Welcome to the Ancestral Hunting School Flagship offering, taking place in eastern Colorado, from October 11-13, 2024. This unique online and hands-on experience is designed to teach you the essentials about hunting, butchering and processing big game animals while connecting to the land, animals and ultimately yourself.

The Flagship Hunting School by Ancestral Hunting School, founded by Ken Conte, is an invitation for those who want to be connected with their food, be more self-reliant and learn the skills necessary to thrive in the outdoors. We teach everything from basic survival skills to spotting big game, how to walk in the woods quietly, ancestral skills, effective kill zone and how to use every part of the animal. This is hands on and you will have a coach with you out in the field. We have access to several different sections of private land in Wyoming and will be staying locally at a house, where you will have lodging and all your meals provided.

You can expect to come out of this experience with a new appreciation for your food, the land and a sense of being more self-sufficient. This will ripple out into the rest of your world with potential outcomes including reverence for food, connection to nature, better concentration through long times in nature, attention to detail through firearms safety and emotional regulation through being able to ramp up and slow down when needed.

- Live 1-hour interactive sessions led by Ken Conte featuring Ancestral Hunting Schools proprietary curriculum.

- Students are urged to attend live sessions to get as much as they can, we prepare as much as we can for everything that is under our control so we can be ready to take an animal in the most ethical and conscious way.

- Each session is recorded for convenience, allowing participants to watch again.

The series consists of seven one-hour digital sessions on Wednesdays and a live hunt in Colorado:

- Session 1: March 6th initial meeting hunter ed cards, intros etc

- Session 2: May 15 Unit 1 Hunting Essentials

- Session 3: June 15 Unit 2 Methods and Strategies

- Session 4: July 16 Unit 3 Species, Sex and Characteristics

- Session 5: August 15 Unit 4 Processing your Quarry

- Session 6: September 4 Unit 5 Cooking

- Session 7: October 2 Unit 6 Carry the Experience Forward pre-hunt questions

Timing: 4:30 pm PST / 6:30 pm CST / 7:30 pm EST.

In person October 11-13, fly into Denver or drive if possible. Be at the property in Colorado by late afternoon or early evening October 10th (2 hour drive from Denver) leave on the morning of the 14th. Hunt the 11th through the evening of the 13th.

Physical Requirements: Antelope hunting can be physically strenuous. You should be able to carry weight for distance, hike long distances (up to 10 miles per day) be prepared for early mornings and late nights. Fortunately our partners at Mountain Tough have stepped up and are offering 45 days of training on their app that will help us all prepare for the strenuous work that is western hunting.

Physical Requirements: Deer hunting can be physically strenuous. You should be able to carry weight for distance, hike long distances (up to 10 miles per day) be prepared for early mornings and late nights. Fortunately our partners at Mountain Tough have stepped up and are offering 45 days of training on their app that will help us all prepare for the strenuous work that is western hunting.