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Breaking Clays with My New Sisters at The Beretta Shotgun Experience

By North America Outdoors / September 23, 2025 /

Sisterhood Outdoors once again offered a group of lucky women the unique opportunity of shotgun shooting camaraderie—and to be coached by highly decorated Olympian shotgun champion Kim Rhode. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second…

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The NRA Has Something for Everyone

By North America Outdoors / July 31, 2025 / Comments Off on The NRA Has Something for Everyone

American gun owners join the NRA for many reasons that pertain to their individual shooting sports activities, but all join for the common goal of the protection of their Second Amendment rights. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve…

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Man cooking with a campfire outdoors.

Want to Become an Outdoors-Woman? Here’s One Way to Start

By North America Outdoors / July 7, 2025 / Comments Off on Want to Become an Outdoors-Woman? Here’s One Way to Start

The successful BOW program (Becoming an Outdoors-Woman) began in 1990 in Wisconsin but its popularity as one of the leading programs for women has propelled its expansion into 38 states. ** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA’s mission to protect, preserve and defend…

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Outdoor adventures: hunting, fishing, and nature scenes.

NRA Women Can Be Found Everywhere!

By North America Outdoors / June 24, 2025 / Comments Off on NRA Women Can Be Found Everywhere!

Think you have a busy life? You might actually feel like a slacker after you get to know this extraordinary outdoors woman from the northwest. Spending three weeks in the backcountry of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho had me wondering, where are all the men?! It turned out that my husband and four sons made up…

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Elderly women hiking on a mountain trail.

Matriarchs of the Mountains: The Next Generation

By North America Outdoors / June 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Matriarchs of the Mountains: The Next Generation

The women of the Northwest have been passing the torch to the next generation for more than 150 years. The northwestern United States has always been the woman’s domain. It was the women who settled the West, not the men. If there was any doubt to that, just look at the earliest male explorers. If…

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Person holding a rifle with scope.

What a New Gun Owner Really Wants to Know

By North America Outdoors / April 15, 2025 / Comments Off on What a New Gun Owner Really Wants to Know

STORY AND PHOTOS BY HEIDI LYN RAO What a New Gun Owner Really Wants to Know An increasing number of individuals are exploring their options to purchase a firearm for the very first time. Many of these people did not grow up in a household with firearms. As adults, they have either married into firearms,…

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Grizzly bear near water, close-up.

WOMEN MAKE THE BEST HUNTING MENTORS

By North American Outdoors / December 27, 2024 / Comments Off on WOMEN MAKE THE BEST HUNTING MENTORS

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF HOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION • CONVENTION 2025 STORY AND PHOTOS BY HEIDI LYN RAO As women, we have great responsibilities. Women usually take on the role of teaching our sons, daughters, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews. It is only natural that we also take on therole of hunting mentors. As hunters, we…

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Smiling woman in Santa suit with reindeer.

GERTRUDE CLAUS: SANTA CLAUS’S BETTER HALF

By North American Outdoors / December 13, 2024 / Comments Off on GERTRUDE CLAUS: SANTA CLAUS’S BETTER HALF

By Heidi Lyn Rao GERTRUDE CLAUS: SANTA CLAUS’S BETTER HALF It’s that time of year again – Christmas! For most people, both young and old, it is the most magical time of the year. Many images of this time of year are formed when we are very young, and we carry those same images throughout…

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Coin depicting Wampanoag, Thanksgiving theme, colorful corn.

Thank the Women of the Wampanoag for Thanksgiving

By North American Outdoors / November 21, 2024 / Comments Off on Thank the Women of the Wampanoag for Thanksgiving

This year, when you construct your centerpiece, make it a tribute to the women that made this holiday possible. Thank the Women of the Wampanoag for Thanksgiving – NRA Women.com Thanksgiving occurs every year on the fourth Thursday of November. When we think of the first Thanksgiving, we visualize the image of the pilgrims and…

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Bison herd grazing near stream and mountains.

Women in the (Traditionally) Male Dominated Outdoors

By North American Outdoors / October 4, 2024 / Comments Off on Women in the (Traditionally) Male Dominated Outdoors

THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF HOUSTON SAFARI CLUB FOUNDATION • FALL 2024 WOMEN IN THE (TRADITIONALLY) MALE-DOMINATED OUTDOORSBY HEIDI LYN RAO I have spent my entire adult life in what has traditionally been a male-dominated world as it relates to firearms. With degrees in Wildlife Management and Forestry, I graduated college and went straight into the…

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