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by Susan Hagan
Non-traditional Hunters Embracing Age-old Traditions in Modern Times Amy Ouimet grew up in northern Ontario
building tree forts, fishing, walking on homemade stilts, and shooting and eating grouse from her family’s camp in the woods along the lake. But she didn’t hunt big game, saying that was “more of a man’s club” for her dad and older brother. When those two went on weekend hunting trips, Ouimet and her mom stayed back at the basic cabin, which was lit by lanterns and heated with a wood stove. That shifted in 2019, when the operating room nurse moved to Alberta and found mentors. “I don’t buy any red meat,” said Ouimet, 28. “I have sausages, ground hamburger, steak, roast… I am obsessed with deer.”
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CONSERVATION MAGAZINE
FALL WINTER 2022