From fishing to hunting we never thought in our wildest imaginations we would become anglers and hunters. One day while taking a walk at a nearby refuge, I spoke with two guys who were fishing, and I shared my thoughts about fishing, which was this seems boring. Mind you I never fished a day in my life. They then explained to me about the calmness of fishing and the joy it brings. After that conversation I decided to try it and by the next week I went out fishing. Week after week I didn't catch anything and just when I was about to give up, I decided to invite my mom. My mother is my creative, let's try it, and if we don't like it, we will try something else. I purchased everything my mom needed, and guess what? You guessed right, she caught a fish before I did, so now the competition was on. To know us is to know we are competitive. This is a woman who never allowed me to just win, whether it was a board game, double dutch, jacks or running to the corner, you had to compete with her, to win. One day while fishing a refuge employee asked if we would be interested in hunting. Now you have to understand we were raised in the city, we didn't know anyone who hunted, and we didn't see hunters who looked like us. But we decided to take a chance! The first day walking in the orientation I said to myself, no one looks like us, the only information we have about hunting was from the news and movies, the thought of shooting seemed scary, and maybe this was the wrong decision. After only 1 hour of listening, that's the key word, "listening" and taking it all in, we changed our minds. We were ready! The first day of the hunt, we were nervous, excited, fully dressed like hunters and had 100% confidence. But, after arriving and realizing we had to walk in the woods, in the dark, the excitement wore off a little. Again, we are from the city, black women, and let's face it, in horror movies normally black people don't make it to the end :). As you can tell, there were many false stories we told ourselves, and carried about hunting and even more so about hunters. We didn't have a blueprint, or a model of what hunting was, and the little we did know about hunting and hunters was negative. Despite that, we walked in boldly with open minds, sat in a blind and we individually fell in love with hunting. When we returned from hunting that day, my mom and I looked at each other with pure joy, and said, "I love it". We were now educated, trained, and knowledgeable about hunting. We discovered hunting is not bad, and neither are hunters. Hunting has been a place of peace, calmness, and joy, while creating beautiful memories as mother and daughter. So, why Pink Ladies Hunt? I love pink, and my mother was clear whether we fished or hunted, we would be ladies, which meant we didn't have to change who we are to fit into anyone's mold, or become what people think we should be as hunters. We could be beautifully soft, loving, kind, and feminine, without diminishing our strength, and those qualities are neither more nor less than any other quality. Being yourself is what we are all about! Our slogan is simple, LOVE. RESPECT. HARVEST. Do what you love, respect hunting by respecting animals, your surroundings, yourself, and people. Harvest the animal with honor and dignity. My mother and I hope to share our message with a new generation of hunters, which is to encourage people to hunt who have never hunted, educate, and empower people to hunt safely and harvest humanely.

As a commitment, Pink Ladies Hunt will donate 10% of all sales to Hunting Education Programs and 10% to Breast Cancer Organizations who focus on underserved communities of color.