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WORK TITLE: Taking Aim
WORK NOTES: with A.J. Gregory
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BIRTHDATE: 1/5/1988
WEBSITE: http://evashockey.com/
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NATIONALITY: Canadian
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Born January 5, 1988, on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada; married Tim Brent, June 20, 2015; children: Lennon Bow.
EDUCATION:Bond University, Australia, B.A.
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Hunter, author, blogger. Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures, television co-host.
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Born in British Columbia, Canada, and currently based outside of Raleigh, North Carolina, Eva Shockey is an author, television co-host, social media personality, and outdoor adventurer. With cowriter A.J. Gregory she has published her 2017 memoir, Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors, about hunting and travel, healthy living, and finding one’s true life calling. In the book, she describes her transition from non-hunter to hunter, offers home décor ideas, tips for fitness and healthy living, recipes, and practical guidelines for living a field-to-table lifestyle.
Daughter of Canadian outdoor writer Jim Shockey and co-host of the Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures television show on the Outdoor Channel, Eva is a proud, female outdoors-woman and believes that hunters are the biggest conservationists on the planet. In Taking Aim, Shockey describes hours-long hikes and hunting expeditions, travels through the Aleutian Islands and the Yukon, antiwoman and antihunting attitudes, and her work as a hunting ambassador and corporate spokesperson for hunting products. A writer in Publishers Weekly acknowledged Shockey’s persuasive arguments about self-reliance, conservation, and charity, saying that she “provides lyrical narration and descriptions laced with humor and gratitude to God in this fine autobiography.”
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Publishers Weekly, June 12, 2017, review of Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors, p. 62.
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Outdoor Channel, http://outdoorchannel.com/ (April 1, 2018), Shockey author profile.
Q&A with Eva Shockey on Babies and Bows
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Eva Shockey has the gift of being able to communicate to women hunters around the world – and not only about her travels and hunts with her famous father, Jim Shockey, but also about her everyday lifestyle and how it centers on a healthy lifestyle that includes hunting. Eva and her husband, Tim Brent, welcomed their first child into the world last January, Leni Bow. In this interview, she is honest and forthright about her pregnancy and the future with her new daughter, Leni Bow.
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The WON: When you found out you were expecting a baby, how did your world change as far as any perceptions or attitudes?
Eva Shockey: I always try to stay fit and healthy but as soon as I found out that I was pregnant, I took this responsibility much more seriously because taking care of myself, also meant that I was taking care of my baby. I ate wild game and stuck to a healthy diet and I kept working out throughout the duration of my pregnancy. It wasn’t always the easiest thing to do, especially when all I wanted to do was sit on the couch and eat junk food, but it was worth it.
The WON: Thank you for making your pregnancy story available to women, so that many of them could see how you persevered, and hunted and enjoyed the outdoors while pregnant (especially that elk hunt!). You and Leni Bow have also hunted together already! What are some of your favorite memories from your hunts while pregnant? Things you will tell Leni Bow about?
Eva Shockey: I went elk hunting in New Mexico while I was 7.5 months pregnant with Leni Bow and it was a huge challenge, but one of the most memorable hunts I’ve ever been on. We were hiking for 10+ hours each day in 90-degree weather at 8000-foot elevation over rough terrain, so it was a challenging hunt at the best of times, let alone being as pregnant as I was. It was difficult for me to hike and I definitely wasn’t as fast as I normally was, but I was so proud of myself for tackling those mountains and not backing down and being able to remember the trip that I shared with my daughter! I also hunted a whitetail in Saskatchewan while I was 8.5 months pregnant with her and I sat in the ground blind for 8 days straight – waiting for 1 specific buck and on the very last morning of my hunt, he walked in front of the ground blind at 12 yards. I think Leni was my good luck charm!
The WON: The nursery – not sure if we’ve seen it and really, none of our business, but did you decorate it in an outdoors theme? How so?
Eva Shockey: Leni Bow’s nursery is my favorite room in the house! It definitely has an outdoor theme with lots of arrows and animals and I even made a homemade, flower-crown European deer rack from my hunt in Saskatchewan.
The WON: What’s your earliest memory of growing up in a hunting family?
Eva Shockey: My dad got me and my brother our first plastic bow when I was about 2-years old and I used to love shooting it at targets around the house. When I turned 5, he bought me my first recurve and I was hooked!
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The WON: What do you hope will be Leni Bow’s earliest memory of being part of a hunting world?
