Take everything you've learned and put it into action during our most difficult wilderness survival course. This 7-day immersive challenge pushes students beyond training and into real-world survival conditions where only skill, adaptability, and determination will carry them forward.

Scout Survival Challenge is the final and most difficult course within our Standard Survival training system. This course is designed to test your abilities under realistic wilderness survival conditions while pushing both your physical and mental limits.
Students begin with only a knife and must survive for seven days while completing a series of progressively challenging survival tasks. As each objective is completed, students earn additional survival equipment that helps improve their ability to thrive throughout the remainder of the course.
This is not a traditional classroom environment. Students are expected to apply everything they've previously learned while instructors monitor, guide, and teach additional advanced skills throughout the experience.
This course has a high attrition rate and is intentionally designed to challenge even experienced survivalists. Those who complete it earn a tremendous sense of accomplishment and a deeper understanding of true wilderness self-reliance.
By the end of the program, participants will have tested their abilities under authentic survival conditions and gained confidence in their capacity to adapt and overcome difficult environments.
Day 1 – Survival Assessment
Arrive with minimal equipment and begin establishing your survival priorities.
Day 2 – Shelter & Water
Build shelter systems and secure reliable water sources.
Day 3 – Fire & Tool Development
Create sustainable fire systems and improve your survival capabilities.
Day 4 – Food Acquisition
Gather, trap, fish, and procure food from the environment.
Day 5 – Resource Expansion
Continue completing challenges to earn additional gear.
Day 6 – Advanced Self-Reliance
Operate more independently while adapting to wilderness conditions.
Day 7 – Final Survival Evaluation
Complete remaining challenges and demonstrate long-term survival competency.
50+ Years Combined Teaching Experience
Tested Combat Veterans
85 Acre Wilderness Campus
Survival Training System Field Tested for 20+ Years
All Hands-On Training
Zero PowerPoint Presentations
Total Immersion-Based Learning
Home of the World's Oldest Survival Instructor Program



Length: 7 Days / 6 Nights
Location: Lebanon, MO
Physical Demand: High
Certificate: Certificate of Completion
Purchase Validity: Any available date within the next 3 years
No food and no water are provided during the challenge.
Students gather their own resources from the environment.
Weather conditions are part of the training experience.
Survival items are earned after completing objectives.
Hunting and fishing licenses can be purchased locally ($20-$40).
7 Day SCOUT SURVIVAL CHALLENGE Hands-On Training. Living Outdoors. Immersion Training.
Everything you need to know before booking
If you are arriving by bus or plane, we can pick you up. Contact us to make arrangements. ($60 Transport Fee)
You are always welcome to camp out the night before and the night after any course. But this course is knife only survival to start! Be prepared.
You’re welcome to bring whatever kind of sleeping equipment you’d like (tent, hammock, sleeping bags, etc.). You can sleep in primitive shelters we construct during the class, but bring modern shelters in case you change your mind. You will most likely be camping fairly close to your vehicle and shouldn’t expect to hike in long distances. Please text or call us at (660) 441-4960 if you have any questions.
Small-Medium Backpack
Poncho or Rain Gear
Outdoor Clothing
Fixed blade knife
Folding saw
Hatchet or Axe
Paracord
Fishing Kit
Cook kit
Water will be provided on site, but food will be your responsibility. . You can also purchase food locally once you get here. Walmart and several local eateries are within a close drive.
Change your mind on a class? Just use your credit for something else! Take advantage of sales now and use the funds for whatever later! Maybe the dates aren’t announced or you don’t know what you want? Pay on something now and use the credit later. Credit good for up to three years and transferable to your friends or family!
If you need to cancel and change to another date, you can do it through the course change request form.