Adventure with confidence knowing you have the skills to handle the unexpected!
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Emergency shelters
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Basic & advanced fire craft
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Desert water skills
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Survival knife skills
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Useful knots
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Wilderness First Aid
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Map & compass, and improvised navigation
Length: One day Class Limit: 6 people
Tuition: $150 - we provide everything including a delicious venison lunch!
Public course dates:
PHOENIX:
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January 24, 2026 (Sold out)
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April 11, 2026 (Sold out)
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October 25, 2026
TUCSON:
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March 14, 2026 (Sold out)
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November 14, 2026 (Sold out)
SEDONA:
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May 16, 2026 (Sold out)
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September 26, 2026 (Sold out)
Discover delicious wild foods and powerful medicines!
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Plant identification tricks
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Wild edibles
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Medicinal plants
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Wildcrafted traditional items
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Includes my Useful Plants of Southwest book
Length: 5 hours. Class Limit: 6 people
Tuition: $80
PHOENIX- Sonoran Desert Plants
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April 12, 2026 (Sold out)
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October 24, 2026
TUCSON- Sonoran Desert Plants
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March 15, 2026 (Sold out)
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November 15, 2026
SEDONA- Red Rock Canyons/ Woodland Plants
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May 17, 2026 (Sold out)
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September 27, 2026
PAYSON- Mountain Forest Plants
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August 23, 2026 (Sold out)
Survive with just a knife! Learn the skills to thrive in the Southwest wilderness!
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Natural shelters
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Fire by friction
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Wildcrafted survival items
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Useful plants
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Flintknapping
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Tracking, traps & snares
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Hunting & fishing
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Primitive cooking methods
Length: Two days Class Limit: 6 people
Tuition: $350 - we provide everything including all meals!
Optional base camping Saturday night with us, or stay in town and show up on Sunday morning!
PHOENIX:
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February 28- March 1, 2026 (Sold out)
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March 28- March 29, 2026 (Sold out)
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April 25- April 26, 2026 (Sold out)
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October 17- October 18, 2026
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November 7- November 8, 2026
SEDONA:
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May 9- May 10, 2026 (Sold out)
PAYSON
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June 13- June 14, 2026 (Sold out)
Provide for all you need with only a knife, and traditional skills!
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Travel light
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Live from the land
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Hunting & gathering skills
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Advanced survival skills
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Primitive living
Length: Three days Class Limit: 4 students
Tuition: $650
We provide everything you need including all meals*!
* You'll eat traditional foods (mesquite, corn, & acorn flour, dried beans, deer jerky, roasted agave, etc...), delicious native plants and what we catch using traps and primitive fishing techniques.
Public dates:
SEDONA:
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April 17- April 19, 2026 (sold out)
PAYSON:
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May 29- May 31, 2026 (sold out)
PHOENIX:
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April 3- April 5, 2026 (sold out)
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October 9- October 11, 2026 (sold out)
Make your own archery gear from scratch using traditional skills and local materials!
Learn hands-on!
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Flintknapping arrowheads
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Nature awareness & tracking
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Arrow making
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Carving techniques
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Bow crafting skills
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Traditional shooting skills
Length: Three day weekend Class Limit: 4 people
Tuition: $450 - we provide all materials
Optional base camping with us, or stay in town and show up in the morning!
Public course dates:
PHOENIX:
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October 23- 25, 2026 (Sold out)
Peter Bigfoot- the legend of desert survival!
Meet renowned herbalist, wilderness expert, and author, Peter Bigfoot as we team up to share our skills during an incredible desert survival & wilderness living course at his off the grid oasis- Reevis Mountain Ranch!
Learn hands-on!
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Useful plants
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Emergency & primitive Shelters
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Wildcrafted survival gear
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Flintknapping
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Basic & advanced survival skills
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Awareness & tracking
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Traps & snares
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Hunting tools
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Wilderness first aid
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Primitive cooking methods
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Improvised navigation, map & compass
Length: Six days (camping, or rental cabins also available)
Class Limit: 10 people
Tuition: $625 - All meals (buffet style organic, home grown meals!!!)
Just bring your camping gear or rent out a cabin—we'll provide the rest!
Our Guarantee: Full refund if you're not completely satisfied.
Public course dates:
Reevis Mountain Ranch- Roosevelt, AZ:
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October 1- October 6, 2026
Train to confidently guide others through the desert and wild lands of the Southwest!
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Useful plants
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Desert ecology
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Southwest traditional cultures
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Wildcrafted survival gear
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Flintknapping
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Basic & advanced survival skills
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Traditional hunting tools & skills
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Primitive fishing techniques
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Wilderness first aid
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Self-rescue techniques
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Guiding & leadership skills
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Primitive cooking methods
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Improvised navigation, map & compass
Length: 28 days split into two 14 day sessions
Class Size: Limited to students for personalized instruction
Tuition: $3,250
Just bring your camping gear—we'll provide all the rest!
Public course dates:
(The 28 day courses are broken into 14 day sessions):
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Module 1: Sept 27 - Oct 10, 2026
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Module 1: May 23 - June 5, 2027
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Module 2: Oct 11 - 24, 2026
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Module 2: June 6 - 19, 2027