Another exciting season of Women on Target Hunting Excursions is about to begin. Women hunters with experience ranging from first-timers to the most seasoned of veterans are provided with the opportunity to have a unique and enjoyable hunting adventure.

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is now offering its new hunter education program called "Cyber Deer." Not a video game but an interactive educational program, Cyber Deer allows a computer user to "shoot" an anatomically accurate whitetail from any user-selected height, distance or angle, using bow or firearm settings, and then analyze the shot's internal path through the deer

Hunter's Specialties® new Shooter's Stick provides a lightweight portable rest that is perfect for turkey hunting or for anyone hunting from the ground.

In the 1990s, there was a popular trivia game called Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. It was based on the concept that any performer could be connected through his or her film roles to prolific actor Kevin Bacon in less than six links. The hunting world version of that game would have to be Six Degrees of Brenda Valentine. I'd venture to guess that you - or someone you know - has seen or met the First Lady of Hunting at a Bass Pro Shop opening, a hunt, convention, conference or seminar, not to mention the TV shows she's hosted or appeared on. Though there may be less than six degrees of separation between you and her, what do you really know about Brenda?

The "golden age" of sport hunting in the American West attracted many devotees of the chase beyond the military officers, aristocrats, and foreign gentlemen-sportsmen discussed earlier. The same factors that drew the "top-shelfers" to the hunt-the still-abundant game, convenient rail transportation, and improved firearms-also stimulated a growing tide of upper- and middle-class Americans to go west in search of adventure and trophy.

1) Boost the Economy

Affordable for the Hunter- One deer can yield approximately 50 pounds of nutritious venison. Virginia's abundant wildlife provides opportunities for hunters to dine on venison, duck, goose, rabbit, turkey and more - the ultimate in organic, free-range food. For a small fee of $18, a Virginia resident can purchase a Hunting License good for one year from the day of purchase (or the ultimate investment, purchase a lifetime license with the cost depending on the age of the purchaser). This allows the individual to hunt a variety of small game such as rabbits and squirrels. For another $18, that resident can purchase a Bear, Deer and Turkey License, good from July 1 through June 30, and good for cutting the food bill.

1.5 Tons Per Second... That's how much food is being wasted in America. According to the Society of St. Andrew, this equates to 96 billion pounds of food per year! This is terrible, especially with 36 million Americans living in poverty. The fluctuating economy, tough job market, high fuel prices and increasing cost of basic items such as groceries are causing more and more individuals and families to seek food assistance for the first time.