A few years ago, I had the privilege of participating in a unique program sponsored by the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission. Known as BOW, Becoming an Outdoors-Woman, this program is an annual weekend long opportunity for women to gather with other women and take classes of their choosing related to the outdoors. Everything from driving boats, backing boat trailers, fishing, bowfishing, canoeing, kayaking, firearms (classes for every kind), bird watching, archery, hunting, tracking, trapping, plant identification, orienteering, and much more was offered for an