Eva Shockey: I just want her to love and appreciate the outdoors and remember the time spent in the outdoors with her family. That would make me so happy!
The WON: Do you have any advice for other first-time moms? Something that you’ve found to be true and helpful?
Eva Shockey: You need to find your own way of doing things that works for you and your family. What works for one mom, might not work for the next and that’s OK.
The WON: I know that your brother and his wife also are expecting their first child. How exciting! Will the cousins be able to grow up near each other?
Eva Shockey: I am so excited to meet their baby! … Unfortunately the cousins won’t live close since we are based in Raleigh, N.C., and my brother and his wife live in BC, Canada, but we’ll make sure they get to see each other as much as possible!
The WON: When we saw your dad, Jim Shockey, at SHOT Show this year, he was bragging on you and your family and he also mentioned that your mom might think that Bow in Leni’s name stands for something wrapped around a pretty package! We know he was kidding. What is the meaning, again, surrounding her middle name?
Eva Shockey: “Leni” was named after my Grandpa Len, (my mom’s father) who was one of my favorite people on earth and who passed away a few years ago. My dad’s father’s name was Hal Leonard so she’s named after him too! It’s a nice way to keep family names going. Her middle name “Bow” represents an archery bow and our love for the outdoors.
The WON: Will Leni Bow be a part of your story as she gets older? Will she accompany you afield?
Eva Shockey: She won’t have much of a choice! I will be traveling this fall to go hunting and she’ll definitely be tagging along. I travelled with my family a lot growing up and loved it so my husband, Tim, and I hope to raise her in a similar fashion.
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The WON: Will she learn how to handle a hockey stick?
Eva Shockey: We live in Raleigh, so there’s not a lot of women’s hockey here, but Tim and I are both Canadian and he was a professional hockey player so I’m sure her dad will teach her to skate!
The WON: We know your fans are looking forward to seeing you out hunting again, but they also love the idea of family and bonding with your new precious one. When is your first appearance on the show or hunting circuit again?
Eva Shockey: My first work event since having Leni is in Gainesville, Va., for a Cabela’s Grand Opening in March. I fly there in the morning and come home that evening because I didn’t want to leave her overnight – ha! I am taking baby steps to get back into the groove of my travel schedule.
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Eva Shockey
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Eva Shockey
Born January 5, 1988 (age 30)
British Columbia, Canada
Occupation Avid Outdoorsman, TV Co-Host and Conservationist
Known for Hunting
Notable work Making the front cover of Field and Stream and USA Today Hunt + Fish
Home town Vancouver Island, Canada
Television Outdoor Channel
Spouse(s) Tim Brent (2015-present)
Children Lennon (Leni) Bow Brent
Parent(s) Jim Shockey and Louise Shockey
Relatives Hal Shockey (grandfather)
Awards Outdoor Channel’s Golden Moose Awards
Website http://www.evashockey.com/
Eva Shockey (born January 5, 1988) is a Canadian hunter was the first woman in 30 years to make the front cover of Field & Stream magazine. She is also the co-host for her father Jim Shockey's television show on Outdoor Channel, Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures.[1]
Shockey is also a supporter of wildlife conservation efforts and believes that “hunters are the biggest conservationists on the planet.”[2] In 2015, she and her father, Jim Shockey, were chosen as Honorary Co-Chairs for National Hunting & Fishing Day, which took place on September 26, 2015.[3]
Life
Shockey was born on January 5, 1988 on Vancouver Island, Canada to hunter and outdoorsman Jim Shockey and Louise Johann.[4] She was about twenty years old when she started hunting.[5] Shockey went to Bond University in Australia and graduated with a degree in business marketing in two and a half years on a fast tracked program. She married former professional hockey player, Tim Brent on June 20, 2015 on her family's land.[6]
Media
Eva Shockey is the co-host of Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures on Outdoor Channel alongside her father Jim Shockey. She occasionally serves as host for various TV specials and red carpet events for the network.
