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Eva ShockeyElegance with True

Grit

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Eva ShockeyElegance with True Grit

By Judy Erwin Branham

www.huntresslife.com | Huntress Life Magazine July/August 2015 | 15Believe it or not huntress, entrepreneur, archer

and gun toting daughter of famous hunter and adven-turer Jim Shockey actually cooks, does her own laun-dry, cleans her own home and is a DIY hair stylist. As glamorous as her lifestyle appears Eva Shockey is a down home everyday girl just like the rest of us when she is home. Many huntresses around the world see Eva as a female example living a life of luxury at home while having outdoor opportunities we all desire. Continue reading to know how she manages her everyday life in much the same way all women do, yet with elegance and true grit making it look easy when it is not.

Eva hosts events such as the Golden Moose Awards at the Shot Show in Vegas with grace and candor setting a great example for our female youth in the outdoor industry. She is accomplished in many areas other than hunting big game in the Yukon, Van-couver, British Columbia and around the world. You would think after having her camo painted face on the cover of Field and Stream Magazine and only the second female in 120 years (the other being none other than Queen Elizabeth) and the first female to appear for 30 years she would be full of herself; nevertheless Eva is humble yet strong, kind yet spirited, elegant yet has true grit.

Eva’s Elegance:

Her clothes are fashionably sleek and outdoorsy during outdoor appearances, however still youthful with a modest sex appeal giving a respectable example to our young female outdoor girls. Eva’s social media posts are clean yet forward at times, smart answers to the best and worst comments, and she always looks great even when in camo hunting clothes, fishing, exercising or whatever she is doing. Her thick beautiful hair is always stylish either down or with braids; I loved the graceful look she wore during the Golden Moose Awards 2015 every-one commented its similarity to Disney’s “Frozen Elsa”.

Eva has a background as a ballet dancer following her mother Louise’s career. Perhaps she carries her mother’s ele-gance and poise and her father’s grit and outgoingness. She ac-quires it honestly from both parents’ life examples; the Shockey family is well known for their strength of character and love of the outdoors.

Eva shared, “I grew up dancing because my mom was a professional ballerina. I have danced my whole life and before I started hunting I was a competitive Latin dancer and taught salsa classes in Vancouver! I still miss dancing and hope to take it up again once my schedule calms down.”

16 | Huntress Life Magazine July/August 2015 | www.huntresslife.comShe added, “My mom doesn’t hunt, she is for hunting but

she doesn’t need to hunt with all the family bringing in meat, if her family was hungry she would. I grew up eating moose, cari-bou and deer meat.”

Donning a glamorous white lace dress Eva’s Facebook page displays a photo of her fishing off a peer in Florida. Her grace and class again show through from performing tomboyish feats in a dress to conducting high-end interviews of some of America’s most popular female huntresses such as Theresa Vail.

Her face is everywhere, not just the cover of Field and Stream:

The Outdoor Channel: Eva co-hosts with her dad, Jim Shockey’s television shows.

Dodge Ram truck advertisement shows a photo of Eva shooting her bow; she is one of the new faces of Dodge Ram trucks.

The Preakness 2015: The Balti-more Sun reported Eva’s appear-ance in the Under Armour tent with many other celebrities. Her Facebook page showcased the experience as wonderful, glamor-

ous and exciting to experience the event with her then fiancé Tim Brent, professional hockey player.

ATA Show 2015: Eva attend-ed a baby shower for Tiffany Lakosky during the show; she signed autographs in booths around the show, and to top it off her very own new Eva Shockey Series Electric Blue Bowtech compound bow was unveiled. Her mom and dad were there by her side for all the excitement.

Eva worked closely with Bowtech to design her bow; sleek, elegant, classy, fierce, strong, deadly; what more need I say? The photo says it all. She remarked it is something she herself would pick out. “The ar-chery industry doesn’t have a high-end bow such as this currently for women archers. It is as high-end as the best men’s bow but is fit for a woman, having Bowtech’s revolutionary Power Shift Flip Disc2 technology where you can change it from a lighter draw weight to a heavier draw weight easily. It is for an experi-enced archer,” she explained. She calls it classy with a cool style.

www.huntresslife.com | Huntress Life Magazine July/August 2015 | 17Check it out for specifications and features at: https://www.bow-techarchery.com/m/pages/productBreakdown.php?i=68.

Shot Show January 2015 and Golden Moose Awards: During the Shot Show the Jim Shockey Steel Eagle and Eva Shockey Golden Eagle Crossman Air Rifles were unveiled to become available in March 2015. http://www.crosman.com/golden-eagle-np2

Eva also hosted the Golden Moose Awards interviewing and introducing many big name outdoors men and women alike.

