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Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert.
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Honorable Hunting Camp
Join us on the most exciting week of the year for hunters and fishermen! Trout start to bite as the weather cools, crabs are still legal to catch and are growing to size, salmon season opens in the rivers, and hunting season opens for small critters, and bow hunting season opens for deer! Thursday is when salmon and hunting seasons open, so you can choose which path to pursue this week, hunting and/or fishing!
In the heat of the day when the fishing slows we'll be learning what it means to be an honorable harvester as well as basic hunting skills and strategies. The amount you will be able to hunt will depend on your previous experience and whether you need to this week's Hunter Education Certification Training which is optional for those who already hold a valid Hunter Ed certificate.
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Nikki firing her hand-crafted self-bow.
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Camp Goals & Skills Covered:
The goal of this camp session is to help you feel comfortable living as your ancestors did and have fun doing it. Skills covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on instructor preference and camper readiness:
Advanced Harvesting Skills & Goals TBA but will expand on these from the Honorable Hunting & Fishing Camp:
• Become adept at rod and reel fishing (casting, tackle/set up, troubleshooting, hooking/landing fish, bait/lures)
• Begin to learn fly fishing
• Get comfortable fishing from river banks, lake shores, ocean piers, and boats
• Know how to efficiently find and fish the best locations
• Understand the ethics of harvesting animals
• Goal that every camper catch fish
• Receive a hunter education certificate if not yet acquired
• Practice hunting for rabbits, grouse, and other small critters.
• Utilize hunting weapons made in prior camps if available.
• Honor any animal harvested by utilizing all of its gifts.
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Glen & Erik making fire using the traditional bow-drill method.
Artwork by Wolf Journey alumn Joanna Colbert.
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Camp Schedule & Activities:
See below for Sunday, September 2, 2012 Arrival Times and Friday-Saturday-Sunday Departure and Weekend Stayover options between camps. Our schedule during the week includes morning wake-up, stretches, washing, and breakfast vary slightly depending on previous evening activities, but if all was quiet by 10:00 p.m. we would awake at 7:00, do warm-ups from 7:30-8:00, and have breakfast from 8:00-9:00 ... 9:00-12:00 is the morning session. 12:00-1:00 is lunch, and 1:00-2:00 is usually swimming or other recreational time. 2:00-5:00 is the afternoon session. 5:00-6:00 is dinner, and 6:00-7:00 is usually personal time. Evening sessions begin at 7:00, and bedtime varies according to the activity and the time of sunset.
Activities covered during this camp session include, but are not limited to the following list, and are somewhat dependent on weather, instructor descretion, camper desire, and serendipity:
- Ability to track down animals, trap and/or hunt them successfully (bow and arrow, rabbit stick, at-latl, ethics, strategies, butchering).
- Ability to make and use hunting blinds effectively.
- Ability to honor any animal you harvest by putting to good use all their parts (wet and dry scraping, brain and other high-tannin methods, hair on and off).
- Ability to store harvested goods throughout a turning of the sun.
- Ability to cook primitively, smoke, jerky, etc. foods.
- Ability to stay clean and safe from injury in every activity.
- Ability to fish with purely primitive gear (wiering, netting, spearing, bow fishing, hand fishing, hook and line, gorges, bullfrogging).
- Ability to make and set fish traps, fish spears, and other traditional harvesting technologies.
• Carve your own fire drill to make primitive fire by friction.
• Spin natural rope for your bow-drill kit (double and triple reverse wrap using nettle, fireweed, cedar, or kelp seaweed)
• Wet Fire Maintenance & Demonstrations of Hand Drill, Fire Plow, Flint & Steel.
• Burn out your own bowl and spoon for eating.
• Cook together on open fires, and learn to make stone soup.
• Smoke and jerky wild meats, and make pemmican.
• Learn the critial order emergency response, and the corresponding critical plants for food, medicine, and survival crafts.
• Build an emergency shelter with your new friends, and contribute to the ongoing construction of our shelters used for long-term primitive living.
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Griz bowfishing for carp and bullfrog.
Black bear track up in the snow, which lingers all summer at high elevations in the Cascade mountains.
Sizing up the the bear scratch marks on an alder tree.
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Camp Storyline, Songs, Books, AV & Other Resources:
This session's storyline is "The Honorable Hunter" but may be modified by the instructor, and some of the songs you may learn this week include: •
Books, AV & Other Resources this week include various hand-outs that campers will take home, and if you would like to prepare in advance, please consider studying the following resources we will be referencing:
Indian Fishing: Early Methods on the Northwest Coast by Hilary Stewart
Fishing in Snohomish County by Bob Heirman
The Indian Hunters by R. Stephen Irwin (Hancock House)
Bush Craft: Outdoor Skills and Wilderness Survival by Mors Kochanski
Scout Handbook by Baden Powell
Primitive Technology – A Book of Earth Skills (Gibbs Smith, Publisher) ed. David Wescott
A Field Guide to North American Birds (Golden Guide)
Outdoor Survival Skills by Larry Dean Olsen
Scout Handbook by Baden Powell, and Outdoor Skills Instruction - Survival (Boy Scouts of America)
Hatchet and Winter Dance by Gary Paulson (Doubleday)
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GENERAL INFO, HEALTH/SAFETY, FOOD & FAQs
• Daily Camp Schedule & Pickup/Dropoff
• Optional Friday Night Stayovers;
• Air/Bus/Train Transportation Choices
• Tuition & Registration: Download & Send Form; by Phone; or Use PayPal
• How to Prepare & What to Pack;
• Agreements for Participation;
Join us as we share these exciting, critical skills of the Naturalist, Tracker, Herbalist, Scout, Hunter, Artisan & Pioneer. We don’t rely on novice camp counselors to lead programs, because of course, the skills we teach require great experience. Now it's time to relearn these earth skills which almost went extinct in the past century, in order to apply their lessons to our modern society, helping the world live in balance. Testimonials from past participants will help you understand how we strive to nurture the growth and success of everyone, while providing the rarest of positive experiences. Register for as many weeks as you like this year!
