Advanced Hunting & Outdoor Skills Camp

The 12,000 acre McPherson 4M Ranch just outside of Sonora, Texas will be the home of the Advanced Hunting & Outdoor Skills Camp. This Camp and its activities will take the Outdoor Texas Camps to a new level. The Advanced Hunting & Outdoor Skills Camp will give each Camper opportunities to utilize the skills he has learned at previous Outdoor Texas Camps. The activities at this Camp will include:

1) Nighttime Hog Hunting with Thermal Optics.
2) Morning and Evening Hog Hunting over bait.
3) Varmint Calling & Hunting.
4) Mock Blood Tracking Techniques.
5) Evening & Nighttime Varmint Calling and Hunting.
6) Trapping Techniques for Coyotes and other Varmints.

CAMP INFORMATION

Currently NOT SCHEDULED for 2020

CAMP ACTIVITIES

Riflery • Night Shooting • Archery • Blood Tracking • Game Calling • Hog Hunting (am, pm & nighttime) • Trapping and Snare Workshop • Electronic Varmint Calling • Camping Survival 

TYPICAL CAMP DAY

6:00 AM  Wake Up  
6:30 AM  Hog Hunting
9:30 AM  Blood Trailing
11:00 AM  Archery
12:30 PM  Lunch
1:00 PM  Rest
2:00 PM  Riflery
3:30 PM  Camping/Survival
5:30 PM  Dinner
6:30 PM  Varmint Calling
9:30 PM  Cabin
10:00 PM  Lights Out

WHAT TO BRING

6 – 7 T-Shirts
3 Pair of Long Pants
Cap and/or Visor
3 – 4 Pair of Shorts
2 Long Sleeve Shirts
1  Pair of Hard Soled Hiking/Hunting Boots
Pair of Sneakers and/or Sandals
2 Towels
Toiletries
Water Bottle
Sun Glasses
Sunscreen
Bug Spray
Camera

EQUIPMENT and MISCELLANEOUS

Personal archery equipment is optional.  
No Guns. Hunting and Deer Camps have all the guns needed.
No electronic games.
No food or snacks.
Cell phones must be kept by the Camp Director. Camper can use his phone at the appropriate times.

STAFF

Michael Shipley – Camp Director
 Sterling Peay – Shotgun Instructor
Rody Best – Retriever Training & Waterfowl Hunting
John Weishaar – Camping/Survival

LOCATION

The McPherson 4M Ranch is about 3 hours west of San Antonio off of I-10, just south of Sonora, Texas.  For more information about the McPherson 4M Ranch, as well as detailed directions, go to their website at www.McPherson4MRanch .