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Do hunting dads love sons more than daughters?

The cover of Washington's 2015 hunting regulations pamphlet features a photo of the female hunters in a Washington family.
The cover of Washington's 2015 hunting regulations pamphlet features a photo of the female hunters in a Washington family.

HUNTING -- Regarding my Sunday story about a sociologist's research on women who hunt -- I'm haunted by that one observation.

Of the 40 women hunters interviewed for the study, 39 are daughters of a man without sons. 

Sounds like the basis for a research project in itself.



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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