BETTY WALKER
September 12, 1930-
A DEDICATED LADY ARCHER, BOWHUNTER,
AND ACHIEVER DEDICATED TO ALL OF ARCHERY

Born in Modesto, California, Betty became Involved in bowhunting and archery in 1949. Betty pursued the sport of archery, winning many state and local championships throughout California. One of the most prized achievements was the state championship she won in 1963 making her the first woman State Broadhead Champion.

Betty Walker's induction Into the California Archery Hall of Fame was not judged for her early tournament skills alone.

During the time of competing in tournaments through the 1950s and 1960s, Betty made time for bowhunting big game and worked with the Cub and Boy Scouts. In the 1960s that involved her own three children, Scott, Mike and Patricia Walker, during their growing years. Betty unselfishly devoted her time to such groups, teaching the Cubs and Boy Scout troops archery. This also included top summer camps such as the Bob Mathias Boys and Girls Camp.

In 1957 Betty was the first woman to take a buck deer in California, and later in 1967 Betty's qualifications for acceptance Into the California Big Game Club as the first woman regular member did not came lightly. She had to qualify by taking with a bow and arrow, four big-game species, with two of them being of record class, and she did this by taking with a bow and arrow, a 3x4 buck deer, bobcat, Catalina goat, wild boar and a wild turkey, all of which have been entered in the Record Books of the California Big Game Club. Betty is the only woman ever to make a "Grand Slam" on Catalina Island, by taking a record boar end Spanish goat on a single hunt.

Betty also has worked within the state organization, the California Bowman
Hunters and State Archery Association, heading the Woman's league of
Bowhunters to the state capitol to fight for bowhunter rights and she was the CBH & SAA editor from 1979-1985.

Honors achieved by Betty Walker:

* Life membership in: California Bowman Hunters & State Archery Association
* Life membership in: National Field Archery Association
* Life membership in: Fresno Field Archers
* Life membership in: Sequoia Yosemite Bowman Region

Betty Walker - A dedicated lady archer, bowhunter and achiever.

Inducted 1988