Eva Shockey appeared on the cover of Field & Stream magazine on the May 2014 issue - making her the second woman ever to be photographed for the magazine cover, the first being Queen Elizabeth II.[7]
In November 2014, in response to photos Shockey posted of a black bear she'd harvested during a North Carolina hunt, she faced scrutiny and social media backlash. In response, Shockey appeared on several media outlets to defend hunting and created T-shirts that state: “I’ll never apologize for being a hunter!” [8] [9] [10] [11]
Shockey also appeared in a commercial for RAM Trucks "Courage is Already Inside".[12] The commercial featured an all-female cast mountain climbing, bow hunting, performing on stages, and surfing. [13] [14]
USA Today Hunt + Fish interviewed Jim and Eva Shockey for the cover story of their Summer/Fall 2015 issue. The father-daughter duo cover story highlights Eva’s journey to becoming the new face of the hunting industry; how hunting has always been central to Jim’s life; and the dynamic relationship between the two.[15] [16]
Shockey signed on as a Cabela's Brand Ambassador in 2015.[17] She has two Signature Series bows with Bowtech Archery – the BowTech Eva Shockey Signature Series Compound Bow launched in 2015 and the Mossy Oak Break-Up Country finish launched in 2016.[18] [19] [20] She also has a signature rifle, the Eva Shockey Golden Eagle (.177) from Crosman.[21] Under Armour, Crosman, Daniel Defense and MTN OPS are also among her sponsors and she is a part of the Under Armour Hunt Team.[22] [23] [24] [25]
On August 29, 2017, Shockey released a book titled Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors.
On September 26, 2017, Shockey and team released InSeasonApp, a hunting regulations app dedicated to educating hunters as to what is currently in season.[26]
Eva Shockey knows what it means to be part of the Outdoor Industry. Growing up with Jim Shockey as her father brought Eva into the outdoors and in front of the camera at an early age. With a combined passion for conservation and adventure, Eva is now a full-fledged 'Outdoor Channel' and 'Wild TV' personality and is quickly making a name for herself within the industry as a proud, female outdoors-woman. Spending over 250 days per year traveling the world to hunt and co-host "Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures" as well as represent the Outdoor Channel at various television hosting appearances, red carpet events and attend trade-shows across Canada and the USA, Eva has found a way to balance hunting, travel and family into what she calls the “best lifestyle in the world”.
Hey guys! My name is Eva and I’m a wife, new mama, author, TV co-host, social media influencer, and enthusiast for all things outdoors! My husband, Tim Brent, and I are new parents to our 1-year-old daughter, Leni Bow, and we are in the midst of building our forever-home outside of Raleigh, NC.
Everyday I try to live a balanced, healthy lifestyle while juggling all of my favorite things. I am so excited to share my love for family, outdoors, travel, hunting, home decor, fitness, personal style, recipes, healthy living, and the field-to-table lifestyle! Welcome to my life – I can’t wait to bring you along on the adventure!
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With nearly 2 million followers across social media, Eva has created a brand that started in the outdoor industry and rapidly expanded into the mainstream media. Eva’s new book, Taking Aim, is a memoir of adventure, skill, healthy living, and finding one’s true life calling. Taking Aim tells Eva’s story of her journey from non-hunter to hunter and reached the top 150 books on Amazon. She recently launched the ‘Eva Shockey Collection’ of home decor across Cabela’s locations in Canada & the USA as well as ES signature products with Bowtech, Tru-fire and Crosman. She ranked in the Top 10 on the Top TV Personality Chart, by The Hollywood Reporter, and became the second woman to ever grace the cover of Field & Stream, almost forty years after Queen Elizabeth was featured in 1976. Eva has appeared on ABC’s Nightline and the Fox Business Network as the “new face of hunting.” and was featured alongside country music sensation Miranda Lambert in the award-winning Ram Trucks commercial, “Courage is Already Inside.” In the August 2016 issue of Field & Stream, Eva was voted “Most Admired Prominent Outdoorswoman.” Eva has co-hosted “Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures” on Outdoor Channel for the last decade, alongside her father, Jim.
5 Surprising Things About the Hunting Life
By EVA SHOCKEY
August 28, 2017
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Elmer Fudd portrayed hunters as dimwitted. “Bambi” made hunters seem mean, and PETA paints us as heartless thrill seekers. These portrayals have consequences. On social media, I’ve received death threats and hundreds of messages riddled with misconceptions about why I do what I do. (Like the time someone wrote, “Why kill an innocent animal when you can get meat from the grocery store?”)
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If you’re a hunter in the public eye, you get used to criticism. But the truth is that hunters are none of those things, and hunting is about so much more than simply killing an animal. In my book, Taking Aim, I write about how hunting has shaped me as a daughter, wife, and mother – and how, in many ways, it has been my greatest teacher in life. Here are some of the overlooked things hunting has taught me over the years.
Hunting is about family.
Hunting is a tradition passed down from one generation to the next. My father taught me to hunt, his father taught him and his father’s father taught him. When my daughter is old enough, I plan to teach her, too.