Social media: She is very active on social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Eva not only posts about her everyday life but she stands strong in her beliefs reference her hunting lifestyle. See below her reaction to being attacked for posting hunting photos.

Eva’s TRUE GRIT:

November 2014 Insider Fox News reported a story reference threats to Eva due to her posting her bear harvest on Facebook. One reader suggested she kill her dog instead. Her reaction is below:

http://insider.foxnews.com/2014/11/17/kill-your-dog-famous-fe-male-hunter-eva-shockey-gets-hate-filled-messages-after-bear-photo

Eva Shockey’s Public Figure page has 805,392 Likes November 15, 2014 · Eva commented “Official weight: 510.2 lb bear! Can you believe that?!?!?!”

This post had 60,728 Likes · 7,390 Comments · 2,174 Shares

Eva commented, “An anti-hunter just told me, and I quote, to “kill that little worthless dog you have instead” of the bear I just hunted in NC. Apparently hunting a bear, eating/donating all of the meat and putting money towards conservation is a bad thing, but killing my puppy is ok. If this logic isn’t totally insane, I don’t know what is.”

Eva’s response to anti-hunters remarks was to make a new t-shirt:

“Show your hunting pride with this limited-edition super soft tee. And never apologize for being a hunter!” - Eva *Made in the USA* *Ships Worldwide*

Eva is boldly standing strong for all hunters, female and male alike. Eva’s website at http://www.evashockey.com/ states “Eva has found a way to balance hunting, travel and family into what she calls the “best lifestyle in the world”. Her passion for the outdoors, con-servation and family life keep her focused, balanced as she remains a truly remarkable outdoors woman.

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Future Plans:

Eva is single no more! Sorry guys! Wed-ding to Tim Brent was June 20th at Eva’s parents’ house in Canada. Tim Brent is a Canadian profes-sional ice hockey player playing for teams such as the Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League a Russia Hockey League, the North Caroline Hurricanes for NHL and the To-ronto Maple Leafs.

Eva and her father are looking at possibly going to Italy for their hunt overseas this year, hunting black bear on Vancouver Island, moose in the Yukon in her dad’s territory, hopefully white-tail in Saskatchewan and more. “I have never hunted in Italy so I am really looking forward to that,” Eva said. They returned home from Spain earlier this spring. Eva commented, “Spain was really challenging hunting and beautiful scenery, one of my favorite hunts. My dad and fiancé was there too, we were Ibex hunting which is compa-rable to a sheep hunt in North America. (Ibex are the largest goat species)”

Questions for Eva:

Who is your hunting mentor?

“I would have to say my dad. Lots of people in the industry have been good examples and impacted me in a positive way; however, I watch my dad closely as a great example of what a passionate outdoorsman and hunter should be. He has been so supportive since I have started hunting so he is definitely my number one mentor”, Eva said.

How did you begin hunting?

“Although I grew up around hunting I never harvested my first game until I was 20. At University living by myself I went to the store for the first time not knowing what to buy due to only having wild game in my home from birth, she explained.”

What is your favorite place to hunt?

“The Yukon Territory for moose for sure as my dad has lived there and had an Outfitting Company for 20 years. It is beautiful, pure, and pristine and you are in the middle of nowhere. Nobody is even close to where you are hunting and it is majestic. It is my favorite place on earth, Eva described.”

What’s it like to be you? Is it glamorous, adventurous? A dream life most of us only dream of.

Eva humbly noted, “My family is very grateful for our lifestyle and my dad has worked so unbelievably hard to get where he is which is what I base my life on. I was raised that way and I want to do that also. We are

www.huntresslife.com | Huntress Life Magazine July/August 2015 | 19very aware we are in a position where many people are watching us and we take it seriously because we know that. For me per-sonally I know there are a lot of young girls watching me and I am not going to take that lightly. I know my decisions are going to impact people so when I do make decisions I am very aware that what I decide will reflect on me and will possibly change one young girls idea of whether or not she wants to be a hunter or not. So we are very grateful and we love what we do and we know what we do might make a difference if we choose right or wrong and we always choose the high path. That’s kind of how we live our lives.”

“We are just like everybody else, we love to hunt and love our family and it has just turned into a TV Show that people like to watch. If we didn’t have the TV Show we would still be doing the same things; be hunting, still be eating wild game and still love each other, we just wouldn’t be going as far away to hunt. We are possibly looked at as being on a different platform due to the TV Show but at the end of the day we are just the same as everybody else. I think if people saw our lives off camera they would be surprised we don’t really do anything different. Obviously we do go on some pretty cool hunts which is part of what we do for work because we want to show people these adventures and share them but when we are not hunting we are very much the same as everybody. We stay home as much as we can. I play with our dogs, go hiking, and we watch Outdoor Channel on TV on Sunday nights and we are the same as everybody else,” she modestly said.

