Eva Shockey
ON THE RECORD · 20 verbatim quotes · every quote source-verified
“Stand up for what you believe in.”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey relayed her father's advice to stand up for what she believes in, which she said ultimately changed how she viewed the harassment.
“Still today, people don’t understand what hunting is and poaching,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey believes much of the outrage against her came from people who didn't understand the distinction between legal hunting and illegal poaching.
“It was representing, at the time, so many women that were in the outdoor space, and I got to just be the face of that for that moment,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said her 2014 Field & Stream cover represented women in the outdoor space at a time when few were visible.
“I was like the blonde young girl that they thought that they would scare off and could be really mean to and bully, versus my dad, who’s like, ‘I don’t care,’”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey explained why she believed critics targeted her more aggressively than her famous father.
“The media turns it into something where they think they’re doing what’s right by hating it,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey believes media coverage turns hunting into something different, feeding outrage among people who may not understand wildlife management or conservation.
“The conversation we had was basically like, you can either get scared and stop and they win, or if you truly believe with your whole heart what you’re doing is right, then why would you be scared?”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey recounted a conversation with her father in which he advised her to either stop and let the critics win or stand up for what she believes in.
“I’m just out here raising money for conservation and eating whatever we’re hunting and going on adventures and sharing the beautiful creation of God,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey expressed bafflement at receiving death threats over something she viewed as a positive force for conservation, food, and outdoor adventure.
“I was sort of like the poster child for a little while of the anti-hunters and the hatred,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said she became a frequent target of anti-hunting activists as she gained notoriety in the outdoor industry.
“It went viral over the UK, and I was on all of their news networks,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said her hunting photos were repeatedly used as clickbait before spreading internationally.
“It was a really cool representation of, like, we’re not scared because this is what we do,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey viewed her magazine cover as proof that she and other hunters were not going to be intimidated.
“thousands and thousands and thousands”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey described the volume of death threats she received from anti-hunting activists during a podcast appearance.
“I just never saw females that hunted,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said she never saw female hunters growing up, which motivated her to encourage girls to get involved in the outdoors.
“But really, when you actually sit down and talk to them, they’re like, ‘Oh, we had no idea.’”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said that when people actually sit down and talk about hunting, they often realize they had no idea what it entails.
“I can appreciate people that are not into it, and I can appreciate their perspective,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said she can understand why someone who didn't grow up around hunting might initially be uncomfortable with it.
“This is what we believe in.”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said the magazine cover represented what she and other hunters believe in, after facing threats and intimidation.
“There’s death threats coming at me, and they want to do this to me and this to me.”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey remembered telling her father about the death threats she was receiving from strangers.
“We hate poachers. That is what I — and we — fight against all the time.”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey distinguished hunters from poachers, saying hunters fight against poaching.
“So I have always loved telling little girls, like, ‘it is so cool. Y’all should try it. Do it. Don’t be scared. Don’t be intimidated.’”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said she loves telling little girls to try hunting and not be intimidated, drawing from her own experience growing up without female hunters around her.
“There was thousands of death threats — thousands and thousands and thousands — for a really long time,”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey said she received thousands of death threats over a long period while living in Russia.
“How are we getting death threats?”
Eva Shockey · said date not stated · reported 2026-09-03
Shockey questioned how she could receive death threats while raising money for conservation and sharing outdoor adventures.