BHH YOUTH HUNTERS ACADEMYBHH ACADEMYCOURSE CATALOG
HUNTER SAFETY COURSES BUILT FOR KIDS
Every course is matched to your child's age and completed together with a parent. Kids earn a trophy for every mission they finish — and real safety habits that last a lifetime.
AGES 5–8
TRAILBLAZERS PATH
Short, guided lessons that build safe habits early — always with a trusted adult at their side.
FOUNDATION
Start here — the safety and readiness basics every young hunter builds on.

FOUNDATION15 MIN
THE FOUR BIG SAFETY RULES
Learn TAB-K — the four big safety rules — with your grown-up through friendly lessons, pictures, and practice games made just for young explorers.
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FOUNDATION15 MIN
LITTLE CAMP HELPER: FIRST AID BASICS
Become a great little helper with your grown-up! The first-aid treasure box, boo-boo basics, staying warm and dry, water power, and the magic whistle trick — all through friendly practice games.
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FOUNDATION15 MIN
LITTLE TRAIL FINDER: NEVER GET LOST
Learn trail-finder magic with your grown-up! The seeing circle, landmark memory games, reading the sky's messages, explorer treasures, and the Hug-a-Tree rule every young explorer must know.
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FOUNDATION15 MIN
LITTLE PACK MASTER: GETTING READY TO GO
Become a Little Pack Master with your grown-up! Dress like an onion, pack your adventure bag, learn why orange is awesome, and master the famous door check before every family adventure.
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CORE SKILLS
The real field skills: handling, identification, stands, tracking, and stewardship.

CORE SKILLS15 MIN
CAREFUL CARRIER: HANDLING & AIMING BASICS
Learn how careful hunters carry and handle their gear with your grown-up! The pointing rule, fence freezes, statue stillness, gentle squeezes, and range day manners — all through fun practice games.
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CORE SKILLS15 MIN
THE LOOKOUT GAME: KNOW YOUR ANIMALS
Become a super lookout with your grown-up! Learn animal clues, why sounds and shadows trick your eyes, and play spotting games that teach you to always be 100% sure.
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CORE SKILLS15 MIN
UP HIGH WITH GROWN-UPS: TREE STAND BASICS
Learn how hunters stay safe way up in trees! The superhero harness, three-points climbing, the magic haul rope, and the 'ground to ground' motto — all practiced safely with your grown-up.
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CORE SKILLS15 MIN
THE CLUE TRAIL: TRAIL DETECTIVE TRACKING
Become a trail detective with your grown-up! Read animal footprints, spot tiny clues, master the waiting game, and follow a whole trail from first clue to thank-you.
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CORE SKILLS15 MIN
NATURE'S HELPERS: CARING FOR WILD PLACES
Discover what animals need to live happy, how hunters help wild places, wildlife watching, and helper projects like brush piles and bird feeders — all with your grown-up by your side.
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CORE SKILLS15 MIN
WOODS MANNERS: BEING KIND OUTDOORS
Learn the good manners of the woods with your grown-up! Ask first, close every gate, play fair with animals, leave places nicer than you found them, and become a Woods Manners Champ.
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ADVANCED
The final tier — shot placement, bowhunting, turkey, waterfowl, wildlife encounters, strategy, and caring for the harvest.

ADVANCED15 MIN
SHARP EYE: AIMING THE KIND WAY
Discover why careful hunters aim at one special spot, wait for sideways, practice being steady, and say 'not yet' — the kind way of hunting, learned through games with your grown-up.
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ADVANCED15 MIN
LITTLE CAMP COOK: FROM FIELD TO FEAST
Learn where wild food comes from, the thank-you moment, food's three sneaky enemies, little helper jobs, and the joy of sharing a camp feast — the whole journey from field to table!
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ADVANCED15 MIN
LITTLE ARCHER: BOW & ARROW BASICS
Meet the bow — one of the oldest tools ever! Learn the pointing rule for arrows, the all-clear game, the arm guard, aim-small tricks, and the archer's patient 'not yet' — all with your grown-up.
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ADVANCED15 MIN
LITTLE WOODS DETECTIVE: ANIMAL CLUES & HIDEOUTS
Become a woods detective with your grown-up! Find animal bedrooms and hallways, read fresh clues, outsmart the sneaky wind, discover trail camera surprises, and pick the perfect quiet watching spot.
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ADVANCED15 MIN
LITTLE DUCK SCOUT: MARSH & WATER ADVENTURES
Explore the magical marsh with your grown-up! The Life Jacket Promise, sneaky cold water, boat manners, decoy tricks, duck calls, and the big promise duck hunters make to care for ducks forever.
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ADVANCED15 MIN
WILD NEIGHBORS: MEETING ANIMALS SAFELY
Learn the watch-don't-touch rule, the bear meeting plan, the snake freeze trick, the tick check game, and why we never feed wild animals — all with your grown-up beside you.
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ADVANCED15 MIN
LITTLE TURKEY TALKER: GOBBLES & GAMES
Meet the forest's funniest bird! Learn turkey talk, play the stillness game, master the special no-red-white-blue rule, hunt for turkey clues, and hear the happy story of the great turkey comeback.
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AGES 9–12
SCOUTS PATH
Real field procedures, safety systems, and mentor-guided missions for growing hunters.
FOUNDATION
Start here — the safety and readiness basics every young hunter builds on.

