Taking Aim by Eva shockey is basically her life story, starting when she was young going on trips with her father to when she grew up and lived in russia to now where she still lives as an avid hunter where she hunts with her father on his show. Eva’s mom, Louise is a world renowned dancer, she has her own dance studio where she teaches young to old. As a child Eva loved to dance she wanted to be just like her mom when she grew up. Her family would go on vacations but all of them, were just hunting trips that her family would go on and her dad and brother would hunt on. On one of the “vacations” Eva recalled that her dad wanted to have her with to shoot prairie dogs, she ended up shooting her first prairie dog which sparked a light on hunting. …show more content…
She went to a hunting convention in the city where she was watching her father and saw the lifestyle he lived how everyone knew and respected each other, that was the moment she knew what she wanted to do with her life. The next day she talked to her dad about hunting with him on his T.V. show Jim Shockey’s Outdoor Adventures. Jim talked to her about all of the things that would happen if she became a hunter, she would get threats in the mail, people wouldn't like her anymore, but none of that phased her. A few months after that once Eva had her gun training and everything done the family went on an African safari. On the trip eva shot her first boar and a few other animals. After she got back to Canada where she lives her father took her on a whitetail hunt where she ended up shooting nothing, after that hunt she thought about never picking up a gun again because she hated whitetail hunting so much, but she kept hunting and has gone on many whitetail hunts since