Summer Youth Camp

Covey Rise Outdoor Camp is geared toward providing the instruction and facilities necessary to help boys and girls learn basic hunting and camp craft skills in a safety conscious and education-oriented environment. Activities are centered around building a solid and safe foundation for a lifetime of outdoor sporting enjoyment and include the following:

• Hunter Education Program


• Shotgun, rifle and bow shooting instruction


• Basics of duck, deer, turkey, and quail hunting


• Duck and turkey calling


• Duck identification


• Live trapping of indigenous wildlife


• Proper gun cleaning and maintenance


• Orienteering (compass and GPS)


• Campfire cooking


• Camp-wide games


• Swimming


• Sporting clays instruction


• Fly-fishing instruction

GENERAL INFORMATION

• Only one gun will be allowed on range or in field at a time.


• Instructor will be present on range and in field at all times.


• Ammunition and guns will be locked up when not in use.


• Director will be accessible to parents 24 hours a day.


• Campers will be grouped according to age.


• Enrollment is limited to fifteen campers per session.

SUPERVISION AND FACILITIES

Supervision will be provided by a full-time, around-the-clock staff member from enrollment to dismissal. Each camper is informed of the camp’s rules, regulations, and responsibilities. There will be one counselor for every five campers. Covey Rise Outdoor Camp is not responsible for stolen or lost belongings, and each camper will be responsible for any damages to his or her room.

In addition to several hundred acres of pristine woodlands with nature trails, a running creek, and fifteen-acre stocked lake, facilities include five-stand and rifle ranges and a swimming pool. Campers will be housed in the Lodge, and each bedroom contains three beds and  a private bathroom. All equipment including shotguns, rifles, bows, ammunition and targets will be provided.

If you have any questions, please call the Camp Director, Jim Geisler, at (985) 747-0310.

2011 SUMMER WEEKLONG CAMPS:

JUNE 05 - 10 BASIC
JUNE 26 - JULY 1 BASIC
JULY 31 - AUG 5 BASIC

JUNE 19 - 24 ADVANCED

JULY 10 - 15 ADVANCED

JULY 24 - 29 ADVANCED

AGES: 11 – 16 YEARS OLD
COST: $650 PER SESSION ($100 DEPOSIT REQUIRED)
GIRLS CAMPS ARE AVAILABLE

CAMPERS WILL CHECK IN FROM

3:00 TO 4:00 P.M. ON SUNDAY. 

INCLUDES ALL LODGING, MEALS AND EQUIPMENT

Camp sessions are one week.

Camp for girls is available.

Check-in from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Camp will end at 12:00 p.m. noon on Friday.

A minimum of 10 campers is required to conduct each session. The deadline for registration is 15 days prior to each session at which time a $100.00 deposit is due and will be applied toward total tuition.

If a session is not filled or is canceled, the deposit will be refunded or applied to a later camp date. Full tuition is due on or before the date a camp session begins.