bowhuntress

Definitions

A female bowhunter.

Examples

“Mrs. Florence Pace, Cornell bowhuntress, found a way to beat⟳ the current meat shortage.”

“One doesn’t read⟳ too many stories in the magazine written by these gals that hunt with the bow, but these bowhuntresses must have⟳ some interesting tales that would make⟳ good reading material.”

“They [the prizes] are: […] 4, for first bowhuntress to bring⟳ deer to Kaibab Lodge desk clerk, a dozen Blackhawk arrows.”

“Bowhuntress Jenny Candahl Levels An Arrow At The Target⟳”

“Euretha Schomaker of Detroit was Michigan’s first successful bowhuntress.”

“SLEEPING BEAUTY—Maybe this pretty bowhuntress can find⟳ an alarm clock and a rear view⟳ mirror at the Central Michigan Sport and Boat Show⟳ to help⟳ her improve⟳ her hunting.”

“One of the episodes of The Michigan Sportsman follows a lady bowhunter on her first deer hunt. “Misadventures of a Bowhuntress” features Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wilson of Kalamazoo.”

“Abilene women took all three places in Class B bowhuntress, Shirley Adkisson taking first, Gladys Bowman second and Fran Blackstock third.”

“Bowhuntress Scores / Petite, Dale Gross, of 645 Chestnut St., Emmaus, showed the boys how it is done when she dropped a 60-pound doe with one arrow at 8:30 a.m. on opening day.”

“The prize-winning doe, a 116-pounder, was tagged by Frank DeSessa of Morris Plains, while the bowhuntress award was garnered by Tony Ann Lenza of Lyndhurst — an 11-year-old gal who bagged the doe with a single arrow at 30 yards.”

““We’ll also have⟳ our traditional bowhuntress and junior bowhunter awards programs for the 1985 season as well,” [Len] Cardinale added.”

“An easy walking trail wends among lofty pines through avenues of sheer, intoxicating color around a 20-acre lake garnished here and there with classical statues, like⟳ the bowhuntress Artemis, the houndsman Actaeon and the beautiful young mother Daphne with child beside her.”

“Hunting magazines often dub [Jana] Waller a “bowhuntress,” although she’s handy with a rifle and rod, too.”

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