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Glass Rooster Cannery
Location: 1673 South State Route 605 Sunbury, Ohio 43074
Description: Join us in the Cannery kitchen to learn modern homesteading practices, including home preserving, soap making, cooking with herbs, artisan bread making and more! Bring your friends for a private cooking class or team building event. Wander through our restored barns full of Ohio-made art and antiques. Walk around the gardens while learning about sustainable agriculture practices or relax by the glass bottle mosaic wall and enjoy the pond and permaculture. Conveniently located twenty minutes north of Columbus.
Contact: http://glassroostercannery.com/, info@GlassRoosterCannery.com, 614-499-2958
Category: homesteading, food preservation, bread/pizza, cooking, sustainable agriculture, permaculture,soap making
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Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife
Location: NA
Description: All first-time hunters who wish to purchase a Massachusetts hunting or sporting (combination) license must successfully complete a Basic Hunter Education course. The Basic Hunter Education course is standardized across North America. A government-issued Basic Hunter Education certificate, from any North American jurisdiction, is accepted to meet this requirement. The MassWildlife Hunter Education Program offers about ninety-five (95) courses each year across the state from January through November and offers different formats to meet the public’s needs. Upon successful completion of this course, graduates will be mailed a Certificate of Completion recognized in all U.S. states, Canada, and Mexico.
Contact: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dfg/dfw/education-events/hed/basic-hunter-education-courses.html, (508) 389-7820
Category: hunting, fishing, trapping, camping, firearms
Prepper Camp
Location: 460 Orchard Lake Rd, Saluda, NC 28773
Description: An annual event where vendors and attendees alike can learn preparedness skills.
Contact: http://www.preppercamp.com/, SurvivorGarden@att.net,
Category: Aquaponics, Beekeeping, Hunting, Survival, Cooking, Blacksmithing, Beer, Wine, Cheese making, Food Preservation, Camping, Gardening, Animal Husbandry, Fiber Animals, Firearms, Off the grid, Trapping, Foraging, Plant ID
BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc.
Location: P.O. Box 366 Duxbury, MA 02331
Description: BAYMEN Guide Service, Inc. offers fully guided and semi-guided deer hunts throughout Southeastern Massachusetts.
Contact: http://www.baymencharters.com/, (781) 934-2838
Category: hunting,fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: P. O. Box 342 Eagle Lake, Maine 04739
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 207-444-7529
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: Kentucky
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 606-621-0103
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: Florida
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, (239) 963-8230
Category: hunting, fishing
OMM Outfitters
Location: New Brunswick
Description: Dedicated to helping clients make great memories and meet and exceed their life-time goals, OMM Outfitters is an education, entertainment and hospitality company. Providing extraordinary outdoor adventures including great service, world-class outfitter standards, attention to details, high quality, even perfection in every aspect including the food and lodging are the focus. All with a smile!
Contact: http://www.ommoutfitters.com/, info@ommoutfitters.com, 506-300-0477
Category: hunting, fishing
Christopher Nyerges
Location: 4550 Oak Grove Dr, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011
Description: Regular field trips and workshops to learn about urban and wilderness self-reliance and survival. Learn about WILD FOODS, WILDERNESS SKILLS (such as fire-making, weaponry, shelter-building, etc.), URBAN SKILLS (such as food and water storage, emergency preparedness, alternates to electricity, etc.), and general NATURE AWARENESS and ECOLOGY awareness.
Contact: http://www.christophernyerges.com/, christopher_nyerges@yahoo.com, (626) 791-3217
Category: plant ID, survival, foraging, off the grid, biology, Basket making, camping,cooking, trapping, hunting, blacksmithing
Whitetail Heaven Outfitters
Location: 2047 Hall Rd. Nicholasville, KY 40356
Description: In 2002, Owner Tevis McCauley combined his love for the outdoors and Southern Hospitality to chase his childhood dream of creating one of the nations most recognized hunting destinations. Whitetail Heavens gross score for harvested bucks is right at 150 inches. We anticipate a rise in our average from year to year. All of our properties are cherry picked and are scattered across the trophy filled bluegrass region of Central Kentucky, Southern Ohio and Southern Indiana.
Contact: http://www.whitetailheavenoutfitters.com, info@whitetailheavenoutfitters.com, 859-509-2704
Category: hunting, firearms
New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center
Location: 673 So. Main St. Wolfeboro, N.H. 03894
Description: The New Hampshire Outdoor Learning Center (NHOLC) was built for men and women just like you. Classes are designed for all ages and experience levels to give you the best opportunity for success and enjoyment in the woods and on the waters of New England. Each workshop includes comprehensive classroom training and in the field, hands-on experience. Grab your snowshoes, shotgun, or fishing rods and join us for fun and education that will last a lifetime!
