Outdoor classrooms: Bozeman-based wilderness school teaches backcountry hunting skills

It’s like school for elk hunting and the classroom is the Snowcrest Mountains. The bonus is it all happens on a backpacking expedition. 

I am referring to a new course offered by Montana Wilderness school called backpacking skills for aspiring hunters.

The Bozeman-based school has been taking students on expeditions for ten years with a mission of providing “empowering expeditionary wilderness courses to youth that foster personal growth and cultivate a conservation ethic through connecting with remote landscapes and wild places”

In the last couple of years they have offered this course that takes a fundamental approach to backpacking skills but adds the technical skills pursuing large game in the backcountry.

On this episode, Ryan Peters, wilderness program manager for Montana Wilderness School talks about the course.

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Montana Untamed, hosted by Thom Bridge, covers the state's rugged landscape from hook and bullet to policy and science.