There will always be outliers, but it shouldn't be a surprise that the vast majority of hunters are men, from a historical conditioning perspective. Of course, there are some females who legitimately want to be hunters and enjoy it, but I agree most do it for attention in a male-dominated activity. It's no different for most female video gamers or Nascar enthusiasts, Football enthusiasts etc…
I have four daughters, ALL of them refuse to hunt, kinda enjoy the outdoors, but LOVE to shoot! I imagine due to my career in law enforcement, and my passion for keeping my family safe, I was very hands on with gun safety and handling from an extremely young age, generally about 5 or 6 years old is when I would really start practically introducing them to firearms. At first, it was to understand what it was and showed them what it could do and explain and educate the function and operation of all the firearms I had. As they grew older I would let them have pellet and BB guns to shoot out in our forested area and by at about 8yo at the youngest 10yo at the oldest, I'd let them experience a .22 rifle. So I had a house at one time with 5 females (one being my wife) between the ages of 12 and 40, that could proficiently & safely handle a firearm, and provide for their own self-defense if god forbid the need ever arose. My oldest got married recently and she refused to attend her own ceremony if she couldn't carry her concealed firearm at the venue, her soon to be husband even got her a custom little thigh (garter) holster for the occasion. I don't know if she was serious or being her little sarcastic, dry humor self about it but I couldn't help but laugh with a small tear in my eye, lol! I only ever wanted them to know how to safely operate and render a firearm safe and clear IF they ever had too, THEY each themselves asked to shoot once and they each loved doing it ever since and I never pressured them one way or the other save for knowing how to shoot in case they ever had to.
As a side note, I constantly got grief and dirty looks from all kinds of people, even 2A supporters and gun nuts and of course people that just don't like guns; but most of the grief I got was the fact that they were girls. One person even told me it was my job to protect my family and they shouldn't have to, to that I said I am only one person and not invincible or immortal all it takes is one shot and then i'm down or dead and my family is toast, at least if my kids know what to do even if I die there's a much greater chance my family could be safe. My girls may have tried to enjoy them because they were of course all daddies girls and maybe thought it would make daddy happy if they enjoyed something he enjoyed, idk, but they have regular trips both together and alone just to go shoot and sometimes they don't even let me know so I know they have to at least enjoy it somewhat.
Seeing men teach their girls how to do for themselves, and spend time with them, is just beautiful. So good to teach them how to do for themselves, so they can be independent That makes it easier to make a proper choice of mate, because if they can take care of themselves, they don't feel pressured to settle for financial reasons.
It's my house, 3 brothers, one sister. None of us hunt, my sister loves hunting. I raise chickens and have a mini farm. My other bro boxes and the other is a high-ranking corporate guy. We grew up in Chicago on SS so not sure why she started hunting Def think she is doing it for attention lol.
There will always be outliers, but it shouldn't be a surprise that the vast majority of hunters are men, from a historical conditioning perspective. Of course, there are some females who legitimately want to be hunters and enjoy it, but I agree most do it for attention in a male-dominated activity. It's no different for most female video gamers or Nascar enthusiasts, Football enthusiasts etc…
Id still rather watch Sydnie Wells, or Hannah Barron, hunt or fish than Bryan Callen….just saying
I have four daughters, ALL of them refuse to hunt, kinda enjoy the outdoors, but LOVE to shoot! I imagine due to my career in law enforcement, and my passion for keeping my family safe, I was very hands on with gun safety and handling from an extremely young age, generally about 5 or 6 years old is when I would really start practically introducing them to firearms. At first, it was to understand what it was and showed them what it could do and explain and educate the function and operation of all the firearms I had. As they grew older I would let them have pellet and BB guns to shoot out in our forested area and by at about 8yo at the youngest 10yo at the oldest, I'd let them experience a .22 rifle. So I had a house at one time with 5 females (one being my wife) between the ages of 12 and 40, that could proficiently & safely handle a firearm, and provide for their own self-defense if god forbid the need ever arose. My oldest got married recently and she refused to attend her own ceremony if she couldn't carry her concealed firearm at the venue, her soon to be husband even got her a custom little thigh (garter) holster for the occasion. I don't know if she was serious or being her little sarcastic, dry humor self about it but I couldn't help but laugh with a small tear in my eye, lol! I only ever wanted them to know how to safely operate and render a firearm safe and clear IF they ever had too, THEY each themselves asked to shoot once and they each loved doing it ever since and I never pressured them one way or the other save for knowing how to shoot in case they ever had to.
As a side note, I constantly got grief and dirty looks from all kinds of people, even 2A supporters and gun nuts and of course people that just don't like guns; but most of the grief I got was the fact that they were girls. One person even told me it was my job to protect my family and they shouldn't have to, to that I said I am only one person and not invincible or immortal all it takes is one shot and then i'm down or dead and my family is toast, at least if my kids know what to do even if I die there's a much greater chance my family could be safe. My girls may have tried to enjoy them because they were of course all daddies girls and maybe thought it would make daddy happy if they enjoyed something he enjoyed, idk, but they have regular trips both together and alone just to go shoot and sometimes they don't even let me know so I know they have to at least enjoy it somewhat.
Seeing men teach their girls how to do for themselves, and spend time with them, is just beautiful. So good to teach them how to do for themselves, so they can be independent That makes it easier to make a proper choice of mate, because if they can take care of themselves, they don't feel pressured to settle for financial reasons.
It's my house, 3 brothers, one sister. None of us hunt, my sister loves hunting. I raise chickens and have a mini farm. My other bro boxes and the other is a high-ranking corporate guy. We grew up in Chicago on SS so not sure why she started hunting Def think she is doing it for attention lol.