Kathleen Kalina's Bio

Friday, 04 July 2008 18:50 | Written by Kathleen Kalina

Age 5 at an archery competition.
	3 yrs old. Ripon, Wisconsin.

Hi, I am presently the President of Womenhunters.

I was raised in Illinois and Wisconsin spending my best times on Lake Winnebago, Wisconsin. (The nation’s second largest inland freshwater lake is 28 miles long and 11 miles wide). My father took me hunting when I was only 1 year hanging from the back of his neck with my feet balanced in his coat pockets.
I was my grandfather's hunting and fishing partner all my childhood. The only conversation amoung cousins, aunts and uncles and our family was about shooting, bowhunting and hunting and fishing. No baseball was ever discussed. My grandfather was a dealer in antique guns. My father was a dealer in guns and bows, making recurve bows in the basement.

I was a champion archer in county and state shoots in Illinois at the age of 5 to 12. I started bowfishing in the Rock River of Wisconsin at age 8 and age 9 bowfished Lake Winnebago.

Age 14, Bowfishing on Lake Winnebago

I finished my B.S and M.S. degrees in Environmental Science with research into hatcheries and later I pursued my Ph.D at the University of Minnesota in Natural Resource Science. I spent many years as a contract Environmental Scientist for remote tribes in Wisconsin, Maine, and Vermont. I've spent the last 8 yrs teaching college in Minnesota.

I have hunted and fished in many places in the U.S, Alaska, Canada and Mexico. I deer hunt with bow and firearms.

My springer spaniel and I hunt ducks, geese, pheasants and grouse with a 12 guage. I hunt prairie dogs with a 22-250 varmit rifle in Wyoming. I turkey hunt with a 12 guage. I bowfish for carp and other rough fish from a boat that I renovated myself, having bowfished since a young child.

I pistol shoot in many calibers and enjoy all types of shooting since I was very young. I have a conceal and carry license. I would love to expand my hunting to new areas when the opportunity exists.

I am particular interested in tracking and spend a great deal of time studying tracks, vocalizations and signs of carnivores.

I recently wrote the books: “The Carnivores of Minnesota” and “Bowfishing Species ID.”


Chukar hunting. Minnesota. 2009. Benelli 12 guage. Daisy, my Springer.	Raccoon Hunting 1984 Remington 12 guage

Grouse hunting.	Duck Hunting with Daisy my dog (English Springer)

Bowfishing in Minnesota. 2008. Black Ice Bowtech Diamond Bow.	Bowfishing

Bowfishing in 1987 at the Messina NY St Laurence River Big Bowfishing Shoot.	250# whitetail deer with nice 8 point rack taken in Minnesota 2005. Ithaca 12 guage shotgun with slug.
	2009 Pheasant hunting 12 guage Benelli
2008 Prairie Dog hunting in Buffalo, Wyoming. 22-250 Remington.	2009 Pheasant hunting 12 guage Benelli
30 lb Turkey April 2011 Minnesota 12 guage Benelli Turkey Nitro load
	8 pt Buck 1998 Vermont Remington 30:06
	Spruce Grouse Ontario - October 2011
Articles by Kathleen Kalina How to keep Wolves away from your deer area. Do Crows Scare away Deer? If You Only have one gun Late Season Pheasants Wild Boar Fisher Cat Bear Signs What Bears Think Deer Vision Fox Ticks Alligator Gar Porcupine Grouse Pheasant Snipe Cold Weather Hunting Tips How To Renovate A Tractor Into A Deer Drag Turkeys The Age of Animals Seven Days Hunting Alone in Northern Minnesota Understanding Gun Calibers Pheasant Hunting for Women Gender Specific Hunter Education No Whining about Getting Old Bear Behavior Terror on Opening Day Controlling your fear Early Summer Tracking Mud Season Survival New and Improved Bowfishing Platform Bowfishing-Help the Ecosystem Clues from the Subnivean Zone Big Woods vs “Habitated” Deer Scouting for Bear Renovating a BowFishing Boat Bowfishing for Carp during the last 50 yrs WomenHunters Prairie Dog Hunt, Vannoy Ranch Wyoming Pheasant Hunting Secrets	Reviews by Kathleen Kalina Prints On Canvas Killzone Turret Xl Ground Blind 2008 Black Ice Diamond Bow Camo Tent Chair Blind Hunter Safety System Wolverine Waterproof Camo Boots Lights on a Dog’s hunting Vest Polarized Bifocal Sunglasses Turkey Test Tube - product review

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