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She created the Outdoor Gals group in 2015 growing up. “To this day, every opportunity I
and serves as the group administrator along get to go out with my Dad, I take it. I have so
with a team of other admins and moderators. many memories of hunting and fishing with my
Even with a busy social media page to run family. Even on the days we came home emp-
and family to wrangle, Posey finds spare time ty-handed, I never considered them a disap-
to pursue her outdoor passions. From snag- pointment. I took it as a learning experience.”
ging paddlefish to deer hunting with a muzzle- Posey wants her children to have those
loader, she loves it all. memories as well, so she and her husband
“My favorite thing about hunting is the dis- have introduced them to the outdoors.
connection from everything that is going on,” “We enjoy the time spent together,”
she said. “It’s peaceful, quiet and relaxing.” Posey said.
Posey has been hooked on the outdoors But Posey isn’t only sharing the outdoors
since she was a little girl, begging her dad to with her children. The Outdoor Gals group has
take her on adventures with him anytime she become a popular place for more than 2,000
saw him gearing up or lacing his hunting boots. female hunters and anglers to connect and
She harvested her first deer at her grandpar- communicate about all things outdoors.
ents’ place, where she still hunts today. We asked Posey about her group and how it
“Every weekend, we were hunting, fishing or enriches the experiences of this vibrant com-
doing something fun outside,” she said about munity of sportswomen:

Q: Before you created Outdoor Gals of Oklahoma, did social
media influence how you felt about hunting or hunters?

VIA FACEBOOK When it comes to social media or an online forum, female hunters
don’t feel equal. You constantly feel like you don’t know what
you’re talking about because it is a man’s world. I have people
that are close to me who respect that I hunt and fish, but before
making the group I didn’t have any friends who hunted or fished.
I couldn’t call anybody up to go hunting or fishing. People are
shocked when they meet me in public and find out I hunt. I like to
have my nails done; it never fails we go fishing on the same day!
VIA FACEBOOK

Layla is getting an early start as an Outdoor Gal. Erika B.-J. took this great buck in 2021.

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