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Shooting Skills Workshop

FIREARMS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COST OF THE COURSE. TO BRING PERSONAL FIREARMS PLEASE EMAIL PRIOR TO EVENT FOR APPROVAL. YOU MUST HAVE COMPLETED YOUR CORE OR CFSC (PAL) TO QUALIFY FOR THIS WORKSHOP.

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Workshop Overview – Learn to Shoot with EatWild


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Shoot with confidence! EatWild is offering a one day live fire shooting workshop at The Port Coquitlam & District Hunting & Fishing Club. This will be a hands on and practical opportunity for you build your knowledge and skills to become a confident shooter. The EatWild Mentors will work with participants to first develop basic shooting skills with 22 caliber rifles. Once participants have built the confidence and basic skills with small caliber rifles, the participants will then have the opportunity to practice shooting with various high powered hunting rifles.

The EatWild Shooting Skills Workshop includes:

  • One-on-one mentoring and coaching from professional firearms instructors
  • The opportunity to shoot various calibers of rifles to find out what caliber is right for you
  • A supportive learning environment with other new hunters
  • Guidance for firearm safety and range etiquette
  • Field shooting exercises
  • Tips on safe transport and storage of firearms
  • Guidance on gun care and cleaning
  • Access to firearms

The Shooting Skills Workshop is designed for new hunters with limited experience with shooting. Our goal is for the participants to develop the basic skills to be able to ethically harvest game. Our program is designed to help develop the fundamental principles and steps to become confident, ethical and safe shooters. Professional Firearms Instructor, Marshall Lowen, will be leading the workshop. Marshall been providing firearms training to new hunters , RCMP, Canadian Military, and Canada Border Services for over 40 years.

What folks are saying about the EatWild Shooting Skills Workshop

"I come from a family of hunters but was never shown how to hunt. So I’ve had the interest for a long time. The EatWild crew is fantastic at explaining things and walking you through each step so you understand how to properly handle and shoot a rifle SAFELY. They also take the time to explain the difference between an ethical and unethical hunt. Being able to fire different calibres really gives you a good feel for what type of rifle best suites you. I hope to see them in the future for other courses. They provide a very friendly, social and educational experience. I would recommend this course to anyone who has no or very little rifle experience."
“I come from a family of hunters but was never shown how to hunt. So I’ve had the interest for a long time. The EatWild crew is fantastic at explaining things and walking you through each step so you understand how to properly handle and shoot a rifle SAFELY. They also take the time to explain the difference between an ethical and unethical hunt. Being able to fire different calibres really gives you a good feel for what type of rifle best suites you. I hope to see them in the future for other courses. They provide a very friendly, social and educational experience. I would recommend this course to anyone who has no or very little rifle experience.”
"I attended the Shooting Skills workshop with the intention of selecting a rifle to purchase. My friends had strongly recommended the 30-06 and I was so glad to try one at the range as I realized I was not comfortable with that selection. Instead, Dylan had us try the .243 and .308 and I found the .308 was the rifle I wanted to have. Having the ability to try out the firearms from the various positions really gave me a chance to see what I could handle and what would be best for me when trying to hunt ethically vs shooting at targets."
“I attended the Shooting Skills workshop with the intention of selecting a rifle to purchase. My friends had strongly recommended the 30-06 and I was so glad to try one at the range as I realized I was not comfortable with that selection. Instead, Dylan had us try the .243 and .308 and I found the .308 was the rifle I wanted to have. Having the ability to try out the firearms from the various positions really gave me a chance to see what I could handle and what would be best for me when trying to hunt ethically vs shooting at targets.”
“Great opportunity for a new hunter to learn shooting skills and gain confidence with a rifle in a supportive environment.”
“Great opportunity for a new hunter to learn shooting skills and gain confidence with a rifle in a supportive environment.”
“The workshop was a lot of fun, I had never shot a gun before and left feeling way more confident about handling a rifle.”
“The workshop was a lot of fun, I had never shot a gun before and left feeling way more confident about handling a rifle.”

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Registration and Costs

You must have completed you CORE or CFSC (PAL) to qualify for this workshop and be prepared to sign a waiver. Registered participants must also complete a pre-reading package (available here) before attending the workshop. Cost is $135 which includes 4.5 hours of instruction, a professional shooting coach, access to firearms, all ammunition, and targets.

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If you’re a Vancouver @Canucks fan, hunting enth If you’re a Vancouver @Canucks fan, hunting enthusiast, or a passionate fisherperson you’ll enjoy this episode. I’m joined by Brendan Morrison, 15-year veteran and star of the National Hockey League. Brendan is a local legend from his years centring the West Coast Express line flanked by Todd Bertuzzi and Markus  Näslund that generated some of the most exciting moments in Canuck history. 

I invited Brendan on the podcast to talk about his journey to become an adult-onset hunter.  We get into a few great hunting stories and valuable lessons learned.  We chat about the barriers and opportunities for how to get into fishing and hunting.  Brendan shares his passion for scoring goals, catching fish and hunting critters on this episode. 

