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HOMER! We’re looking forward to bringing this life-saving course to you! Join us at Kachemak Gun Club for this interactive evening.

This 4-hour live fire course includes the following subjects and MORE!

Building a defensive process

  • How to evaluate your own context and choose effective tools for bear defense
  • Understanding the elements that matter most: ammo type, caliber, gun platform, and performance under stress

Firearm handling and live-fire skills

  • Stance, mounting the gun, recoil management, and placing effective impacts under pressure
  • Practical function drills designed to translate knowledge into real capability
  • Shot placement and what defines an “effective bear gun”

Carry and deployment options

  • Identifying and practicing the use of slings, holsters, belts, speed loaders, and other field-carry systems
  • How to choose safe, accessible carry methods for work or recreation

Hands-on platform experience

  • Opportunity to shoot multiple bear-defense firearms (semi-auto pistol, revolver, shotgun) using both practice rounds and bear loads
  • Students may bring personal firearms, pending instructor safety evaluation
  • Ammo evaluation for safe use; instructors may prohibit unsafe equipment

Bring a gun of your own, or experience a variety from our training fleet. Ammo is invoiced after training per rounds fired, there is no firearm rental fee associated with this course.


Included With Instruction

  • Range fees
  • Firearms for live-fire training
  • Interactive bear targets
  • Eye and ear protection
  • Course materials
  • Ballistics handout
  • Course certification
  • Holsters, magazine pouches, belts, and speed loaders available to borrow
  • Ammunition billed per rounds fired (price list available upon request)
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