Women Take Aim

Outdoor sports

The number of female firearm hunters increased by 49 percent from 1989 to 1996, a jump from 1.75 million to 2.6 million, according to surveys conducted by the National Sporting Goods Association.

And while women represented 31.4 percent of the fishing population in 1991, the proportion rose to 35.1 percent by 1996, reflective of the 22 percent increase in women anglers - 13.1 million to 16 million - during that period. , DataTimes