For All Women ... From All Walks Of Life

Mark your calendar! The week of July 16-24, 2008 is the date of the first annual NRA Women's Wilderness Escape.

The Wilderness Escape provides women 18 and older with a nine-day "get away" opportunity to experience the softer side of firearm education with exposure to a wide variety of shooting sports activities and an array of enticing hunting and outdoor related activities. It's an adventure you'll want to repeat again and again!

No experience is necessary, and all firearms and ammunition are provided for you. You'll learn to shoot rifle silhouette, scoped/tactical carbine, long-range high power rifle, conventional and tactical pistol, historic firearms, shotgun (trap or skeet), and archery. Outdoor activities being planned will feature camping, survival training, game calling, game habitat and tracking, hunter education, and western cowgirl history. It's a hands-on learning experience just for you. You may even spend an evening camped out under the Rocky Mountain stars on a mock big game hunt, if the weather is favorable.

Women attending the Wilderness Escape will be guided by some of the most skilled firearms instructors and outdoor specialists in the country. And it all happens at the NRA Whittington Center in Raton, New Mexico.

The NRA Whittington Center is without a doubt the finest shooting complex in the nation. Its 33,000 acres nest among the scenic western mountains and high mesa country of New Mexico. While staying at the Whittington Center, you'll share rustic log cabin housing units (with indoor plumbing), eat in the dining facility, and anticipate the unscheduled early morning and evening escapades of the deer, elk and antelope that call the Center home. Food, housing, guns, ammunition, targets, classes, camping, mock hunt, evening activities, instructors, demonstrations, and adventures are all included in the $975 fee. All you have to do is get there. Space is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis beginning September 1, 2007. Grab a friend and COME JOIN US for the first annual NRA Women's Wilderness Escape!

Click here to request an NRA Women's Wilderness Escape information packet and application.