Wilderness Survival

The 2 Day Basic Wilderness Survival Course is our most popular course.  We teach you the 7 Essential Survival Skills you'll need to survive any situation and a whole lot more. Compare what you receive from other basic survival courses to what we provide and then you decide which offers the most bang for your buck.

Here's the basic 7 Essential Skills:

• Survival psychology.."Positive Mental Attitude" and the 'Will to Live'
• STOP ... Stop, Think, Observe and Plan. The correct steps you should do as soon as you realize you are lost.
• Shelter building / site location and selection - those that desire to do so can spend the night in the shelter they build.
• Fire starting - 3 methods - we'll cook our  meals around the fires you build.
  
• Water - requirements,finding, filteration and purification methods.
  
• Signaling - approved and recognized methods
• Food - plants, animals etc. ( we don't eat bugs) How to maximize and conserve your daily requirements.
  

       In addition to the "basics: ( that's all you get from most other courses)  our classes include these skills:

      Personal Emergency Survival Kit (PSK) We'll show you how to put together your own Kit to match your personal needs and you'll do hands-on with the items you'll be carrying.

      Fire  We teach several methods for fire starting: Fire Steels, Flint and Steel, Friction fire. You learn how to find and process natural tinder materials, how to correctly make a tinder bundle ( birds nest) how to make your own sure fire tinders and the best methods to build and maintain a survival fire.

     Shelters  You'll build shelters using the items that you would commonly carry in a PSK like Space Blankets, Phonchos, Garbage Bags, etc. and we'll build shelters from natural materials - without using one inch of man made cordage.

     Map and Compass You get comprehensive, detailed, hands-on practice using a compass and maps. After this session you will be able to navigate.

    Natural Navigation  You'll learn to accurately determine direction and navigate using just the sun and moon

    Lost Proofing;  Learn how not to get lost. We'll discuss the common mistakes made that result in people becoming lost and what steps to take to ensure that neither you or your loved ones become victims and how to use natural landmarks effectively.

    Signaling-  Quick and effective methods to become found and rescued. Few instructors know and/or teach the "correct" methods. ( I flew Air Rescue missions for many years and "know" the best  techniques.)  Special techniques taught for young kids.

    Friction Fire  We'll teach you how to make your own Bow Drill and the correct method to use it.

    Edible Plants and Ethnobotany.. We'll do a nature walk and point out and discuss local edible and useful plants, how to prepare them, which ones are considered stable survival foods and the many uses for other plants.

The Two Day  Wilderness Survival Course cost is $150.00 per person. Group and family rates are available. Workshop size is limited to 12 people. Items you'll need to bring are listed on the "Course Dates" page

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PRIMITIVE SKILLS/HUNTER GATHERER                                                                                                           

Our ancestors used basic primitive skills on a daily basis in order to survive and as a matter of routine everyday life. For thousands of years these skills remained basically the same and were passed on to generation after generation. The foundation skills, i.e., the skills most experts consider the core and truly “primitive skills are the ability to make fire, cordage and to shape flint and stone. Once these core skills are mastered they can be combined to produce all others. For instance: without the ability to make a suitable cord ( string) it would be impossible to make a bow drill. Without the ability and knowledge to find or shape stone it would be very difficult to prepare food, cut wood for tools, shape tools or to make fire. Without the ability to make fire – well basically, life would be tough. Quite obviously, mastering each of these three basic core skills is considered a necessity for primitive survival.

Our Primitive Skills Course is designed to provide each student with the training to master each of these core skills. We’ll start by learning the fundamentals of shaping stone , (flintknapping) and bone to make our basic tools and weapons.  Using our newly made stone tools we’ll collect natural plant material and then learn how to process and prepare the material to make cordage that we can use for our bow drill, hunting bows, shelters, containers etc. We'll make hide and resin glue, make and set some deadfalls and snares to trap small game, make some hunting weapons and a few other, truly primitive utensils that ancient man would have used. 

The cost for this course is $175.00 per person. Group rates available This is a 2 day class and the class size is limited to 16 students.

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Z-Day SHTF Course

It seems that more and more people are starting to get that nagging feeling that our culture and society may not stay comfortable and easy going forever.  People fear a massive change in our day to day lives because they don’t have the skills or training to continue living a reasonable lifestyle. The first 168 hours following an event that changes life forever as we know it are the most critical. In this “Z-Day” course we aim to teach and educate those who need to satisfy that nagging feeling. It’s time to overcome your fears, get out for a great weekend in the outdoors, and gather the basic crucial skills it takes to keep yourself and loved ones alive in those first critical 168 hours.

 

This course will cover when to bug out, when to bug in, and how to get everyone to safety. We’ll show you how to put together you own  bug out bags, cover basic first aid and health needs, basic survival skills, and personal protection.  

We’ve brought in Dean Coffman, a well known, experienced and respected educator to teach the bulk of this class. Dean’s credentials include the following:  Agency Director for TrVst Security and Investigations Licensed Private Investigator/ Protection Specialist, Former President of the American Criminal Justice Association/ KEI , Director of Florida Association of Protection Specialists, Active FAPI member Degree in Criminal Justice. D, G, CC, CWP, and BLS Certified. He’s also skilled in Primitive Skills and Basic Survival Techniques.

This is a 2 day, overnight camping class on private property. Class size is limited so let me know if you want me to hold a spot for you. Cost is $150.00 per person and suitable for 18 and older.

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For more details or information please contact us at:

Email:  hankfannin@comcast.net

Telephone 772-530-5823