Brendan Morrison has always been a passionate fisherman which has led him to produce and host the Reel West Coast fishing show in his retirement.  Fishing led Brendan to discover hunting after his hockey career. 

This one was lots of fun. 
Link in my bio. 

@reelwestcoast @brendanmo7 

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Puget Sound Box Crab. What a treat! These guys tas Puget Sound Box Crab. What a treat! These guys taste distinctly more robust and briny than the more subtle and sweet Dungeness crab.  @varda_the_safety_bear might be on to something here. #eatwild #crabinthebucket
What’s this? Newest creature to come aboard the What’s this? Newest creature to come aboard the Silver Moon. #eatwild #crabfishing
Successful oyster-egg hunt. Happy Easter 🐇🐰! Successful oyster-egg hunt. Happy Easter 🐇🐰! #eatwild
EatWild 48 - Smartphone Navigation & the iHunter A EatWild 48 - Smartphone Navigation & the iHunter App with Mark Stenroos

The iHunter App is an essential tool for the new Hunter. Apps like the iHunter tool have changed how I approach hunting entirely. E-scouting, orienteering, checking regulations, and recording where and how I hunted an area have all been improved with the innovations of the app world. The Hunter App brings together multiple essential app tools to make hunters more effective, safe and help hunters stay on the right side of private property boundaries and regulations.
 
In this episode, I'm joined by Mark Stenroos, iHunter App developer, and my hunting partner Jenny P.  Mark breaks down the functionality of the app and the benefits of the tool.  Jenny and I share how we have adopted the app into how we hunt. Along the way, we chat about getting lost and found and our favourite hunts. 

Link to the podcast in my bio. 
 
Join us for our next EatWild E-Scouting Webinar. Search EatWild webinars. 
 
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Fresh oysters or baked oysters? It’s oyster seas Fresh oysters or baked oysters? It’s oyster season and I’m constantly perplexed by this difficult decision.  #oysters #eatwild #cobbgrill
Join us on Tuesday night for the EatWild Deer Stil Join us on Tuesday night for the EatWild Deer Still Hunting Techniques Webinar. 

Deer Still Hunting
Still hunting is a fundamental technique to being a successful deer hunter.  It is also an essential tool for most other hunting pursuits.  My hunting mentors taught me how to still hunt whitetail deer in the timber when I was a kid.  Still hunting is the act of slowly, carefully, and quietly sneaking through the timber and seeing game before it reacts to you.  I got really good at it as a kid and I have been able to get up whitetail deer and other critters for success ever since.  Mastering the art of still hunting will make you a better hunter.  In this webinar, I will share my philosophy, technique, and stories of success and failures in still hunting.

•This webinar will cover:

•Picking the right terrain and timber for still hunting
•Learning how to sneak up an animal in the timber
•When to still hunt and when to cover ground
•Camouflage and cover techniques
•Animal response to seeing or hearing you
•Making the shot in timber
•Responding to weather – still hunting in snow, rain, wind and drought
•Discussion on spot-and-stock vs. still hunting – what’s more productive? 

Link to register in my bio or search EatWild Webinar Series. 

Thanks to @jongugindesigns for the fun poster. 
 

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Getting a bit of practice with “field conditions Getting a bit of practice with “field conditions”. I would always encourage new hunters to invest lots of time at the range to practice and replicate good shooting habits. At the range you have the benefit of the stability of the bench and set distances. Maintaining consistence shooting conditions allows you to track your progression as you become more accurate. At the range I should shoot 1.5” group at 100 yards. However, in the field everything changes. Wind, angle, and inconsistent shooting positions will dramatically reduce my accuracy. Today we were both able to shoot 4” groups at 200 yards from a prone position. Definitely a good day for us and helps build confidence  that I can take an ethical shot in the field.  #shootstraight #eatwild #learntohunt @reliablegun
Are we losing our social license to hunt? •So Are we losing our social license to hunt? 
 
•Social license refers to the perceptions of the public that deem an activity as socially acceptable. The concept of an activity requiring a "social license" emerged in the 1990's as the natural resource industry realized they needed to build public and stakeholder support for resource extraction projects to be successful. 
 
•A recent article published by Chris Darimont in the Society of Conservation Biology Journal applied the concept of social license to hunting. The study suggests that the public perception towards carnivore hunting can pose threats to the social license for carnivore hunters and potentially other hunters.
 
•The article kicked off a storm of discussion and reaction within the hunting community. There has been a call to action across social media platforms encouraging hunters to take action to "defend" hunting rights. What are we defending, what's the battle, who are we fighting, who started it, what's at risk.... are we just fighting ourselves?
 
•I have a lot of questions and I am confused, so let's have a discussion.
 
•I have invited Jenny Ly with @chasingfoodclub and volunteers with @backcountryhuntersbc and Jesse Zeman, @bcwildlifefederation Director for Fish and Wildlife Restoration on to the podcast to try and understand what's happening in our community. We talk about our interpretation of social licence and how, as a hunting community, we can build our social licence.
 
•We are living in an era where images and storytelling inform public perception.
 
•What is the impact of the images we share? Can we do a better job of telling our stories?
 
•Please share this podcast. 

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