Field & Stream’s 2014 May “What’s Next” issue features hunting celebrity and TV host Eva Shockey on the cover. Shockey is only the second woman ever to appear solo in a photograph on the cover of the 119-year-old magazine.
The Field & Stream’s May issue offers expert opinions on what the future holds for hunting and fishing.
Shockey, the costar of Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures on the Outdoor Channel, offers her predictions on what the future holds for hunting and the 3.35 million women currently participating in the sport in an interview featured in the issue.
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, female hunters’ ranks grew by 10 percent from 2008 to 2012 and Shockey predicts the numbers will continue to rise.
“The steady and growing number of women who are becoming hunters is really transformative for the outdoor sports,” said Anthony Licata, editorial director of Field & Stream. “As a spokeswoman for that change, Eva was a clear choice for the cover of our ‘What’s Next’ issue.”
The first woman whose photograph has appeared solo on the magazine’s cover was Queen Elizabeth, who was featured with her hunting dogs in a January 1976 image.
