Beginning Bow Making & Atlatls
with Gary Steele
River Camp: Cardwell, Montana.
Approximately April 4 - 7, 2025
Do you dream of being a Hunter? Join us for a four-day introduction to the tools of the trade. Make your own long bow or atlatl and dart. Learn to identify and harvest suitable local materials, then go step-by-step through the process of stock removal, tillering, and testing to produce a beautiful and functional weapon.
Special guest instructor Gary Steele will guide you through the process one on one to handcraft your own bow or atlatl. Learn basic techniques to shoot the bow or fling the atlatl dart. Also covered in this class is a bit of cordage-making, knife throwing, and potentially an introduction to flintknapping.
Limit: 7 students. Priority goes to our semester or year-long Immersion students. Other folks wanting to attend just this class, please inquire for space availability.
About Gary Steele
Gary moved to Western Montana in 1976, following his dream to live in the wilds of the Rocky Mountains. He built a small cabin in the foothills of the Mission Mountains, where he had more bears for neighbors than people. Gary rode his horses thousands of miles in the Bob Marshall Wilderness, guided backpacking and sea kayaking adventures in Yellowstone and the Sea of Cortez.
He rode his motorcycle throughout the backroads and blue highways from Canada to Nicaragua, and sailed the Caribbean with the 23 Peaks Expedition. He became a white water kayak instructor and was an EMT on a volunteer ambulance service for ten years.
Gary has been teaching outdoor skills for thirty years, and six years ago he started the Gettin' Primitive program, where he focuses on primitive skills. Through Gettin Primitive he has mentored Boy Scouts, university archeology classes, and elementary schools. During the summers he hosts multi-day camps in the shadows of the majestic Mission Mountains.
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