Hunting goes back to the beginning of time, when our ancestors went into the outdoors with those closest to them, hoping to accomplish a common goal: filling the cave with the food they needed to survive. Today, the cave has been replaced with a freezer, but that common goal remains. Hunting has allowed me time with my father, grandfathers, husband, and brother that I know we would not have otherwise spent. We’re all busy, we have jobs, we have hobbies, we have bills to pay and things to do, but at the end of the day, the most important thing is taking the time to be with the ones you love.
Hunting is about conservation.
Most people are surprised to learn that hunters raise more money than any single conservation group on this planet. The National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that taxes on hunting licenses and firearms sends $1.6 billion a year to conservation and wildlife management programs around the world. In the U.S., animal species like whitetail deer and wild turkey have come back from the brink of extinction in the decades since these policies were put into place. A hunter’s goal is to leave this world better than you found it, and I try to live by that motto every day of my life.
Hunting is about unplugging.
Nearly all of us are guilty of spending too much time with a screen in front of our face. Emails, texting, social media – it’s nonstop. Hunting encourages you to unplug, tune out, and appreciate the simple things like fresh air, wild animals, and the natural beauty of our surroundings. Hunting causes me to stop and watch the autumn leaves fall, or the winter sun rising above the trees in the early morning. I feel closest to God when I’m in the woods, surrounded by all of His incredible creation. I would’ve missed many of these moments of wonder if I hadn’t been on a hunt, tuned out from the distractions of my normal routine.
Hunting is demanding.
Hunting can humble even the toughest men and women. The demanding terrain, the harsh elements, and the long hours can drain you physically and mentally. In hunting, as in life, we are forced to push ourselves through discomfort and moments when things don’t go our way. I have been in many difficult situations in the field or on the mountain that have shown me just how mentally tough I really am. When I’m faced with difficult situations in my daily life, the memory of those moments reminds me that I am capable of much more than I think.
Hunting is about living a healthy lifestyle.
Hunters have lived the “field-to-table” lifestyle long before the “farm-to-table” movement became popular in restaurants across the country. Hunters know the deep satisfaction of connecting the food on your dinner table to the animal it came from. I strive to live a healthy lifestyle and truly believe that free-range, lean, organic wild game is the best protein around for myself and for my family. I hunt it, I cook it, and I eat it and I am grateful for every bite.
Hunting celebrity Eva Shockey is calling Lehigh Valley home for a while
Hunting celebrity Eva Shockey has moved to the Lehigh Valley with her husband, Tim Brent, who plays for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms. (Eva Shockey / CONTRIBUTED BY)
Find out where to get Eva Shockey's autograph on Saturday, Oct. 10.
Eva Shockey is a bit of hunting royalty, the daughter of outfitter, hunting celebrity, outdoors writer, television show producer and host Jim Shockey. She's also well known in her own right, both on hunting shows and as the second woman to grace the cover of Field & Stream magazine.
Eva Shockey is also a new resident of the Lehigh Valley and looking forward to her first hunts in Pennsylvania.
She will be signing autographs 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Saturday at Cabela's in Hamburg as part of Ladies Day Out, a celebration of women in the outdoors from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The event will feature seminars and workshops on everything from sausage-making to personal defense pepper sprays with representatives on hand from the National Wild Turkey Federation, A Girl and A Gun, Casting for Recovery, and more.
"My favorite part of any outdoors event is meeting the younger generation, the next generation of hunters coming up," the 27-year-old Shockey said. "I want to make a positive impact on them. If you meet someone who's cool who hunts, it might help them say, 'I want to hunt.' I definitely try to give them some extra minutes of my time and attention and get them excited to hunt, so it will be fun to see them coming to the event this weekend."
Shockey has moved to the Lehigh Valley, at least through early spring, to be with her husband, Tim Brent, a center for the Lehigh Valley Phantoms hockey team that plays at PPL Center in Allentown.
Because of her busy travel schedule that includes personal appearances and filming as co-host for "Jim Shockey's Hunting Adventures," Eva has only spent about five days in the Lehigh Valley so far, but is eager to spend some time hunting in Penn's Woods.
"I was just so excited that we were coming to Pennsylvania because it's such a great state for hunting and the outdoors," she said. "So many people here have the same interests as I do, and that's a nice change. I'm excited to go hunting during the hockey season, so we'll have to find some places around here. It will be nice to shoot my bow in the back yard. We have to find some fishing places and friends to share the adventures with."
