Women are firing

Sam Harrison is pictured during the recent practical firearms workshop for women on the land, hosted by Hay Gun Club and Hay Plains Landcare.

The workshop was aimed to empower women to use firearms safely for the humane destruction of pest animals and livestock.

Hay Plains Landcare is helping to raise the profile of women in farming, recognising that women are taking a much more active role in day-to-day farming activities.

While many male landholders hold firearms licenses and are confident in the safe handling and storage of their guns, the same is often not the case for females. Yet it is often the female that encounters an animal in need of euthanizing.

Ten women successfully gained knowledge and experience in the safe handling and use of firearms, practising on clay targets.