FOUNDATION25 MIN
FIREARM SAFETY FOUNDATIONS: THE FOUR RULES
A complete foundation course on TAB-K — the four rules of firearm safety — taught through real field situations, carry positions, obstacle crossings, and mentor-guided practice.
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FOUNDATION25 MIN
FIELD FIRST AID & EMERGENCY READINESS
In the field, the first responder is you. Master the field first-aid kit, bleeding control, sprains and falls, hypothermia warning signs, and the judgment to know exactly when to get help.
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FOUNDATION25 MIN
WILDERNESS NAVIGATION & WEATHER READING
Hunting takes you off-trail on purpose. Learn topo maps, compass bearings and the back-bearing trick, landmarks and handrails, storm signals in the sky, and the STOP protocol if you're ever turned around.
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FOUNDATION25 MIN
GEAR & TRIP PREPARATION
Preparation is the cheapest upgrade in hunting. Master the three-layer clothing system, the day pack, blaze orange law, boot and gear care, and the checklist discipline that makes every hunt start right.
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CORE SKILLS
The real field skills: handling, identification, stands, tracking, and stewardship.

CORE SKILLS25 MIN
FIELD CARRY & MARKSMANSHIP PREP
The six field carries, fence-crossing procedure, loading discipline, and the marksmanship fundamentals — sight picture, breath control, trigger squeeze, steady positions, zeroing, and rifle care.
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CORE SKILLS25 MIN
KNOW YOUR TARGET: WILDLIFE & TARGET ID
Master positive identification — field marks, look-alikes, safe backstops, glassing with binoculars, and zones of fire — through real field scenarios and mentor-guided practice.
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CORE SKILLS25 MIN
TREE STAND & ELEVATED HUNTING SAFETY
Falls injure more hunters than anything else — and they're preventable. Master stand inspection, the full-body harness, three points of contact, haul lines, and lifeline systems.
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CORE SKILLS25 MIN
TRACKING & GAME RECOVERY
The hunt isn't over at the shot. Learn to read the hit, wait with discipline, follow blood and sign, grid a cold trail, and finish every recovery safely and with respect.
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CORE SKILLS25 MIN
CONSERVATION & WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
How hunters saved America's wildlife — habitat science, the North American Model, who pays for conservation, how seasons are set by science, and the hands-on habitat work that keeps wild places thriving.
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CORE SKILLS25 MIN
HUNTING ETHICS & LAND RESPECT
The hunter's code — fair chase, landowner permission, gates and crops, the rulebook and why it exists, the clean kill standard, and representing hunting with honor everywhere you go.
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ADVANCED
The final tier — shot placement, bowhunting, turkey, waterfowl, wildlife encounters, strategy, and caring for the harvest.

ADVANCED25 MIN
SHOT PLACEMENT & MARKSMANSHIP
The clean kill standard — the vital zone, broadside and quartering-away angles, steady field positions, your honest effective range, and the pre-shot checklist that makes every shot an ethical one.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
FIELD DRESSING & MEAT CARE
The hunt isn't over until the food is safe. Master the game care kit, field dressing fundamentals, the cool-clean-dry rule, transport and aging, and the respect that turns a harvest into a family's meals.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
BOWHUNTING & ARCHERY FUNDAMENTALS
Hunting's most patient tradition — archery safety rules, the anchor point and surprise release, your honest effective range, broadhead discipline, stand procedure, and the long-wait recovery standards of the bow.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
SCOUTING & STAND STRATEGY
The thinking game of hunting — deer patterns and sign reading, map scouting and funnels, trail camera craft, wind and thermal strategy, and choosing the stand site that wins the hunt before opening day.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
WATERFOWL HUNTING & WATER SAFETY
Water changes every rule. Master life jacket discipline, the cold water clock, wader safety, duck boat procedure, blind zones of fire, waterfowl ID, and the federal rules of duck and goose hunting.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
WILDLIFE ENCOUNTERS & PREDATOR AWARENESS
Real risks ranked honestly — bear encounter protocol and spray use, cougar and coyote responses, snake sense and bite first aid, the tick defense system, and the camp discipline that prevents encounters entirely.
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ADVANCED25 MIN
TURKEY HUNTING: CALLING, SETUP & SAFETY
The spring woods have their own safety code. Master turkey biology, the never-stalk-a-gobble rule, calling with box and pot calls, the defensive setup, head-and-neck shot discipline, and the comeback bird's ethics.
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AGES 13–17
PATHFINDERS PATH
License-prep standards, pressure-tested drills, and real responsibility in the field.
FOUNDATION
Start here — the safety and readiness basics every young hunter builds on.

