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Outdoors-Woman events set for East Tennessee

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The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) will host two Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) events next month.

A BOW workshop will be held June 10-12 in Crossville at the Clyde M. York 4-H Center.

Becoming an Outdoors-Woman is a workshop primarily aimed at women. However, it is an opportunity for anyone 18 years or older to learn outdoor skills usually associated with hunting and fishing, but useful for many outdoor pursuits.

This year’s BOW Workshop offers classes in firearm safety, fishing, archery, boating safety, reading the woods, ATV operation, Dutch oven cooking, photography, map and compass, and many more.The BOW Workshop fee is $175 and includes lodging, meals, t-shirt, and a 2011-12 Tennessee hunting and fishing license. Registration is taken on a first come, first served basis.

A BOW Field Day will be held Saturday, June 18 at the John Sevier Hunter Education Facility in Knox County.

Attendees will have an opportunity to participate in two classes during the event.

This year’s BOW Field Day offers classes in basic archery, introduction to firearms, introduction to pistol shooting, Dutch oven cooking, women’s self defense, boating safety education and all terrain vehicle operation. 

The BOW Field Day will be held rain or shine. The fee is $25 and includes lunch and snacks. Registration is taken on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Applications for either BOW event are available at www.tnwildlife.org, or by contacting Donald Hosse, Wildlife Education Program Coordinator, at don.hosse@tn.gov or telephone (615) 781-6541.

For more information about BOW workshops in Tennessee, check out TWRA’s BOW web page at: http://www.state.tn.us/twra/outdoorswoman.html.