Speaking of hunting shows: You won't be able to see any outdoors programming if you're on the Verizon package. The service dropped the Sportsman Channel last month, and ditched the Outdoor Channel last week, ignoring the fact that more than 130 million U.S. residents enjoy some type of outdoors activity.
Wildlands Conservancy helps hunters again: During last week's quarterly meetings of the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Emmaus-based Wildlands Conservancy once again came through in a big way for local hunters.
Wildlands sold 22 acres filled with mixed oaks, beech, hickory and maple trees in Washington Township, Lehigh County, that adjoins State Game Lands 217 to the PGC at a price of $400 an acre.
Wildlands also donated an 11 additional acres of mixed hardwoods in Moore Twp., Northampton County, that connects a previously detached part of SGL 168 with the larger contiguous tract.
Mentored youth hunt will soon include doves, rabbits: It's still not yet legal, but the game commission expects the Mentored Youth Hunting Program to include mourning doves and rabbits for the 2015-16 license year after giving it final approval at last week's meeting. Children hunting mourning doves must purchase the migratory game bird license ($3.70 for residents, a mentored youth permit costs $2.70) in order to hunt mourning doves.
The additions to the program, which has provided hunting opportunities for kids under 12 since 2006, probably will not take effect until mid-November due to a mandatory review process. The game commission will issue a news release when it goes into effect.
In Pennsylvania's mentored youth program, the mentor and the youth can have no more than one sporting arm between them, and the mentor must carry that weapon at all times while they are moving.
Deer urine safety being investigated: One of the tried and true methods employed by deer hunters is the use of deer urine-based attractants, but the possibility that they could carry the prions associated with chronic wasting disease (CWD) is now being investigated by game commission staff.
Wayne Laroche, who heads up the Game Commission's Bureau of Wildlife Management, said the deer-lure industry is looking at ways to certify the animals used in the production of urine-based deer attractants are free of CWD.
State forest management plan info sessions: Area residents interested in providing input into the next State Forest Management Plan will have the chance to do so at meetings today in Stroudsburg as part of a dozen meetings statewide to update the plan set on course in 2007.
"Implementation of our last State Forest Resource Management Plan in 2007 gave us a solid foundation from which to manage our 2.2 million acres of state forest land, but eight years brings new threats, challenges and potential," said Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Secretary Cindy Adams Dunn. "Changes proposed today enable us to better plan for tomorrow."
The state forest system manages not only wildlife and landscape, but timber and other forest products while providing recreational opportunities.
Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
Publishers Weekly. 264.24 (June 12, 2017): p62.
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* Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
Eva Shockey and A.J. Gregory. Convergent, $25 (224p) ISBN 978-0-451-49927-1
In this sprightly, instructive autobiography, Shockey describes her love of hunting. Having originally studied to be a dancer like her mother, one day she asked her father, host ofJim S hockey's Hunting Adventures, to teach her to hunt and she never looked back. Shockey now cohosts her father's show; she also serves as a hunting ambassador and as a corporate spokeswoman for hunting products, including a compound bow for women that she helped design. Hunting, she writes, is no simple walk in the woods: "Hunting encompasses every single moment leading up to the one in which you take the shot." She details the hours-long hikes, the cheek-chafing cold, the patience ("hair-pulling stretches of monotony"), and the constant practicing required to "harvest" that 1,500-pound bull moose. She endures antiwoman and antihunting attitudes, defending hunting as an act of conservation, self-reliance, and, often, charity. Along with her persuasive arguments, Shockey (writing with A.J. Gregory) provides lyrical narration and descriptions laced with humor and gratitude to God in this fine autobiography. Agent: Whitney Gossett, the Fedd Agency (Aug.)
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"Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors." Publishers Weekly, 12 June 2017, p. 62. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A495720733/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=4d0dfd11. Accessed 19 Mar. 2018.
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Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors
Eva Shockey and A.J. Gregory
Library Journal. 142.11 (June 15, 2017): p13a.
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A celebrity hunter, outdoorswoman, and social media star (1.5 million followers) invites readers on a spirited wilderness adventure of skill, daring, and healthy living.
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Shockey, Eva, and A.J. Gregory. "Taking Aim: Daring to Be Different, Happier, and Healthier in the Great Outdoors." Library Journal, 15 June 2017, p. 13a. General OneFile, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A495668226/ITOF?u=schlager&sid=ITOF&xid=739df752. Accessed 19 Mar. 2018.
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