funny enough i was listening to sportman's voice (z600am) and they mentioned that (in this area anyhow), there are more woman participating in hunting than ever before...so while the hunters may be on a downswing(because of misguided environmentalists!)the appeal of hunting is growing...here it's actually normal for people to take off work for hunting. When requesting a leave of absence from school, they even have hunting as a choice for reasons, i just wanted to point out that women can be as good as men, in some cases better, and while the concept of hunting may seem to be lowering, it's still a big deal in a few places...my sister became and expert in sharpshooting, even setting a record down at the wyoming boot camp...and she really hadn't shot guns since we were children, no one in her platoon(including men) were able to do that.