Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska 3 Day Alaskan Survival Class With Myke Hawke

Myke Hawke is a former U.S. Special Forces Survival instructor and has been featured on the History, Discovery, Learning and Travel Channels as a subject matter expert.

Class Size: Minimum 6 students. At 6 students, cost will be $500. Max' class size will be 10-12 students. More than 6 students the price will go down.

When: a 3 day weekend Sept 15-Oct 15 2007 dates to be determined by group consensus.

Where: Open to ideas. Right now I am thinking about a state park.

This class will be physically and mentally demanding. Camp will move 10-12 miles each day as land navigation will be part of the class, fire starting in wet conditions, shelter building, signaling, etc. Specific skill requests can be also be covered. Two Paramedics will be present for any emergencies. Extensive what to bring list provided upon registration.

For bio and other info', Myke has a web site:

www.incredible-adventures.com/specops.html

If interested in this class, post here and drop me a p.m. including your email addy.

Good luck with that, right in the middle of hunting season! It does sound like a fun time though....

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For $500 will they show me how to pack out the moose I kill?

For less than that I"ll come along and tell you how to pack it out, in fact could be talked into helping if another moose was around the corner....

Sounds like an interesting class to me, I think it would be fun( I have never been to Alaska) only thing is, the date stinks! right at the beginning of my hunting season(s)!
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Never packed a moose 10 miles in didja... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I like the 1/2 mile rule myself...Or strong dumb nephews

I prefer the 2 foot carry, right to the 4 wheeler........

Friend of mine from Maine told me a joke once.

"Where's the best place to shoot a moose?"

Right beside the truck.

It's not a joke.
Landing strip,river bank,quad trail,all good.
Otherwise swamp donkey has the last laugh.

guys the dates can be changed to what works for the group.

if we do it earlier, with the warmer temps i don't think you will get as much out of the training. if we do it in nov/dec we will freeze our asses off.

it is only 1 weekend out of the hunting season. i hunt ak. as well and i feel that this is worth the time and money for your safety and knowledge. y.m.m.v..

moose packing is not part of the class.

When I was stationed at Eielson AFB in North Pole AK, I took the three day USAF Arctic Survival course. It was -42 the nights we stayed in our snow caves.

Taught me a lot about will, and more about the need to remain calm.

Plus, it looks cool (pun intended) on my resume.

$500? 'Nuthing compared to the value received, IMHO.

Wouldn't shoot a 10 mile moose.... Though 3 miles tempted me one time very severely..... Time left before pickup and distance, even though close to a decent winter trail on foot , disallowed anything but a photo through the scope.....

I'm thinking 1.5 miles might be about as far away from anything I'd really want to attempt. Middle of landing strip is good. River bank only ok if shot anchors and won't roll or move.... Middle of quad trail also good.
Relatives in BC used to say they'd drive up and down the Alcan till they could bust one in the neck or head in the middle of the alcan.... and tell everyone else to go around.... I can see why. CNS shots I"d think can be a must in some circumstances....hope to find out....

Jeff

dave;

$500 is the most it can cost if we only have the minimum # of 6 students.

if we get 10-12 students then maybe $375-400. more students to split the costs, less tuition.

per his web site he teaches woodland, arctic, water, jungle and desert survival.

anyone have any ideas on where to hold this class? state park or military base open to public recreation....

Cold Zero, if he holds it on park land he might have to pay a users fee or whatever they call it. Larry Csonka got caught filming without a permit and got into a heep of trouble over it. I know he is not doing any filming but he is using the land commercially so that might be worth looking into. If your looking for a remote place to do this I would look for an area just south of the Brooks Range, somwhere between Coldfoot and Atigun Pass.

Buck Nelson might be good for itel.

With the grandiose claims on the website I would question why he would be willing to run a class for just $3k... He makes it sound like he has much bigger things going on...

Take expenses out of the tuition and there is little in the way of profit for him, atop basic wages...
art

Having gone through some training with learn to return, I'd highly recomend them for survival training. Brian trained airmen to survive behind enemy lives, and they've been around for 20 years. http://www.survivaltraining.com/index.html

Guranteed to learn alot and have a great time.

I like the 1 foot in the water so you can pull up the boat rule. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />

Spoken like a man who has had a moose down before. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I've been to 3 of the LTR classes, they do a good job.

You could get your face slapped by asking the wrong person to go camping with Myke Hawke.... Sounds like one of those say this fast 3 times things...