In U.S., women go wild for hunting
Date: Nov 27, 2006 6:52 AM
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In U.S., women go wild for hunting
Fri Nov 24, 2006 2:10 PM ET

By Sarah Mahoney

FREEPORT, Maine (Reuters) – It’s deer season in Maine and although the hunting department of outdoor retail specialist L.L. Bean is packed, this is no old-boy’s club.

Among the aisles of aerosol deer urine and digital duck calls, there are racks of women’s clothing in mossy-oak camouflage, as well as plenty of fluorescent hunter orange.

Lined up behind the counter are dozens of guns, many available with a “short-stock” designed to fit more comfortably into women’s shorter arms.

That’s because an increasing number of women are heading into the woods, becoming one of the most enthusiastic segments of the hunting world.

Take Laura Beth Fowler, an 18-year-old from McKenzie, Tennessee, who took up shooting three years ago and is now a member of one of the few all-girl trap-shooting teams in the country.

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