Wilderness Archery Elk Guide & Packer School with Bliss Creek in Wyoming

BLISS CREEK WILDERNESS ARCHERY ELK GUIDE & PACKER SCHOOL

BLISS CREEK CAMP COOK SCHOOL

Bliss Creek Outfitters Guide & Packer School is the only guide school in the country that specializes in training top-notch wilderness archery elk guides & packers. Over 75% of our outfitting business is archery hunting and with over 30 years of hunting and guiding experience, your instructor, Tim Doud, is one of the best in North America.

Our Camp Cook school trains top-notch camp and ranch cooks that are in high demand. With 20 years of camp and ranch cooking experience, we are the longest tenured camp cook school in North America. Your instructors will teach you the ins and outs of wilderness camp and ranch cooking. Scroll down to learn more about our programs and classes.

Guide & Packer School

Camp-Cook School

Instructor, Tim Doud

GUIDE & PACKER SCHOOL

Over the years, we have continued to see an increase in demand for qualified guides and packers. Bliss Creek Outfitters Guide and Packer School is contacted on a regular basis by outfitters looking for qualified graduates.

Due to the increasing demand for qualified guides and packers, Bliss Creek Outfitters is now offering TWO CLASSES EACH YEAR.

Held in beautiful Cody, Wyoming, the East Entrance to Yellowstone National Park, each class is four (4) weeks in length. The first class will be held in April each year. The second class will be held in June/July each year. Both classes will cover the same lessons, but with slightly different "classrooms".

The first two weeks of each school will be held at the Ranch-Camp, covering the basics of horsemanship, packing and guiding. The last two weeks of each school will be held in different settings.

The April class will not pack into our Wilderness camp because of high snow levels in the high-country. Instead, during week three and four we will take day trips into the Wilderness from our Ranch-Camp. The April class will cover more guiding and packing.

The June/July class will pack-in 22 miles to our Wilderness camp in Bliss Creek Meadows and learn more about pulling a pack string and setting up a wilderness camp.

To ensure that each student will get the best training possible, classes are limited to 10 students each. We are VA approved.

A 50% deposit is required to enroll. Please call for tuition fees.

CAMP-COOK SCHOOL

Our Professional Camp Cook School is also offered in May and July/August. Our school is designed to qualify students for work as a professional camp or ranch cook. Students will be hands-on, cooking from day one. While in school, students will gain all the tools necessary to cook for large groups in a camp or ranch setting. Meal planning, food preparation, grocery list planning, dutch-oven cooking, cooking at elevation, cooking for large groups, bear proofing and clean up are just a few of the topics we will cover.

Classes will be held at either Bliss Creek Ranch in Cody, WY or in the Wilderness camp of Bliss Creek Outfitters. We offer a two-week school or a four-week school. We are very flexible as to the time of year we offer this school.

The two-week school will cover the essentials of camp or ranch cooking. The four-week school will cover essentials of camp or ranch cooking, PLUS packing food on horses and mules, riding horses and mules, pulling a pack-string and tools needed to be an even more valuable asset to your camp or ranch.

Please call for tuition rates. We are VA approved.

HOME STUDY COURSE

All students are required to complete the Elm Home Study Prep-Course (Erv Malnarich Outfitter's & Guides Bible) prior to attending our Bliss Creek Wilderness Archery Elk Guide & Packer School.

REMEMBER... You can register for the Bliss Creek hands-on course the same day you register for the Elm home-study course.

For more information regarding the Elm Home Study Course please contact Michael or Julie Knott at Elm Outfitting & Guide Training Program at:
Phone: 406-961-3603
Email: elmguideschool59@gmail.com
Web site: www.elmguideschool.com

This course will give you a good solid foundation in which to begin your hands on training at Bliss Creek.

"ELM, Inc. maintains 100% job placement for each of our qualified graduates with reputable outfitters here in the Rockies."

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Meet your Mentor and Administrator Tim Doud. With over 25 years of Trophy Elk guiding and outfitting experience his is undoubtedly one of the most sought after Trophy Elk Guides in North America, by both bow and rifle hunters.

Tim is an award winning guide and outfitter and has won numerous elk-calling competitions. Tim is also currently on the board of Directors of the North American Saddle Mule Association. Tim is a John Lyons Certified Trainer. He is the only person to ever complete the John Lyons Training Certification using only mules.

Tim will teach you his secrets and successful methodical ways to become a top notch Wilderness Archery Elk Guide and Mule Packer.

Other attributes and memberships are Past President of Wyoming Outfitters and Guides Assn., Past President of Cody Country Outfitters & Guides Assn. Tim was elected by his peers as Guide of the Year.Tim was also award the Outfitter of the Year by the US Forest service. Life Member of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and North American Hunting Club.

Our school is only for those men and women who are very serious about becoming a professional guide in wilderness country. You will pack-in 22 miles into the wilderness. Most schools pack-in 6-8 miles. As a student of Bliss Creek Outfitters you will be pulling a pack string more in one day than most schools do during their entire session.

Guiding and Outfitting is a very demanding and rewarding field, if you think you have what it takes, give us a call. We will teach you what you need to know to become a top-notch guide or camp cook. Good guides and camp cooks are in great demand at all times. If you have any questions, or would like to enroll in one of our schools, email, or give us a call.