Apparently Autumn's grandmother is not happy about her shooting bow and arrow with the rest of the family, so she used her influence to keep Autumn away for today. Whether it is jealousy or just the old thinking that girls should not hunt or fish, I cannot say. However, she will learn that girls can paddle canoes as good as men, there are thousands of girls on high adventure canoe trips every year. Autumn loves canoe tripping already and already has shown that she has the right stuff to be an outdoors girl. I would bet that the average percentage of women and girls with traditional bows is at a higher ratio than that of guns or modern archery gear compared with boys and men. Eventually, the gramma will learn that she has not lost anything. I take this as a temporary jealousy caused hiccup. More photos to come. She is really proud of her new found skill.