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Learning the hunting lifestyle
By Richard Hanners
Blue Mountain Eagle
R
ylee Browning doesn’t remember the earliest times she went hunting with her parents. She was still
an infant riding in a pack carried by her mother, Winnie.
Born and raised in Grant County, Rylee grew up in Seneca, where her father Brad also grew up.
Winnie is from Dayville. The family has roots going back several generations in the county, she
said.
Rylee’s earliest hunting memories date back to when she was 5 or 6 years old, accompanying her parents on
deer and elk hunts. She got a Ruger 7mm-08 rifle for her 12th birthday.
She bagged her first buck at 14 and has shot two more since then. She’s also taken two elk. Her parents, avid
hunters, taught her the needed skills.
“Always be quiet when walking, don’t give up, be clever in scouting game and moving closer, and don’t shoot
until you have a kill shot,” she said.
See Hunting, Page C15
Contributed photo
Rylee Browning holds the head of a buck she shot Sept. 30 last year.
Left to right are her father Brad Browning, boyfriend Kaden Madden
and mother Winnie Browning.