The Huntress is a women’s weekend exploring ethical bow hunting, archery skills, nature connection, weaving and storytelling.
🗺️ Newee Creek, Mid-North Coast, NSW, Australia (map)
Huntress weekend event
fully booked
Friday 22nd - 24th August
This program is designed for any woman eager to feel empowered through learning to hunt for their your own meat.
This weekend will open this sacred doorway by beginning or enhancing your archery skills and deepening your connection to the natural world.
You can bring your own traditional/compound bow and arrows, or use a bow provided by our team, as you build your confidence and skills as an epic and empowered Huntress!
Participation in this program is a first step in joining a multi day guided bow hunt where you’ll have the chance to put your archery skills to the test by ethically hunting feral goats and pigs (held throughout the year).
Weekend Activities include:
Learning how to maintain and care for your bow with a view to ethical hunting
Guidance on selecting arrows suited to your bow and draw length
Personal instruction on safe and effective shooting techniques
Opportunities to shoot 3D targets in privately owned bush setting
Nature Connection exercises to complement your hunting skills
Weaving circles and storytelling to deepen your bond to the land and fellow women in attendance
Hosts and Guides:
Katie Rydge - Huntress and Archer, Co-Founder/Facilitator Nature Philosophy Australia and Weaving Teacher
Deb Bollinger - Huntress and Archer, Nature Connection Teacher, Weaving Teacher, Counsellor.
Exchange: $450 per participant (limited to 12 women)
Venue: beautiful 140 acre bushland retreat in Newee Creek, Mid-North Coast, NSW, 10 mins from the coast.
Camping is onsite for Saturday night, includes camp kitchen, morning tea, Saturday night dinner, tea and coffee.
Katie and her team acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land, of the ancestors and elders – past and present, on which her programs take place. Katie would like to especially recognise the elders past and present who she regularly collaborates with in running her programs. This includes elders from the Gumbanyggirr and Yaegl people of the North Coast of NSW and her adopted Yolngu families of North-East Arnhem Land.
Katie and her team acknowledge that survival skills and nature connection practices are a global knowledge bank held by humans from all races and countries. Katie acknowledges her Scottish, Irish, European and Armenian ancestral lineages and their traditional earth-based living skills.
Survival skills and nature connection practices are the original ways of living that once allowed all humans to exist in harmony with the Earth. In today's world, these traditional earth-based skills remain essential — not only for personal resilience but also for fostering a deeper balance with the natural world. By keeping these practices alive, Katie’s programs help ensure a thriving future for the next generations — one that is in alignment with natural laws and supports a sustainable, interconnected way of life.
