Women’s pheasant workshop offers confidence, community

Hunters of all experience levels sharpened their skills and created new friendships
  • New hunter Lyndsay Krueger, Mason City, IA takes instruction from Sandy Austin at the women’s pheasant hunting workshop. Reporter & Farmer | photo by Nina Hoekstra @in.ninas.nature
    New hunter Lyndsay Krueger, Mason City, IA takes instruction from Sandy Austin at the women’s pheasant hunting workshop. Reporter & Farmer | photo by Nina Hoekstra @in.ninas.nature

    More than 20 hunters of various skill levels joined two dozen instructors outside Webster for the second-annual Women’s Learn to Pheasant Hunt Weekend Workshop.

    The instructors, most of whom were women, worked with participants to learn more about shotgun safety, clay target shooting, gun cleaning, public-lands access, and other hands-on skills. The workshop also included pointing and flushing dog …