Wilderness Survival Training for Outdoor Sportsmen
Outdoor Education… Without Boundaries

What happens when you are deep in the wilderness, and after many hours tracking the most majestic 7-point elk you’ve ever seen, you find yourself completely disoriented – even though you’ve been hunting these parts for years. Nothing looks familiar… then suddenly the weather changes. Temperatures plummet. Thick fog descends. Rain and snow beat down on you, chilling you to the bone. Cold, wet, and lost. Will you make it back alive?

Learning to survive in the wilderness is a skill not only for hunters, but also for those who raft, fish, hike, climb, ski, four-wheel drive, enjoy nature and so on. You can’t predict where or when you might find yourself in a survival situation, and that’s why preparation is of paramount importance.

Hunting, Fly Fishing, Hiking, Kayaking, Wilderness Photography, Backpacking, Sailing, Canoeing, Camping, Salt Water Fishing, Fresh Water Fishing, Climbing, Boating, Backcountry Skiing…
…Wherever your passion for the outdoors takes you, are you prepared for when your recreational activity becomes a survival situation?

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Outdoor Adventure University: Hunting, Fishing, and Survival Training for the Professional Sportsman
Outdoor Education… Without Boundaries

Lynchburg, VA, Thursday, November 17, 2009: Outdoor Adventure University is now open for enrollment and delivering interactive, Internet-based outdoor education to outdoor enthusiasts and professional sportsmen worldwide. Affordable Outdoor Adventure Education for Anyone, Anywhere, and at Any Time…
…Now available through Outdoor Adventure University.

Through an innovative approach to outdoor education, Outdoor Adventure University (OAU) is the first to deliver a unique recreation education program that is long overdue in the outdoor sector and extremely valuable in helping to establish industry standards for professionalism and ethics… essential to preserving America’s cultural heritage for generations to come.

Sportsmen taking Outdoor Adventure University courses will:

• Improve their skill level; become better at hunting, fishing, wilderness survival and wilderness first aid
• Train to work with adventure oriented companies, resorts, and lodges
• Prepare for a career as a professional Outfitter, Guide, Packer, or Instructor
• Help find employment in Outdoor Recreation Retail or other industry related professions

Outdoor Adventure University is the first to bring together renowned field experts and sportsmen, industry leaders, respected outdoor educators, prolific outdoor life writers, and outdoor media personalities to create this ground-breaking curriculum of the highest academic standard. Program tracks include: Hunting, Fishing, Wilderness Survival, and Wilderness First Aid. Over 100 courses are in development right now, many of these courses will be available in January 2010.

This revolutionary distance learning program develops new courses regularly, using up-to-date information and technology. OAU allows students to tailor their distance learning education to their personal recreational interests to help them achieve their goals. And every course is certified by the U.S. Outdoor Council.

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Outdoor Adventure University launches its first Wilderness Survival Course. Wilderness Survival is a subject so often overlooked when venturing into remote or wilderness areas. Most of us are ill prepared either physically, mentally, or emotionally during an unexpected detainment or catastrophe in a remote area. OAU instructor Gregory J. Davenport teaches how to become equipped to survive in even hostile environments.

Greg Davenport is considered one of the best global survival experts in the world! Greg has over 20 years of experience teaching outdoor survival skills to students from around the world, taking them into the mountains and deserts to learn both basic and advanced wilderness skills. Greg has written six books on his approach to outdoor safety and survival techniques, setting the standard for outdoor education. Many of these books are used by colleges that teach outdoor survival programs. In addition to his outdoor skills, Greg is an emergency medicine physician assistant and has over 13 years of hands on experience treating a myriad of outdoor related health issues.

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Outdoor Adventure University launches Whitetail Deer hunting course with expert instructor David Samuel, PHD.

Dr. Samuel spent 30 years as a professor of wildlife management at West Virginia University. Since 1971 he has been the Conservation Editor of Bowhunter Magazine, where his Know Hunting column still appears. His activities on behalf of wildlife are diverse: from starting a local National Audubon Society chapter to initiating the West Virginia Bowhunter Education Program. Dr. Samuel has been inducted into the Bowhunting Hall of Fame, and this year received the Hamilton Lifetime Achievement Award from the Quality Deer Management Association.

He presently serves, or has recently served, on several boards including the West Virginia Environmental Quality Board, the board of the Native American Fish & Wildlife Foundation, the board of the Physically Challenged Bowhunters of America, Advisory Board of the Westvaco Ecosystem Research Forest, and the Pope and Young Club. Now retired from University work, Dr. Samuel spends his time writing, bowhunting, traveling and gardening.

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