Not only was the weekend itself fun and educational, but you are facilitating a meeting place for women.  You are inspiring us to go out and Just Hunt.  

Women are different, we don't yet have the same opportunities (for many of us) to be able freely hunt like men and to be taken seriously.  At a gun store it's harder to get support,  we all know it's harder to find decent clothing gear and in hunting circles we still are just not taken as seriously as the guys.   In the end, a weekend like this empowers women.  It gave us confidence, a safe place to learn without judgement (there were no stupid questions) and it provided - most of all - a network.  

A "Take me Hunting" weekend sets up the groundwork for something so much bigger.  It's creating a safe access way for women to get into hunting - on their own, to form friendships and to encourage us; that we too, can do what our guys are out doing - without them, if we choose. We talked about gear, guns and experiences without being judged and for women, THAT is important.   There are many women out there who just have no "club" to belong to, don't know where to start, or how to have their hunting own adventure outside of their partners or the men around us.  There is a generation of girls/ladies/women who need this.

 Our group may have been your first, but don't let these two weekends be your last!  I encourage you to continue to do this over and over.  Its value is far more reaching than I think you know.   It's a stepping stone into changing the industry and for those who need a push to forge their own roads into hunting.   

Amanda Lynn, I can see you starting fires in women to start their own camps and weekends away.  Which in the end, enables us to "Just Hunt". 

- Michelle