WOMEN HUNTING: Hunting is not just for the boys 
anymore ... details ahead on Passport to Texas
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Passport to Texas from Texas Parks and Wildlife and the 
Sport Fish and Wildlife restoration Program

More women are taking up the sport of hunting. Tami 
Moore, a long-time hunter and Parks and Wildlife 
employee, says the agency encourages women to go into 
the field. 

We're trying to get women involved in the outdoors, and to take 
some of the mystery out of the sport of hunting. Before it's just 
been something that the guys go do. [:09]

I met a group of women hunters during a woman only 
hunt. Each brought a guide with them; first time hunter, 
Millissa Salinas of Austin, brought her father Ralph.

I've always wanted to experience the outdoors, and I thought 
the perfect opportunity to bond with my father would be this 
event so he could show me the ropes and experience some 
special memories together. [:10]

Millissa was enthusiastic about her experience.

It was extremely exciting. We'd been preparing for it for about a 
month. He had taken me target shooting, I had borrowed a rifle. 
So I'd been anticipating the whole excitement for some time 
now. So when the actual moment came to pull the trigger, it 
was extremely exciting. [:16]

Hunting with other women and her father made for an 
experience Millissa intends to recreate with other family 
members.

We definitely want to get involved more in the outdoors. And I 
have a younger sister that we're going to try to encourage to 
join us. {:07}

That's our show ... made possible today by the Sport Fish 
and Wildlife Restoration Program ... working to increase 
fishing, hunting, shooting and boating opportunities in 
Texas. For Texas Parks and Wildlife ... I'm Cecilia Nasti.