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The second season of "Top Shot," the History Channel’s answer to "Project Runaway," debuts Tuesday night at 10pm, EST. "Top Shot: Reloaded" features 16 marksmen competing for $100,000 and the bragging rights that come with the title of Top Shot.
In addition to the usual macho men, this year’s contestants include two women with who come armed with deadly aim. “We are in the minority—our sport is male dominated,” Athena Lee, an oil contractor from Katy, TX, told FOX411. “If you go to the World Championships, out of 1000 shooters, maybe 100 are women. But we’re used to it. I started shooting when I was 13. My dad took me to the shooting range—I went with him because I was interested in getting French fries at a nearby McDonalds. I was getting bored, so he asked if I was interested in trying to shoot a target to see if I liked it. I did, and after that I wouldn’t give the gun back to him.”
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