Metis sharpshooters: Young B.C. women hope to inspire with love of shooting sports

Two award-winning young women from the Greater Victoria area are making their mark in the world of shooting sports.

Bailey Drinkwalter and Megan McCool have broken into an industry that's been described as an old boys club.

At the Victoria Fish and Game Protective Association Gun Range, most members are men.

"There are very few women and especially there are very few youth," said Drinkwalter.

But these two Metis 18-year-olds aren't just entering into the world of shooting sports, they're excelling in it.

"When you go into competitions or anything, I'm a lot of time the only girl there – and sometimes the only Indigenous person there – and adding that, it gives you extra pressure to do better," said McCool.

McCool is a six-time provincial champ in smallbore rifle competition, and she's won two Premier's Awards of Indigenous Youth Excellence in Sport.

Megan McCool is shown: (CTV News)

She comes from a family of hunters who encouraged her to get into the sport about five years ago.