About
Your body knows more than your phone does.
Wild Captives is a modern scouting movement for people who are tired of being spectators in their own lives. We teach archery, foraging, navigation, firecraft, knot-tying, and more. The basic, lost, tactile skills that make you feel human and capable again.
It's the weight of a bow in your hand. The sting of cold water. The way your body remembers what your mind forgot. We build experiences that trade numbness for presence, where focus isn't something you force in a Zoom meeting, but something you feel humming in your chest as you line up a shot.
From our Brooklyn range to wilderness expeditions to gear built for doing, we're reconnecting city people to the skills that make them feel powerful, grounded, and part of the world again.

Grit. Curiosity. Connection.
Three things we chase in everything we make, on the range and off.
Empowerment
Grit. Earned strength. Build capability through skill and repetition. Do something you didn't know how to do an hour ago. Feel proud. Feel a little like a superhero.
Curiosity
Follow the pull to make, explore, mess up, and try again. Miss the target? Good, that's where the learning lives. Notice the world: the wind, the birds, the bowstring, the way focus settles into your bones.
Connection
To your body. To the moment. To the people beside you. We grow in circles, not silos. It's our oldest survival skill, and our most urgent modern one.
Wild Captives in the news
34 34th Street
Floor 2, Industry City
Brooklyn, NY 11232
Public Classes
Saturday + Sunday, 12–6pm
Private Events by reservation
Monday to Sunday
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