Highlights
- Interests include traditional bowhunting, bowfishing, foraging, and gardening
- Enjoys spending any free time in the woods and on the water with her daughter
- Works to highlight traditional bowhunters and their hunts in many of her articles
About
Beka Garris is a freelance writer and Outdoor Life contributor who enjoys writing about all things hunting and fishing. Beka lives on a small Southern Ohio homestead with her husband and three-year-old daughter, Isabella.
“The outdoors has been a constant, no matter what stage of life I’m in. Treat Mother Nature with respect—treat the woods and water as sacred places—and she will never fail you.”
- Beka Garris
About
Beka Garris is a freelance writer and Outdoor Life contributor who enjoys writing about all things hunting and fishing. Beka lives on a small Southern Ohio homestead with her husband and three-year-old daughter, Isabella.
Experience
Garris started writing for outdoor publications in 2013 and has since been published in various outdoor magazines and websites. She became a contributor for Outdoor Life in 2020 and was featured on the cover of the Traditions issue in August 2021. Garris enjoys sharing her own experiences in the outdoors, whether on her own or with her daughter, and she especially loves writing about traditional bowhunting techniques and stories.
Education
Garris has an Associate’s Degree in photography, and attended the Institute of Children’s Literature in 2004.
“The outdoors has been a constant, no matter what stage of life I’m in. Treat Mother Nature with respect—treat the woods and water as sacred places—and she will never fail you.”
- Beka Garris
More from Beka Garris
My Daughter Shot Her First Rabbit at 5 Years Old — With a Bow
By Beka Garris
March 12, 2024
Rabbit Season Is the Perfect Opportunity to Break into Traditional Bowhunting
By Beka Garris
January 18, 2024
How Long Should You Hunt “Unsuccessfully” Before Giving Up?
By Beka Garris
September 26, 2023
Newsflash: Women Have Been Hunters as Long as Hunting Has Existed
By Beka Garris
June 29, 2023
Relaunching Damon Howatt, the Oldest Traditional Bow Brand in the World
By Beka Garris
February 16, 2023
The $60 Deer Winch: Best Way to Load a Deer into a Truck by Yourself
By Beka Garris
February 3, 2023
The Case for Squirrel Hunting, and Why It’s Completely Underrated
By Beka Garris
January 28, 2023
Some Kids Just Aren’t Meant to Be Hunters. But All Kids Should Get the Chance
By Beka Garris
June 25, 2022
Opinion from a Trad Bow Hunter: Crossbows are Ideal for Getting Little Kids into Hunting
By Beka Garris
May 16, 2022
Hunting Creates Bonds Between Friends and Family Like Nothing Else Can
By Beka Garris
April 15, 2022
How to Build a Budget-Friendly Bow Rack for Traditional and Compound Bows
By Beka Garris
February 4, 2022
A Traditional Bowhunter Waited Three Years to Arrow a 12-Point 170-Class Whitetail
By Beka Garris
January 11, 2022
Hunting Mamas: The Trend No One Expected to Take Off. Here’s Why It Did
By Beka Garris
December 7, 2021
Bloodlines: How One Bowhunter’s Decision Is Shaping the Way Three Generations Hunt
By Beka Garris
November 25, 2021
Nine-Year-Old Bowhunter Takes His Second Deer—With a Recurve
By Beka Garris
November 9, 2021
No, Hunting Whitetails from the Ground (Without a Blind) Is Not a Lost Art
By Beka Garris
September 20, 2021