I have grown up on a farm all of my life and always enjoyed watching the wildlife; and I always found myself sneaking away from my work on the farm to sit in the tree line's and watch the deer, turkey, coyote's, ducks, pretty much anything that went by. I always found it so neat that they had no idea where I was and never expected me to be sitting there the whole time watching them. I always wanted to hunt, but my Daddy wasn't going to have any part in it neither were my grandparent's they said they were there to enjoy not to kill. My comment back was always smart with "God wouldn't have put them on earth and given us the option to hunt them if they were just there to watch." Of course that always got me in more trouble, than necessary.
My childhood year's consisted of hanging out with my cousin Kirk and our friend Jeremey who was always going on hunting trips. I was always so jealous when he came back and showed me what he got while on his hunting trips. I always told him I wanted to go with him and his response was "girls can't hunt as good as boys." Well that lit a fire under my butt to say the least, I never forgot what he said and I was still mad when he got to hunting and I didn't. In High School I took FFA courses and one of them was Wildlife Management and in that we were able to take a Hunter's Safety course so I was more than excited to go to that class each day. I remember when it came time to take the gun safety course where you got out in a field, and you have to shoot just one clay pigeon out of the three that were to be flown in all different directions controlled by our teacher. Everyone assumed I had never shot a gun (of course I was the only girl in that class), my daddy always let us shoot at clay pigeon's at home he just never let us shoot at anything living. There was no specific order it was all volunteer basis and I noticed how they were all trying to show each other up which ended in them hurrying their shot and making mistakes. No-one had hit all three clay pigeons yet, the most anyone had hit was two and it was just one person. As I go to shoot everyone of them assumed I would just miss and be done; their faces were priceless when I hit all three of them and none of them had.
My junior year I began dating the quarterback for our small town school, who was know for showing up late for classes because he was hunting. He came in face painted from duck hunting, or all camouflaged from deer or turkey hunting. He was in a few of my classes so I always talked to him about his hunting trips, and loved seeing his picture's of what he had killed that day. He took me Deer hunting with him and I was hooked even though he didn't kill anything that day. He finally let me start shooting things with him; I got my first eight pointer I was stoked. It wasn't very big compared to what the other guys had been shooting; but I was just happy to finally be able to get to go hunting. I went on my first Duck hunt which I came to find out was more talking than it was actually shooting; but it was still fun watching the dog I trained out their in the water after ducks. I bagged my first turkey that Spring, and did several other hunts as the year(s) went on. I have been addicted to it ever since, if it's in season I am out there in the woods or blind hunting alongside my husband. I still have to prove myself to a lot of the men I am around hunting, they always want to roll their eyes when they see a woman coming to hunt with them. They will finally let up once they know I am just as good as them if not better. I may be small and look younger than I am; but I can hunt just like the rest of them.
I always knew I would enjoy hunting I just never had the chance to prove myself until someone let me have the chance. I would love to be a part of Just For Doe's Pro Staff to be able to go different hunting trip's with other women and learn from some of the best out there. Everyone I hunt with right now are men I enjoy it don't get me wrong; but I would love to hunt along other women who are avid hunter's and be able to learn even more. I constantly follow you guys on Twitter and Facebook I love seeing all the new products y'all are putting out; and seeing other women's photo's on your monthly photo contest. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog and view my pictures.
Have a great day.
Molly Townsend 22
White House, Tennessee
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