Wild in the City
2025-11-01 08:00 - 16:00, 2026-02-21 08:00 - 16:00, 2026-11-14 08:00 - 16:00 UTC | 34801 West Black Canyon Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona 85027, United States
Wild in the City® is our Outdoor Skills Day Camp for Youth 6-16. This program is designed to introduce young kids that have not participated in the outdoors. AES provides these Day Camps 2-3 times every year for youth, scouts troops, and any kids wanting to experience outdoor skills to get interested in the outdoors. We teach them many skills and open their minds to wildlife conservation and volunteerism in the outdoors.
Wild in the City® is a great way to get your kids to experience many outdoor skills to get them interested in the outdoors, camping, fishing and more.The kids will go away with fun, new knowledge about the outdoors, and some great swag from the AES.Wild in The City® is a one day program teaching youngsters about the outdoors and other skills including:

archery
wildlife identification
track making
owl pellet dissection
Kayaking
Firearm safety and shooting (Pellet and .22 riffles)
Horsemanship
wildlife calling and much more.

Youth Turkey Camp
2026-04-16 - 2026-04-19 | Young Hwy, Forest Lakes Estates, 85931
This mentored junior hunting camp along with the others that cater to new youth hunters, are a great way to get your kids introduced to hunting. Being in a safe, mentored camp with other kids, lets the young hunters talk and rub shoulders with other young hunters away from TVs, cell phones, computers and iPods. They learn not only to hunt in a safe environment but also the importance of wildlife conservation, ethics, volunteering and respect for the wildlife and outdoors. Conservation of Arizona’s wildlife depends on the young hunters getting involved!
Sign up

Volunteer

Wapiti weekend
2026-05-22 - 2026-05-24 | 7709 S. Boy Scout Camp Road, Parks, 86019
Every year families from all over Arizona sign up their children for two AH-MAZING days of jam-packed fun. Families camp with either their tents, RV’s or trailers and are welcome to set up anytime on Friday. First come first serve style and please note that it is dry camping only.

Volunteers:
Youth camp volunteers help provide a fun, safe experience for participants as they learn about and experience issues related to the outdoors and wildlife conservation. We welcome volunteers to help at Wapiti Weekend. We take volunteers of all ages. Often kids who have participated in the past want to come back and be a volunteer to give back and make an impact on their peers.

Junior Elk Hunt Camp
2026-10-08 - 2026-10-11 | 4860 Morman Lake Rd, Mormon Lake, 86038
Presented by the Arizona Elk Society and sponsored by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.
The Arizona Elk Society hunting camps with mentors are a great place to get young hunters introduced to hunting. They learn all about hunting from seasoned hunters and our mentors take the kids out with their guardians to give the first hand lessons that will help them become successful hunters and instill ethics and much more.
Sign up coming soon

Volunteer
