Join Your Archery Team!
You join the Archery Rangers, a team fellow apprentices sharing in epic adventures while learning skills. Together your Team…
- Works with an Archery Guide mentoring you and your team in stealth and archery.
- Trains to be self-directed, empowered to craft your journey together as Trackers.
- Contributes to the greater community, helping younger Trackers, your families, and our elders.
- Forges a cohort of friends who are thoughtful and Truly Helpful to each other.
Learn Stealth & Archery Skills!
Through monthly outdoor weekends you learn the skills of forest and field archery:
Authentic Archery Begin with and then go beyond target shooting on a line. With our bows, travel the forests and fields. Learn practical archery to loose arrows with accuracy from any stance and position. Hone your focus and aim in all situations for accuracy with the bow are arrow.
The Bow, The Arrow Learn to care for your bow so it lasts a lifetime. Train with the traditional wood bow of our Rangers Guild and also use explore other bow types. Handcraft your own arrows.
Stealth Archery As an Archery Ranger, develop flow with the forest. Train stealth and silence, camouflage, and invisibility. Learn outdoor and forest craft skills specific to Archery and our Rangers Guild.
We visit private sites unique to Trackers Earth, along with locally famous archery ranges. These diverse options, exclusive to our students, bring the craft of archery closer to nature and offer the best training around.
Explore the Program Schedule
Fall to Spring, 1 weekend a month
This transported program is made up of Weekend Adventure Days where your team explores and trains in the outdoors and Seasonal Gatherings where families can connect with each other. Schedule options below.
Weekend Adventure Days 8 total - Typically 1 Saturday or Sunday a month (8:15 AM - 3:30 PM)
During Weekend Adventure Days you journey to the wilderness to train in skills with your Trackers Team and Guide.
Seasonal Gatherings 6 total - Weekday evenings or Weekends during the day
Trackers families can attend Seasonal Gatherings filled with food, fun, and connection. Organized by Trackers Teams, these events are and optional and include:
- Family Picnic Welcome the autumnal harvest with festivities, food, and music.
- Track-or-Treat Trick-or-treat on a fun and mysterious tracking trail through the Trackers Lodge.
- Holiday Party Herald the arrival of winter with food and friends at our Holiday Party.
- Garden Party Help plant our gardens for summer and fall in Sandy, Oregon.
- Family Lodge Celebrate in the Trackers Lodge with all our families in one Grand Evening.
- Graduation Wrap our year together with a community potluck and BBQ.
Get an Archery Team Membership
Register and receive a Trackers Teams Membership for your full year (Sept - August). This includes:
- 8 Weekend Adventure Days, 6 Seasonal Family Gatherings
- A Trackers T-Shirt, Trackers Woodcarving Guide & monthly Trackers Journal.
- 50% off the Trackers Archery Range for immediate family members (free during Seasonal Gatherings).
- 10% off other Trackers programs for the registered Trackers Apprentice. Includes all programs occurring from program start to the end of following summer. Cannot be combined with other discounts or scholarships.
Tuition
Tuition includes all Weekend Adventure Days and Seasonal Gatherings. Reserve your place with a $195 non-refundable deposit, then pay the remaining tuition in 9 monthly payments of $132 (total $1,382). Your first payment is due August 31.
Returning Student Discount Apprentices returning from a previous program year (within Fall to Spring) receive a 15% discount. Use your discount code (emailed) or Contact Us athello@trackersearth.com to receive one.
Need Financial Help? We offer Opportunity & Merit Scholarships of 5% - 15% off. Up to a $200 discount off the full tuition. It's quick and easy to apply.
Please note, scholarships and multiple discounts cannot be combined.