A Year in the Hunting Life

Join us for a year-long exploration into everything that nature has to offer!

A Year in the Hunting Life will guide a select group of individuals through a program that will build an appreciation for the outdoors, provide an understanding of the origins of your food, and create memories that will never be forgotten.

This focused year-long program will introduce you to the following skills: archery, gun safety and use, bowhunting, bowfishing, field dressing, game progressing, food preparation, hunter’s safety and regulations, land management, and conservation.

Each season you will have an opportunity to learn and develop a new skill through both classroom and real-life experience with the expert guidance of seasoned mentors.

Season 1

Overview of the Program, Upland Hunting

Season 2

Turkey Hunting, Hunter’s Safety

Season 3

Archery, Clay Pigeon Shooting, Bowfishing

Season 4

Whitetail Hunting

Let’s work together to help keep the hunting tradition alive for years to come.

We can’t wait to help you tell YOUR stories.

 

Your journey starts in January 2026!


To be considered for our next program, please reach out to [email protected] 

for questions and an application.


We thank the Wisconsin DNR and our generous donors for their support to help us build this program!

 

If selected, your cost to participate in this program is covered by generous grants/donations to Kanati, however, we require a $50 refundable deposit as part of your application. *

* If you are not selected for this year’s program, Kanati will refund your $50 deposit immediately to your original form of payment. If you are selected for this year’s program, your deposit will be refunded as a gift card to Whale-Tales Archery after you have completed the entire A Year in the Hunting Life Program. If participant does not complete the program, deposit will be forfeited as a ‘no-show’ in consideration of our mentors.