Youth Outdoor Adventures is located on Wild Winds Ranch in Grass Valley, OR 3000 +/- acres of rolling wheat fields & canyon meadows. Wild Winds Ranch is home to an upland bird and big game preserve and the location where Youth Outdoor Adventures holds it's youth days and week long summer camps.
With the participation of youth declining, the outdoor sporting industry will not continue its growth. We need to focus on activities that get our youth involved with outdoor sports. In return we will be rewarded with stewards of the land that are interested in wildlife conservation and management. While at a trade show promoting our endeavor we were auctioning off a youth .20 gauge shot gun to raise funds for scholarships into our events. There was a boy of about 9 years old pointing to the shot gun asking his Dad what it was. After it was explained his response was, “Wow! I’ve never seen a real live shot gun before. I’ve only seen them in (the video game) Halo.”
We have a responsibility to teach children about firearms and the significance of their use and misuse. The desensitizing of the mind to violence has been proven by hundreds of sound scientific studies demonstrating the social impact of brutalization in the media. For youth who are not exposed to the reality of firearms and a positive outdoor sporting experience, those scenes provided in various media methods become all too familiar and do not depict accurate consequences and actions in regards to firearm use.
We are dedicated to providing positive outdoor sporting experiences to the youth of America. When a child has the confidence and self esteem that comes with being an accomplished outdoorsmen, we have provided America with not only a responsible citizen, but a steward of the land.
We hope that you choose to join us in our quest.
