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WOMEN AND GUNS

Women and guns……sounds kinda scary doesn’t it?  Well, let me tell ya, it ain’t as scary as one might think.  That is, as long as you don’t make them angry.  Do that and you could be in for a real eye opener. 

A couple of days ago I decided to make a run to the desert to check out the water situation in the stock tanks.  Being a Duck hunter I though it important to know if I needed to even buy a stamp.  I’m sure you know how it goes….no water….no ducks.   No Quail either.

Well, low and behold, there was water in almost every tank . It’s still a little early to expect any Ducks but we did see a lot of Quail during our trip.  Now, if you’re a Quail hunter, you know what the sighting of a covey of Quail can do to your good judgement.  Imagine what seeing multiple coveys can do to you then.   We, (there were three of us) my buddy Lyle (of “This is Hunting?” fame) and Pauline, (See “Dove Hunting …From a Woman’s perspective”) decided then and there that we would be there to ambush those little desert rockets at first light on opening day.   Having made this pact, we decided to stop for lunch and a little shooting with the multitude of guns that we had loaded into my truck.  Needless to say, after having a lunch of ham sandwiches and a Coke or two, we (the two males in our party) decided to impress the one female in our party with our long range shooting ability.  BIG MISTAKE! 

NEVER…EVER… CHALLENGE A WOMAN TO A SHOOTING MATCH.  A shooting match between two guys is friendly competition.  A shooting match between  a man and a WOMAN is deadly serious.  Sportsmanship is out the window.  She just isn’t gonna lose.  At least not to any MAN.  Put a gun in the hands of a woman and you become the low life who can’t hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle and she’s gonna show you how it’s done…..and that’s what happened to us.  We shot, and she shot.  She didn’t exactly “best” us, but, we didn’t “best” her either.  Shot for shot it was pretty much a disaster.  We even tried to stack the deck with some odd ball rifles. (see pictures)When that didn’t work we…us two guys…smiled politely and decided it was time to head for home. 

On the way home the three of us were talking about the up coming Quail season and about our chances of limiting out.  But, during the lulls in the conversation there were two of us who were wondering…Do we really wanna do this?

Tom Kampert

Surprise, Ariz.