At Walker School of the Wild, we forge hunters, fishermen, and leaders—people rooted in self, sharpened by challenge, and connected to the land through deep wilderness immersion.
We offer both individual instruction and group academies. See below for more information.
Hunting and Fishing Academies
- Do you want to learn valuable skills like hunting, fishing, tracking, and processing meat?
- Do you know your purpose?
- Do you know what kind of man you are or want to be?
- Do you feel lost in your direction in life?
- Do you want to learn how to take care of yourself in the wild?
Our academies will teach you the skills you need to be successful in the field while helping you become who you were born to be.
Primal Hunt Academy
To hunt is to not only be connected to the food we eat but it is to become an embodied participant in the life cycle and immerse ourselves in an ecosystem. Nothing else puts us in contact with nature, our own primal essence, and the wild as much as hunting. Nothing.
In our Primal Hunt Academies, we spot and stalk black bear in the Eastern Sierra.
You will learn the following skills:
In our Primal Hunt Academies, we spot and stalk black bear in the Eastern Sierra.
You will learn the following skills:
- Develop tracking skills and wilderness awareness
- Methods for stalking bear
- Build awareness of your surroundings
- Develop a healthy relationship with death
- Build confidence
- Connect to your primal presence
- Learn how to process game
Fly Fishing Academy
Our Fly Fishing Academy combines fly fishing instruction with an embodied connection to the rivers and life within them.
You will learn the following skills:
You will learn the following skills:
- Develop deep alluvial and wilderness awareness
- Develop a healthy relationship with death
- Build confidence
- Understand river ecology
- Practice sustainable and sacred fishing practices
- Connect to your primal presence
- Learn to fly fish
- Learn to match the hatch
- Learn how to filet and cook fish
