Your Adventure is Calling You. Will you take the call? Or keep letting it ring?
At the Piked Antler Survival School, we’re all about Type 1.5 Fun, a healthy blend of Type 1 and Type 2 Fun.
2026 Scheduled Events
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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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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?
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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.
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Forget boring lectures and Latin names you'll never remember! This hands-on, story-filled class is designed for actual retention—whether you're a hunter, hiker, homesteader, or just want the confidence to know nature's pharmacy is all around you. Through laughter, storytelling, and mnemonic techniques, you'll learn foundational plant identification skills that stick. We meet you exactly where you are and build from there. Four hours of fun, practical knowledge you'll actually use.
NEW FOR 2026 - Help Us Launch
We're launching 9 new wilderness experiences in 2026. Reserve your spot with a $35 deposit and help us decide which ones run. If your class hits our minimum by March 1, you're in. If not, you get a full refund or can transfer to another class. These Classes will be held during the Spring, Summer & Fall of 2026.
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Father-Son Shelter Building Workshop 🏕️👨👦
Kick off your Father-Son Wilderness Weekend with a hands-on Shelter Building Workshop! Join us Friday from 9 AM to 5 PM to learn how to build emergency shelters, forts, and more. Perfect for fathers and sons (ages 8-14) who want to connect and gain practical survival skills.
Afterward, you’ll put those skills to the test during the Father-Son Wilderness Weekend starting at noon on Saturday, where you’ll actually sleep in the shelters you built!
🌲 Learn shelter building techniques
🌲 Create lasting memories
🌲 Gear up for the wilderness weekend!
Sign up now and get ready for an unforgettable weekend of bonding and adventure!
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Father-Son Wilderness Weekend 🌲👨👦
Take your father-son bonding to the next level with our Father-Son Wilderness Weekend! This 24-hour adventure combines survival skills, fun outdoor games, and meaningful connections. You and your son (ages 8-14) will learn vital wilderness skills while playing games, building teamwork, and strengthening your relationship.
Plus, sign up for the Shelter Building Workshop on Friday and you can sleep in the shelters you build during the weekend!
✅ Survival skills and leadership training
✅ Outdoor games for both father and son
✅ Quality time away from screens and distractions
Sign up today and give your son an unforgettable wilderness experience!
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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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Couples Reconnect Weekend 🌲❤️
Tired of the same old routine? It’s time to hit reset with the Couples Reconnect Weekend! Put down your phones, pick up some survival skills, and reignite the connection with your partner. Work together to process a deer, set up camp, and navigate the wild—all while reconnecting through shared adventure.
Secure your spot today with a small deposit!
If we get enough interest, the class will run. If not, you’ll get your deposit back.
✅ Work together and strengthen your bond
✅ Learn survival skills that foster teamwork
✅ No distractions, just real connection
Sign up now and create lasting memories in the wild!
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Mother-Daughter Wilderness Escape 🌲👩👧
Escape the distractions of daily life and connect with your daughter in nature. Join our Mother-Daughter Wilderness Escape, where you’ll bond through challenge, learn vital outdoor skills, and enjoy real conversations.
Fire-making as a symbol of resilience
Navigation to build trust
Fun outdoor games to strengthen your relationship
Secure your spot today with a small deposit!
If we get enough interest, the class will run. If not, you’ll get your deposit back. No phones, no distractions—just you, your daughter, and the wilderness.
✅ Learn together, grow together
✅ Strengthen trust and resilience
✅ Unplug and reconnect
Sign up now and reserve your spot!
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Friday Evening - Sunday Noon (48 Hours)
For women who are done talking about doing something and ready to actually do it.
48 hours. No phones. No explaining yourself. Just women who want to feel capable again.
You'll learn fire-making, navigation, shelter-building, foraging—real skills that make you feel confident outdoors. But here's what this is actually about: connection with women who get it, and remembering what your hands can do.
No performing. No proving yourself. No "well actually" guys. Just space to learn, laugh, challenge yourself, and realize you're more capable than you thought.
This isn't just skills. It's community. Connection. And remembering you can handle hard things.
For women 18+ who are ready to stop talking and start doing.
$35 deposit holds your spot.
We'll confirm by March 1 if we hit our minimum of 6 participants. If we don't, you get a full refund or transfer to another class.
Total investment: $400-500
[RESERVE YOUR SPOT]
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Solo Reset Intensive: Rediscover Yourself in the Wilderness 🌲🧘♂️
For Small Groups of 2-4 people.
Ready to strip away the distractions and rediscover who you are before life got complicated? The Solo Reset Intensive is a unique 7-day experience designed to help you reconnect with your true self—away from the noise. Using nature and personal challenges as tools for growth, this immersive journey lets you clear your mind, regain focus, and come back stronger.
No therapy, just real, raw self-reflection in the wild.
✅ A week of self-discovery in the wilderness
✅ Small group setting for personal guidance
✅ Reset your mind and spirit through nature-based experiences
Limited spots available. Secure your spot today.
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Adventure Week: Wake Up Edition 🌲🔥
Ready to wake up and remember how capable you really are? Adventure Week: Wake Up Edition is a week-long journey designed to push you beyond your limits, reignite your confidence, and teach you the skills that make you feel strong, capable, and alive.
Through progressive challenges and campfire philosophy, you’ll learn to process a deer, navigate without GPS, start fire without matches, and tackle hard things—all while reconnecting with your true strength.
✅ Overcome challenges and push your limits
✅ Master real-world skills that make you feel capable
✅ Build lasting confidence in yourself
Sign up now for a life-changing week of adventure!
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 these 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.