The Piked Antler Project Survival School
“Adventure with Purpose”
“Success Preceded by Struggle Breeds True Confidence”
What is the Piked Antler Project?
In short, The Piked Antler Project creates unforgettable adventure experiences through survival-based challenge courses that push your limits, build real teamwork, and reignite grit, respect, and self-worth.
It’s designed to wake you up — to rejuvenate, rewild, and remind you that you're fully alive.
The Piked Antler Project, LLC has locations in Clyde, Canton & Waynesville, NC and was founded in November 2017 by U.S Army Veteran, William White.
Monthly Classes
"The Primal Man Project:" Survival Training designed for Men
Canton, NC - 10 AM to 2PM - One Saturday Per Month
- year round classes -
$150/Student
Discounts available for groups. Email us to get started at info@pikedantler.com
This 8-week challenge is not for the weak—(you do not have to attend all 8 classes to participate) it’s for men ready to test their individual limits, sharpen real-world survival skills, and push through fatigue with grit and determination. Each class, you'll tackle physically demanding obstacles, relying on your own strength and the brotherhood beside you to conquer every challenge thrown your way. This is where men forge resilience, build unshakable confidence, and reclaim their warrior spirit. If you're ready to step up, embrace the struggle, and prove what you're made of—this is your call to action.
See Teaser Videos of class on YouTube
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Women of the Woods: Women learning the Art of Survival
Canton, NC - 10 AM to 4PM - One Saturday Per Month
- year round classes -
$150/Student
Discounts available for groups. Email us to get started at info@pikedantler.com
**Survive & Thrive: Women's Wilderness Challenge**
This 8-week challenge is not for the weak-Master essential survival skills like fire building, shelter construction, navigation, and foraging in a supportive, hands-on class. The first half focuses on learning, while the second half puts your skills to the test in a **team-based survival challenge**—a fast-paced, physical race to apply what you've learned.
Build confidence, resilience, and camaraderie with like-minded women as you embrace the challenge and discover your strength.
**Classes run once per month.**
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Non-Monthly Classes
White Tail Deer Hunting 101:
Everything you need to get started hunting white tail deer this season.
Clyde, NC - 10 AM to 5 PM - October 11, 2025
$150/Student (15 & up)
How to identify and interpret “sign.” Need-to-knows about mountain hunting versus flatland. How to choose a tree stand location. How to set up a tree stand. How to deal with scent control. What to bring with you on any hunt. Pros and cons of tree stand hunting versus ground hunting. Study and ID food sources, even in the Winter when there are no leaves to ID trees.
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How to Process Large Animals/Deer
Clyde, NC - 10 AM to 5 PM - November 8, 2025
$150/Adult (15+) and $50/child (8-14 y/o)
This 1-Day class is jam packed with decades of experience. Your expert instructors will teach everything you need to know to get your large game animal into the freezer. Will, owner of the Piked Antler will walk you every step of the way teaching you how to skin and quarter a deer. Our expert butcher and survival instructor, Kenny, will teach you about different cuts of meat, how to cut them, how to cut jerky and more. Will and Kenny will team up at the end to teach you how to vacuum seal and preserve venison.
You will also go go home with 2-5 pounds of quality aged venison.
This class will be held in the home of the owner of the Piked Antler Project, Will White in Fines Creek, NC.
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Edible & Medicinal Plants Class
Canton/Cruso, NC -October 31 - November 3, 2025
$55.00
Expect breaks! We have quite a lot of information to share with you and want you to retain as much as possible. To avoid Information Saturation, we take breaks every hour. This is time for you to rest your mind and feed your body with snacks and lunch. Though we can teach you over 75 wild edible & medicinal plants, we've learned that teaching 30 plants per day is the maximum we can teach and have Information Retention. Expect to learn about 15-20 plants and also a few bonus facts on plants and trees that can be used for survival uses, other than eating and making medicine. Please bring plenty of water and snacks and if you'd like bring a light chair so you can sit while your Instructors are teaching. Also, bring sun block, hat, pen and paper. If you have a hand held sized dry erase board, bring that along with a dry erase marker. You can write the plant name down on your board and take a photo of the board along with the plant for easier identification and studying later.
“The Reset”
Canton/Cruso, NC -October 31 - November 3, 2025
$1,350.00
The Reset is designed for men and women only. In this list below, you will see just some of the things taught in class. This class is held once per year and is designed for you to come with some knowledge and experience and leave with a lifetime experience and advanced knowledge that will help keep you alive in the worse of survival situations. This is not only as a place of learning, but a place to reset.
You’ll be taught many different methods of creating fire; how to build different shelters; water purification methods; navigation with the sun, moon, stars and more.
What really makes this class so valuable is the Reset!!
We all need a reset from time to time. Life stacks up against us and without a strong outlet to recover, life is simply not as great as it can be.
Come, learn, reset and make lifelong friends.
Knowledge weighs nothing!!!
The more you know, the less gear you need and more enjoyable the outdoors can be.
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Our mission is to provide you with the Survival skills to stay alive…
…by teaching you Real World Survival Skills that will TEST your GRIT, BUILD your WORTH and KEEP your ASS ALIVE!
Let’s meet up in real life.
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Warrior Clan
As a veteran and former law enforcement officer, Russ Conner wanted to do something to confront the issue of PTSD and suicide among veterans and first responders. In 2013, he founded Warrior Clan to create community and to join the fight against PTSD and suicide.
info@warriorclan.org
https://warriorclan.org
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Mountain Man Gun Worx
This man is great at what he does and a great person he's the only one I use anytime I need my guns worked on would definitely recommend and will be going again.
Cecil@mountainmangunworx.com
https://mountainmangunworx.com
LOCAL VETERAN OWNED BUSINESSES THAT WE SUPPORT AND WHO SUPPORT US.
Whether you’re surviving in the forest, the battle field, PTSD or just life, we all need each other at some point. The Warrior Clan and Mountain Man Worx are two local and Veteran owned companies that share a similar mission: To Help, Teach and Protect our community members.
All of us spent time overseas while in the U.S. Military fighting for our country. When we came home, we decided to keep the mission vision going. We all love helping our community members through counsel and teaching, and that is what we do.