Editors Note: You can hear Carly talk about the changes in the outdoor landscape over the last 20 years on the latest Complete Angler podcast here https://www.hookedmagazine.ca/podcast/the-complete-angler-podcast-episode-35-carly-deacon-part-two/ TIME FOR A NEW WAY We have certainly overcome many obstacles and negative perceptions in our hunting culture over the last 20 years. A remarkable “shift” happened, that very possibly could have saved our outdoor lifestyle. I can recall flipping through outdoor magazines in my early 20’s and seeing full-page ads portraying stacks of piled up geese, the “ultimate, must have” gear, and painted faces of angry middle-aged men proudly standing behind their…
Author: Carly Deacon
Carly Deacon
Carly Deacon is currently the Manitoba Wildlife Federation’s Managing Director, she has over 20 years’ experience in the outdoor industry, and has sat on numerous provincial and national boards/committees including Wildlife Habitat Canada, Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund, Wild Gobblers Unlimited, Portage la Prairie Wildlife Club, and International Hunter Education Association. Carly’s passion for the outdoors began with her Bachelors of Science degree at the University of Manitoba, majoring in Wildlife Biology. She initiated and teaches annually Manitoba’s Becoming an Outdoors-Woman and various firearm training programs for youth, women and families in Manitoba. She is also an active team member of an all ladies train-the-trainer waterfowl group called Hunting for Knowledge – Team Lady Fowlers. In 2017 she was awarded Canada’s Top Outdoors Woman.