Contact: http://nhoutdoorlearning.com/, steve@nhoutdoorlearning.com, 603-608-8673
Category: butchering, firearms, hunting, fishing, trapping,survival, plant ID, dog training, camping, cooking, backpacking
Tall Timber Lodge: Fly Fishing School
Location: 609 Beach Rd. Pittsburg, NH 03592
Description: Learn a variety of techniques and skills specific to fly fishing New England waters, and practice them during prime fishing times on the Northeast's premier fly fishing stream, the Connecticut River. This class is designed to help participants catch trout consistently, year-round.
Contact: http://www.talltimber.com/tall-timber-all-inclusive-packages/tall-timber-fly-fishing-school-package/, 603-538-6651
Category: fishing, hunting
Defensive Strategies
Location: 27 Lowell Street ~ Suite 207 Manchester, NH 03101
Description: Defensive Strategies, LLC is a premier firearms training company in Southern New Hampshire and centrally located in Manchester, NH. We currently offer over 75 different courses in Workplace Security, Home Defense, Personal Security, Firearm Instruction, Situational Awareness, Pepper Spray, Risk Assessment & Emergency Management Plans, Concealed Carry Training, Active Shooter Workshops and much more. We offer classes from the NRA, the SAF Training Division, USCCA, Sabre, the National Safety Council and more.
Contact: https://www.defensivestrategies.org/ , 603-566-1727
Category: firearms, hunting
Vermont Outdoor Guide Association
Location: P.O. Box 10 North Ferrisburg, VT. 05473
Description: Programming for search and rescue, rock and ice climbing, shooting, hunter education, wilderness first aid, EMT training, primitive skills, rope courses, archery, survival, orienteering, canoeing, kayaking, white water, guide training, leadership, paddling skills, snowshoeing, mountain biking, certifications and much more!!
Contact: http://www.voga.org/outdoor_education_events.htm, info@voga.org, (802) 425-6211
Category: hunting, survival, camping, firearms,
Mountain Scout Survival School
Location: Hopewell Junction, NY
Description: In the woods...Wilderness 1, offered in Hopewell Junction, NY introduces the seven arrows of primitive skill; shelter, water, fire, food, tracking, awareness & movement. In the city...Urban Preparedness offered near Central Park in NYC will open your eyes to becoming prepared regardless of your environment.
Contact: http://mtnscoutsurvival.com/, mt.scoutsurvival@gmail.com, 845-629-4866
Category: survival, camping, hunting, plant ID, foraging,
LL Bean Outdoor Discovery Schools
Location: USA
Description: Expert guides. Amazing scenery. Hundreds of new outdoor activities to learn. Plus, customized trips, all-inclusive adventures, kids' camps and more. Starting at only $25
Contact: https://www.llbean.com/llb/ods/33?nav=bc, 800-441-5713
Category: Hunting, Fishing, Camping, Off the Grid, Firearms, Backpacking
Tom Brown Jr's Tracker School
Location: 529 Route 9, Unit #10 Waretown, NJ 08758
Description: The Tracker School was founded in 1978 by Tom Brown Jr, Americas most renowned Tracker, and Wilderness Survival expert. Based on the teachings of Stalking Wolf, the Apache elder from whom Tom learned his skills when he was just seven years old, he began teaching. The school has expanded to include over 75 classes, divided into eight course tracks.
Contact: https://www.trackerschool.com/, registration@trackerschool.com, 609-242-0350
Category: Survival, Homebuilding, Hunting, Trapping, Camping, Off the Grid, Fishing, Foraging, Basket Making,
Wilderness Awareness School
Location: 26425 NE Allen St, Ste 203 Duvall, WA 98019
Description: Wilderness Awareness School, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded in 1983, is an internationally-recognized leader in outdoor education. Our mission is to help children and adults cultivate healthy relationships with nature, community and self. We are based in the foothills of the Cascade mountains about 45-minutes outside of Seattle, WA.
Contact: https://wildernessawareness.org/, 425-788-1301
Category: Survival, Plant ID, Foraging, Hunting, Land Surveying, Fishing,
Vermont Wilderness School
Location: Croker Hall, 60 Austine Dr, Brattleboro, VT 05301
Description: Vermont Wilderness School is a community non-profit organization that offers powerful nature-based mentoring programs for children and adults.
Contact: http://www.vermontwildernessschool.org/, office@vermontwildernessschool.org, 802-257-8570
Category: Hunting, Camping, Backpacking,
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