Eva Shockey is an inspiration to all female outdoors women and youth. Her bold yet assertive example gives our female huntress-es someone to look up to and watch to see how her career unfolds before us. Best wishes to Eva and her new husband Tim on all their future outdoor endeavors as a couple and with the Shockey family.

Peer female huntress Brenda Valentine, known as “The First Lady of Hunting”® shared, “I think Eva is one of the classiest out-door gals to come along in a long while. She humbly admits she doesn’t have years and years of hunting experience but she is willing to learn and a very outspoken advocate for guns and hunting. She is a lovely lady that I welcome into the women hunters fraternity.”

From Tiffany:“Love Eva to death!!! So great to have another female out there representing us”

“Eva Shockey is the perfect woman to represent all young, female hunters around the world. Eva is a beautiful person inside and out that will never apologize for chasing her dreams in the outdoor world - We need more of those girls! She is a huge inspiration to me and I’m proud to be in the same industry as her. UA Hunt girls for life!” _ Taylor Drury of “The Drury’s” and “M.A.D. Game Calls

Photos courtesy Eva Shockey and Judy Erwin Branham

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Judy’s Reviews What to ChooseBy Judy Erwin Branham

Archery Must Haves for Shooters and HuntersThird Hand Archery Accessories – Made in the U.S.A.

www.thirdhandarchery.com

Jim Litmer from Union, Kentucky demonstrates how and why to use his products. He has designed and invented a group of accessory products for archers to simplify their experience as well as make hunting safer and more comfortable to stay in a stand.

I have tried these products such as the refillable target bags, DIY target skins, arrow puller, Hip Clip to hold your bow while shooting or hunting, score card holders and much more.

Be sure to check out his how to use videos which demonstrate multiple uses for many of these wonder-ful products.

You can watch his videos on YouTube at the following links below each review.

Ragbag Target Bag$25, 2 for $45 or 6 for $120

This refillable target bag can be used for any bow type such as traditional, compound or crossbow. See how easy your arrow retrieval can be with this diverse target below. These are also a great idea for clubs and groups to use.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUyI8j2n-Hb0&index=6&list=FL8u0AmEkYC6bNc5ti7Ur-mXw

DIY Range Target Skins (1 Animal 1 TicTacToe)

$35 or 2 for $65

These target skins can be enclosed in wooden sides, top and bottom, filled with material or clothes to practice archery. The large size allows for diversity of archery practice for all ages and bow styles. According to the website:

“Animal target face on one side and Tic-Tac-Toe face on the other for do-it-yourselfers to build your own range targets. They are 36”x36” and weigh 12 ounces per set (set consists of the 2 different faces - one on each side).”

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Hip Clip – Bowsling$10 or 3 for $25

This is my favorite for 3D shooting and hunting. Fatigue from carrying my bow has cost me scoring on the 3D range and not being able to take a shot at a deer due to my hands shaking from the stress. This product solves both problems for me. Jim has several great ideas for using this clip/sling. Check it out on the video below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDD5pSpMpwY

Arrow PullerHave you ever had difficulty pulling your arrow from a target or tree perhaps? This arrow puller made from Goodyear tire rubber does the trick. It also doubles to tighten your points. No more hand tightening my points every time I shoot a target with this light weight accessory which easily hangs from your belt or quiver. Also comes in PINK ladies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF0banREJ1g&index-=3&list=FL8u0AmEkYC6bNc5ti7UrmXw

McKenzie Score Card Holder, and

Rinehart Arrow Placement Scorecard HoldersThese score cards and holders not only show arrow placement for each type of target, but they give you a solid surface to write your score during 3D shoots and more. They conveniently hang from your belt or quiver. Priced at only $10 or 3 for $25 they are priceless for those tar-gets too far away to see the 11 or 12 rings.

Can’t Fire ReleaseEvery bow shop should carry these for safety from customers dry firing a bow; however, my favorite use is for strength training for individual archers to gain ability to shoot our bows throughout the year. This simple product can make the difference when that deer stands before you in archery season whether you harvest game or not. Using this device twice per week will up your archery game. Check out Jim’s explanation below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM4SuLyDAmg&index-=5&list=FL8u0AmEkYC6bNc5ti7UrmXw

Photos courtesy Jim Litmer website Third Hand Archery