Your Adventure is Calling You. Will you answer the call?
Last Classes of 2025
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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.
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Learning to provide for your family from the land is deeply empowering. Whether you're new to hunting or just curious why so many love it, this is where to begin.
In this 1-day class, expert instructors share decades of experience focused on hunting whitetail deer in the Appalachian Mountains — where terrain makes a big difference.
You’ll learn:
* Food sources & tracking
* Setup strategies
* Tree stand vs. blind
* Camouflage & scent control
* Key hunting laws
* Gun vs. archery basics
...and more.
2026 Events
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When was the last time you had uninterrupted time to teach your son the skills that build character, confidence, and grit? Our Father Son Adventure Weekend creates the perfect environment for hardworking dads to mentor their boys in essential wilderness skills while forming core memories that will last a lifetime. This isn't about mastering survival techniques - it's about stepping into your role as a father who teaches his son that things worth having are earned through effort, perseverance, and learning from men who understand the value of honest work. We'll guide you through knife skills, knot tying, tarp shelter building, fire making, and wilderness cooking, but the real magic happens when you take these skills and put your own loving touch on teaching them to your son. In a world where it's hard to find time to pass down these foundational lessons, this weekend gives you 22 hours of focused father-son connection away from distractions. You'll leave with more than new skills - you'll have given your son something money can't buy: the memory of his dad taking time to invest in the man he's becoming.
COST & SCHEDULE:
The adventure runs from Friday at noon to Saturday noon, with Dinner and Breakfast provided as well as tools for the experience like pocket saws, ferro rods, knives, etc. Bring your ground pad, sleeping pad and a can-do attitude. We’ve got the rest.
Cost is $175 per father-son pair (additional sons $75 each).
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Transform wilderness uncertainty into outdoor confidence with our Two Day Wilderness Getaway, where hands-on survival skills training on private land builds real capability and self-assurance. This moderate-intensity course spans 2.5 days and 2 nights, teaching you practical skills like fire-making, shelter building, water procurement, and foraging that will give you the knowledge and confidence to protect and provide for your loved ones in any outdoor situation. We provide all the wilderness tools, knives, and saws you need - you just bring your tent, sleeping pad, water bottle, food, and backpack for exploring the woods. You'll leave this transformative experience seeing the wilderness not as something to fear, but as a resource-rich environment where you can find safety, sustenance, and peace. Most importantly, you'll gain the deep confidence that comes from knowing you can keep your family safe and comfortable in the outdoors, turning uncertainty into adventure.
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Ready to push beyond basic comfort and discover what you're truly capable of when everything is stripped away? Our Ultimate Survival Retreat is a comprehensive seven-day experience that begins with our Two Day Getaway to build your foundational skills, then pushes you further into intensive survival training that builds unshakeable confidence. The first two days ease you into wilderness living and establish your core abilities, but days three through seven shift into intensive hands-on training where you'll apply advanced survival techniques under realistic conditions. Wednesday and Thursday nights you'll put everything to the test, spending two full nights implementing the skills you've learned with minimal outside support, proving to yourself that you can thrive when it matters most. Friday brings a powerful debrief, closing ceremony, and rites of passage celebration that honors your transformation from someone who fears the unknown to someone who embraces challenge with confidence. You'll return home with real skills, unshakeable self-reliance, and the ultimate mental reset that only comes from discovering you're far more capable than you ever imagined.
RetryThis course is for adults 18+ and are ready for an experience.
Cost is $4,200/participant for the full 7 day Experience (Ultimate 2 day & Ultimate 5 Day)
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Modern teams face burnout, weak communication, and low collaboration. Our corporate wilderness survival packages fix that with immersive, team-building experiences that boost morale and sharpen problem-solving. Choose from three intensity levels, ending in a skill-based challenge that builds trust and pride. Ready to recharge and unite your team?
Events are held in Clyde, NC and Canton, NC near Asheville, NC
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The Piked Antler Project, LLC is a veteran-owned company in Wester North Carolina founded in 2017, that offers powerful, hands-on experiences in the forest that build confidence, connection, and real-world skills. Through guided challenges, you’ll learn fire-building, navigation, shelter, and teamwork—no experience needed. Each event is designed to help you reconnect with yourself, others, and the natural world in a supportive, encouraging environment. This is growth through adventure—purposeful, unforgettable, and real.
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The Piked Antler Project classes are physically active but intentionally paced for learning and stamina. You'll be on your feet most of the day in all three courses, with structured breaks built in. Edible Plants and Deer Hunting 101 are all-day, on-foot classes with breaks every 45 minutes to reset your body and focus. How to Process Deer is more flexible—sit, snack, and hydrate as needed while staying hands-on and engaged. Expect movement, not exhaustion.
Shelter Building is hands on all day long. This is best done in groups so that everyone gets hands on application and isn’t overloaded with the work. Come ready with gloves and plenty of snacks and hydration. Building shelter takes work! And it’s worth it!!!
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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, in Canton, Waynesville and Clyde of Western North Carolina.
It’s designed to wake you up — to rejuvenate, rewild, and remind you that you're fully alive.
The adventure based programs will return in 2026. Be sure to subscribe and/or get your free eBook to get updates on these life altering events.
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.
Camaraderie
Teamwork
Feel Alive Again
Life Saving Skills
Brotherhood & Growth
Community
Challenge Course
Natural Testosterone Boosts
A great experience with purpose….with positive side effects.
“I hesitated to come, but after the first time, I wished I had came sooner...much sooner.”
“I needed therapy, but after this, If feel clear, energized and ready to take on the world.”
“I felt like a kid again. I can’t wait to go back.”
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!
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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.