Advanced Field to Table | Learn/hone your field dressing, skinning, packing, butchering, processing, shooting and camp cooking skills

Having the confidence to deal with an animal after the kill in the field is critical to feeling comfortable taking the shot. This course builds on the skills covered in the Awaken the Hunter course. Each participant processes their own animal from start to finish in field conditions - field dressing and skinning to meat management and butchering - ending with your own whole animal cut and wrapped for your freezer and family/friends. Learn how to transport your animal out of the field while maintaining freshness and quality. Enjoy fine-cooked meals and the art of camp cooking and meal planning as well as other topics to prepare for the hunt. Small groups limited to four participants or pairs - bring a partner to help process your animal and share in the experience and the meat.

This is a unique offering just in time for final preparations prior to fall seasons. We will be using lambs that we raised on our land this year - 100% grass fed/pasture raised with zero chemicals or medications.

Dates and Course Fee, Below

Included in Course

• Your own 80+ pound organic grass-fed lamb/sheep, cut and wrapped for your freezer ($800+ value)

• Personal guidance field dressing, skinning and quartering/boning your animal on the ground similar to backcountry hunting conditions

• Practice of techniques for protecting your meat from scavengers overnight

• Practice packing meat into game bags and loading your pack for a simulated pack out

• Butcher your animal to your desired primal and sub-primal cuts of steaks, roasts, ground, organs, and soup bones

• Wrapping your animal for the freezer

• How to use organ meats from your animal

• Backcountry camp setup and an overnight

• Camp cooking lessons and meal planning for the backcountry

• Rifle & archery refresher (sighting in for hunting)

• General refresher/Q&A for final hunting prep

• 30 hours of instruction

• Optional salted hide and skinned skull (taxidermy considerations)

• Option to dispatch your animal (after demonstrating shooting competence)

• Knife sharpening

• All meals included

Course requirements and prerequisites

• Awaken the Hunter prerequisite (or demonstrated proof of hunting knowledge and experience)

• Frame pack and minimum 4 deer-sized game bags (w/your initials) (we have limited packs for use). Old pillow cases will work for game bags.

• Cooler or other chilled transport

• Camping gear (limited private cabins available as upgrade)

• Sleeping bag and pad for the overnight; personal tent if desired

• Personal mess kit for some meals, water bottle, handkerchief/bandana

• Knives (sharpened), gut hooks, etc. (we have some knives for use and sale)

• Cordage (100’ roll of 550 paracord or similar; can get away with ~30’ for now)

• Headlamp

  Recommended

• Rifle or bow and non-toxic ammo or arrows. If you have time to ship it, try Ammoseek or similar and enter your caliber. Filter for “copper” or “lead free.”

• Maps of the areas you are planning to hunt (or downloaded on a mapping app)

• Any existing gear about which you have questions

• Shower towel

• Evening drink of choice and/or musical instrument

Ready to take your field skills to the next level?