Eva Shockey says women don't have to abandon their femininity to belong in the outdoors

Eva Shockey never thought becoming a hunter should require giving up the other parts of herself.

Apparently, plenty of people disagreed.

Shockey, one of the most recognizable women in the outdoor industry, told OutKick's Tomi Lahren that she has faced pushback from within the hunting community almost from the moment she entered it — including criticism for something as simple as wanting to look feminine while doing it.

CLICK HERE FOR MORE COVERAGE FROM OUTKICK OUTDOORS "Pretty much everything I've done in the hunting community, there's been pushback since day one," Shockey said during an appearance on "Tomi Lahren is Fearless." "It's never been where everyone's like, 'Yeah, she's doing it right.' Like, it's just never been like that." But fitting neatly into someone else's idea of what a hunter should look like was never particularly appealing to her.

Shockey grew up in a hunting family as the daughter of legendary outdoorsman Jim Shockey, but she didn't immediately follow her dad into the field.

In fact, one of the things that kept her away from hunting when she was younger was that she didn't see women who looked or lived like her doing it.

When she eventually began hunting herself, she wasn't interested in trading one identity for another.

"I didn't hunt because I didn't know you could be this — have hair and makeup and care about your nails being done — and also love to hunt," she said.

"I love being in the mountains.

I love hiking.

I love wearing camo, but I also like still looking feminine." Her solution was pretty simple: Don't choose.

"If I'm gonna hunt, I'm still me," Shockey said.

"I'm not gonna change who I am because I want to go hunting." STAY "FEARLESS" ON THE GO! TAKE TOMI LAHREN WITH YOU.

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