Health, Safey & Food: Our highly seasoned, dynamic instructors place the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual health of our students as top priority, and we enjoy a stellar stafety record since founder and lead instructor Chris Chisholm (BA, EMT, Youth Specialist CDC II) started overnight camps in 1998. We have always maintained an intimate 6-1 or smaller ratio of campers-instructors, with lead instructors driving vans who average age 35, accompanied by assistant instructors averaging age 21. All staff receives training in risk management, wilderness first aid, and the pedagogy of earth skills education. Our food is purchased organic, cultivated in our gardens, or harvested in the wild, making for wonderful meals that we all prepare together. In addition, we make all necessary accommodation for vegans and vegetarians, pork-free religious traditions, and of course food allergies.
All camp weeks are co-ed. To read an essay written by Wolf Journey author and resident director Chris Chisholm on choosing an appropriate camp and the emotional challenges facing young campers, click on Camper Preparedness & Emotions. Parents are encouraged to call our main cell phone directly whenever you like during camp, while campers can use our cell phones to freely call home as much as they need during the time they are with us.
Youth Program FAQs Page is being developed.
PICK-UP, DROP-OFF and AIRPORT/BUS/TRAIN TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
Arrival Options on Sunday, September 2, 2012:
Complimentary Park Arrival Option: Meet us at the Wolf Campus on Sunday between 4:00-4:30 p.m. and after initial introductions, we'll have dinner together between 5:00-5:30 and then give an overview of the week between 5:30-6:00, including detailed information on our itinerary, after which any accompanying friends/family are free to go.
$25 Tacoma Amtrak/Bus Station: Arrive by 3:00 noon so that participants can travel with us to our camp location.
$50 SeaTac Arrival Option: Book your Airport/Bus/Train Arrival into Seattle-Tacoma on Sunday morning in time to meet our pick-up vehicle at 2:00 p.m., but be sure to call or email us with arrival times before confirming your plans. Pick-up at baggage claim unless unaccompanied minor, then at gate or unaccompanied minor waiting area.
$75 SongCroft Arrival Option: Meet us at SongCroft on Sunday from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Departure Options on Friday-Saturday:
Complimentary Friday Campus Departure Option: Family & Friends are invited to meet us at the Wolf Campus in Puyallup on Friday between 4:30-5:00 p.m. and we ask that everyone bring a pot-luck dish to share between 5:00-5:30 before enjoying presentations from 5:30-7:00. It is extremely helpful for local family members and friends to arrive at 5:00 and stay all the way until 7:00 in order for all those who participated to experience a healthy integration of these incredibly unique experiences back into their home lives.
$50 Saturday Puyallup Departure Option: Participants can stay overnight with us at the Wolf Campus in Puyallup, where the latest departure time is at 12:00 noon on Saturday. Please let us know at what time you plan to pick-up / depart on Saturday morning.
$75 Saturday SeaTac Departure Option: Participants can travel back to the Wolf Campus and stay overnight with us in Puyallup, and then get dropped off at the Airport/Bus/Train Station in Seattle-Tacoma on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. in time for afternoon flights. Drop-off at security unless unaccopanied minor, then at gate, but again, be sure to call or email us with flight times before confirming your plans.
$100 SongCroft Departure Option: Meet us at SongCroft on Saturday at 2:00 p.m.
The camp week starts with Sunday dinner and go through Friday dinner and will have a maximum of 36 campers with tuition at $680 if you register by June 5 , and $695 thereafter if space remains available. Cumulative discounts of $20 are given per additional family member, $20 cumulative discounts for additional camp weeks, and $20 off for referring any new family who registers someone for camp. $175 per week per participant deposit is required to hold your spot, and campers may apply for as many weeks of the summer as they like.
Additional Fees: The only additional expenses you may incur for this course beyond tuition and transportation are that you may need specific gear, although we have plenty of extra just in case, and you may and wish to contribute to our scholarship fund for camp t-shirts, books and other recommended items. Weekend stayovers between consecutive overnight camp weeks cost $175. There is also a $25-$75 Sunday airport/bus/train pickup fee and a $25-$175 for dropping off depending on driving distance and how long you stay during the weekend. If you can't meet us at the designated camp rendezvous point, please see above for alternate pickup/dropoff times. Please call us with questions.
SPACE IS AVAILABLE for the week of SEPTEMBER 2-7, 2012. REGISTRATION OPTIONS INCLUDE:
Either: 1) Download & Send Our Registration Form via email or usps.
Or: 2) Call Us and we'll take your application over the phone.
Or: 3) Email Us with your address and we'll send you an application form with directions.
Or: 4) Use the PayPal link below to make a deposit, and we'll get you all set up! (TBA)
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