The Colorado Springs SCHEELS store is donating $100,000 to local charities. Help fund OMM by taking 30 seconds to vote for us! Voting is fast and easy. The link below will open tomorrow, Friday, November 17th, and will close on December 1st. Simply click on the link or scan the above QR code, enter in […]
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Our local SCHEELS store is donating $100,000 to local charities through their Giving Campaign! Help fund OMM by taking 30 seconds to vote for us! The Colorado Springs SCHEELS store has been a HUGE supporter of OMM! They’ve donated more than $5,000 and a large amount of camping gear, both of which have been critical […]
Many of you have asked when and how people can apply for a young man to experience one of our life-shaping adventures. Here’s what you need to know! Application Windows: Trip Information: We’ll post more info about each trip in upcoming posts. We’ll also post the info on our web page for the duration of […]
All of us at OMM couldn’t be more excited to welcome BJ Rice to our Board of Directors! BJ’s already had a dramatic impact in helping guide teens into Christian manhood, serving as a guide on our inaugural Boundary Waters trips this past June. He’s stepped up to the plate in taking on several ambitious […]
Steve Osterholzer, the founder and director of OMM, has just released his first book titled, ‘A Wilderness-Filled Soul.’ He’s been blessed with having a dozen of his freelance stories featured in prominent big-game hunting magazines such as Bowhunter, Bulgle, The Mule Deer Foundation Magazine, and numerous others. The front-cover endorsement was done by John Eldredge, […]
Our 2023 Big Game hunting season kicked off with our October Antelope Hunt, our best hunt yet! All 7 young men harvested their first big game animal, and we’re so grateful for the 100% success rate God blessed us with! The hunt occurred on 80,000 acres of private land where Tri-State Outfitters generously provided the […]
We asked the mentors how they think the experience impacted their young men…read below to learn how it impacted not only their youth, but how their own relationship with the Lord was strengthened. WHY DO YOU THINK THE WILDERNESS SKILLS YOUR YOUTH GAINED FROM THIS EXPERIENCE ARE IMPORTANT? WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR YOUNG MEN […]
At the end of the hunt, the young men and their mentors answered questionnaires about their experience. Hear from the young men themselves how this hunt was a life-shaping experience: HOW HAS THIS EXPERIENCE HELPED PREPARE YOU FOR THE JOURNEY TO CHRISTIAN MANHOOD? HOW HAS THE EXPERIENCE DEEPENED YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD? WHY SHOULD OTHER […]
As the final day of the Antelope Hunt concluded, we couldn’t be more PROUD of these seven great young men. Every single one of them harvested their very first antelope! Five of them tagged out during the first day of hunting, and the remaining two made great shots in harvesting their own animals. So we […]
We’ve given much attention to the Campfire Talks and the hunts themselves, for they’re the primary way we help guide teens into Christian Manhood. The hunts arm them with skills that result in confidence, and the Campfire Talks help them to think about masculinity. But there’s more to these hunts….so much more! (The picture above […]