Stories from the field.

Women Who Hunt - Lily Patterson on hunting, family, and footy

I would absolutely keep the YouTube thumbnail you’ve already made. “THEIR FIRST DATE WAS A HUNT” is the click. Don’t muddy it with hunting/football/resilience/community all on the thumbnail. Episode description: Lilly Paterson grew up tagging along with her dad and grandfather chasing rabbits, foxes and the odd feral cat — but it wasn’t until years later that hunting really became part of her life again. And it started with one hell of a first date. Lilly invited herself along on a red deer hunt with the man who would become her husband, Jordan. Eleven years later, hunting is still one of the things they love doing together. In this episode, Lilly talks about taking her first proper trophy red during the roar, why calling wild dogs gets her heart racing, harvesting and processing the animals they take, and the patience and resilience hunting has taught her. We also step away from the bush to talk about another huge part of Lilly’s life — more than 100 games of AFL with the Toowoomba Tigers — and why, whether it’s hunting, football or fishing, her attitude is pretty simple: