪店等的资料显示：女性， 尤其是年轻女子，越来越多地加入狩猎和枪支持有的行列。 而且女性的枪击练习和进步明显。
现在，除了有更多的全家出动的靶场射击活动， 青年情侣双双出入靶场，猎场也逐渐多了起来。他／她们感觉，这也许是一种新的“ 酷” 和 “性感”。

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More Annies are getting their guns

Increasing numbers of B.C. women are taking up shooting, hunting as hobbies
         

Firearms are becoming more popular with women, including Heather Storey, a shooting vegetarian.

Photograph by : Gerry Kahrmann - The Province

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这25发子弹的弹盒，似乎是女士们的最爱。

Butler Creek 的枪托 和 重枪管应该会很准。