FOUNDATION30 MIN
FIREARM SAFETY COMMAND: THE FOUR RULES
A no-shortcuts study of TAB-K at the standard expected of hunters preparing for licensed, independent field responsibility — with pressure-tested scenario drills.
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FOUNDATION30 MIN
EMERGENCY COMMAND: WILDERNESS READINESS
The responder's standard — scene command, the bleeding-control ladder, cold physiology, the tree stand fall protocol, suspension trauma, and the evacuation decision made like a professional.
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FOUNDATION30 MIN
STORM ROUTE COMMAND: NAVIGATION & WEATHER
The independent navigator's standard — terrain association, declination and dead reckoning, route legs with bailouts, weather systems and front strategy, and the self-rescue decision checklist.
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FOUNDATION30 MIN
OUTFIT COMMAND: GEAR SYSTEMS & TRIP PLANNING
The self-sufficient hunter's standard — clothing science, pack systems engineering, redundancy doctrine, the annual gear program, and expedition-tier trip architecture with shakedowns and debriefs.
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CORE SKILLS
The real field skills: handling, identification, stands, tracking, and stewardship.

CORE SKILLS30 MIN
RIFLEMAN'S STANDARD: HANDLING & PRECISION
Condition discipline, party muzzle protocols, transitions, the shot process as a system, positions under time, practical ballistics, and the documented practice regimen of a serious field marksman.
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CORE SKILLS30 MIN
POSITIVE ID COMMAND: TARGET & BEYOND
The professional identification standard — field marks under pressure, the science of seeing wrong, backstop analysis, glassing discipline, and zone integrity — with adversarial scenario drills.
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CORE SKILLS30 MIN
ELEVATION COMMAND: THE FULL-SYSTEM STANDARD
The professional elevated-hunting standard — equipment certification, lifeline engineering, suspension trauma physiology, self-rescue planning, and pressure-tested descent discipline.
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CORE SKILLS30 MIN
RECOVERY COMMAND: TRACKING TO THE STANDARD
The professional recovery standard — hit analysis, the wait matrix, blood forensics, systematic grid work, legal escalation, and safe recovery protocol under pressure.
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CORE SKILLS30 MIN
STEWARD'S STANDARD: CONSERVATION COMMAND
Population ecology, the seven pillars of the North American Model and their stress tests, succession and prescribed fire, the funding squeeze, CWD and fragmentation, and the leadership role of the hunter-conservationist.
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CORE SKILLS30 MIN
ETHICS COMMAND: FAIR CHASE & STEWARDSHIP
Ethics at the leadership standard — fair chase doctrine and technology creep, access diplomacy, the North American Model, shot ethics under pressure, and the ambassador's burden.
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ADVANCED
The final tier — shot placement, bowhunting, turkey, waterfowl, wildlife encounters, strategy, and caring for the harvest.

ADVANCED30 MIN
PRECISION STANDARD: SHOT PLACEMENT MASTERY
Three-dimensional shot geometry, terminal performance, the shot process as a system, positions under time, wind and light limits, and the pre-decided standards that hold under buck fever.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
MEAT CARE COMMAND: FIELD TO FREEZER
The provider's standard — cold chain science, quartering and the gutless method, aging mechanics, seam butchery and the freezer system, and the zero-waste doctrine from field to table.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
ARCHER'S STANDARD: BOWHUNTING MASTERY
Bow setup and tuning, broadhead doctrine, the triple-anchor shot system, the cold-shot effective range test, elevated archery geometry and string jump, and forensic arrow-reading recovery — the archer's contract at full standard.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
STRATEGY COMMAND: SCOUTING TO STAND
Pattern analysis and pressure dynamics, terrain doctrine and map mastery, camera data systems, advanced wind and thermal play, access engineering, and the decision frameworks that command a whole season.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
WATERLINE COMMAND: WATERFOWL MASTERY
Cold water physiology and the 1-10-1 doctrine, rescue protocols, wader and boat systems engineering, big-water go/no-go frameworks, blind command, and the federal flyway system — the waterline at command standard.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
ENCOUNTER COMMAND: WILDLIFE THREAT MASTERY
Behavioral threat assessment, the defensive-versus-predatory bear framework, species-specific protocols including the moose inversion, snakebite logistics, vector-borne disease doctrine, and attractant command leadership.
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ADVANCED30 MIN
GOBBLER COMMAND: SPRING WOODS MASTERY
Turkey behavioral science and the pecking order, the accident-anatomy safety doctrine, advanced calling orchestration, the decoy risk ledger, patterning science, and the leadership ethics of the spring woods.
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