By DYLAN WHITELY, Senior Reporter
When she isn’t holding a softball, she’s probably holding a shotgun.
Jill Bouse, a junior at Northwestern, has loved two things since she was a little girl: playing softball and going hunting.
She started playing tee-ball when she was 6 in her hometown, Woodward.
She played softball throughout her youth and during her time at Woodward High School.
She went on to play two years at Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond before transferring to Northwestern this year and joining the Lady Rangers softball team.
But when she isn’t practicing on the softball field or playing a game, there’s a good chance you can find her out hunting wildlife, another activity she has done for as long as she can remember.
“I think the first time my dad took me along deer and turkey hunting was when I was 2 or 3 years old,” Bouse said. “I shot my first deer when I was 8.”
Bouse hunts all different types of animals.
She hunts ducks, deer, squirrels, hogs and even a few elk. She even has an Instagram page she uses to display her hunting and other outdoor activities
Bouse said she probably likes duck and hog hunting the most because she gets to spend more time with friends and family doing that.
However, she also enjoys spending time hunting alone, enjoying the outdoors.
“My favorite part of any of them is just observing and learning more about the beautiful creatures God made,” Bouse said.
Although she does most of her hunting on family land about 10 miles east of Mooreland, she said she enjoys going to different places to hunt. She’s been to Chama,
New Mexico three times to hunt elk. She is also planning to go to Montana in May to hunt black bears.