Discovering the outdoors is the first step. That’s too obvious to mention, you say? If only that were so. Discovery won’t happen without awareness, or where opportunity is lacking. The Sheboygan Roosted Gobblers promotes both awareness and opportunity in a multitude of creative ways. We convince young people to walk away, for a while, from the electronics and the Internet, where life is experienced third-hand, through layers and filters.

Observing is looking at life first-hand. It’s your senses and mind directly experiencing and interpreting life around you. You identify the blade of grass reaching upwards at your feet; the soaring trees swaying leisurely in the wind; the aurora lights shimmering across the night sky. Observation requires technique and knowledge. You need to know how to look and what to look for. The Roosted Gobblers promotes observational skills, and sponsors educational programs to help you identify and understand what you’re looking at.

Whether you believe it was created by an Almighty Being, or it’s the result of meticulous cause-and-effect evolution over billions of years, you’ll have to admit—it’s pretty cool. It’s impossible to remain indifferent. And the more you observe and understand the outdoors, the deeper, the richer, and the more life-changing the thrill you’ll personally experience will be.

The Sheboygan Roosted Gobblers firmly believes it is proper to use what the outdoors offers us. But that requires education, safety training, and a good dose of common-sense wisdom, all of which we help provide. Some people enjoy hunting wild turkeys or gathering morel mushrooms. Dining on food you have hunted or gathered through your acquired knowledge and skills adds a level of satisfaction and accomplishment that eating store-bought food can’t provide.