Duck & Goose Hunting CME Conference
January 10–15, 2027

Step into the flooded rice fields and winding waterways of Arkansas for a one-of-a-kind Hunting CME experience that blends world-class waterfowl hunting with hands-on wilderness medicine education. Hosted at the renowned Major League Farms near Stuttgart, this immersive course is designed to deliver meaningful CME while fully embracing the rhythm, challenge, and camaraderie of a true hunting lodge experience.

Over five nights and four full hunting days, participants will split time between duck and goose hunts, adapting daily plans to bird movement and weather conditions while completing the core curriculum of a Wilderness Medicine CME course. Afternoons are reserved for engaging, practical lectures and skill-based learning, ensuring the medical education enhances—rather than competes with—the hunt.

This course is intentionally balanced: serious education without a sterile conference feel, exceptional food and drinks, and long days in the field followed by evenings of connection, reflection, and shared stories. Whether you’re expanding your clinical skill set for hunting-related injuries or simply seeking an authentic CME adventure that doesn’t feel like a classroom, this experience delivers.

If you’ve ever wished your CME could feel less like a conference and more like the hunting trip you’d plan for yourself—this is exactly what you didn’t know was possible.

This course is designed for individuals who want to combine a high-quality hunting experience with practical wilderness medicine education, learning how to prevent, recognize, and manage injuries encountered in real-world hunting environments.

This is a small, tight-knit group experience built around shared days in the field, collaborative learning, and relaxed evenings at the lodge. The atmosphere is inclusive, welcoming, and intentionally designed to foster camaraderie, connection, and lasting friendships among participants from diverse medical and non-medical backgrounds.

This is not a conference hall — it’s real education delivered in the middle of a working hunting lodge, with mornings spent in flooded fields and afternoons translating experience into medical decision-making.

From early mornings in the blind to evenings back at the lodge, this experience is intentionally designed to feel authentic, immersive, and deeply human. You’ll hunt ducks and geese in one of North America’s most iconic waterfowl regions, share meals and stories with a small group that quickly feels like family, and engage in hands-on wilderness medicine education that never feels forced or out of place.

This course unfolds at Major League Farms, where education happens in the same environment as the hunt itself. The lodge becomes a gathering place for reflection, discussion, and learning, while the field provides constant real-world context. It’s an experience that feels organic, unpretentious, and refreshingly real — exactly how learning sticks.

Medical education is woven naturally into the rhythm of the trip. Lectures and discussions focus on injuries, illnesses, and risk management encountered while hunting and working in remote environments, reinforced by shared field experience earlier in the day. This approach keeps the curriculum practical, relevant, and immediately applicable, grounding every lesson in lived experience rather than hypotheticals.

This cadence creates balance — full days that are engaging without being exhausting, allowing both the hunt and the education to enhance one another rather than compete.

Yes, you’ll earn CME credits — but you’ll also leave with:

Most participants leave surprised by how naturally it all fit together — and how hard it is to believe this was CME at all.

5 Nights / 6 Days

Major League Farms – Stuttgart, Arkansas

This course combines guided duck and goose hunting with structured afternoon education, allowing participants to experience wilderness medicine in context while enjoying one of the premier waterfowl destinations in the country.

Major League Farms

Participants arrive at the lodge in time for dinner and an introduction to the course.

Major League Farms & Surrounding Hunting Areas

These days form the core of the experience, blending time in the field with focused medical education.

Stuttgart, Arkansas

The course concludes following the final educational sessions.

Trip preparation resources:

The goal of the Wilderness Medical Society Hunting CME Conference is to provide participants with a unique environment to experience essential medically-related hunting topics and learn skills while collaborating with Major League Farms through educational activities including lectures, hands on work-shops, training modules and Hunting Excursions.

After attending this conference, the participants will be able to:

    •    ACCME Statement: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint providership of the Wilderness Medical Society and Wild Med Adventures, LLC. The Wilderness Medical Society is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

    •    The Wilderness Medical Society designates this educational activity for a maximum of 14 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits TM. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

    •    All educational content presented in this activity has been reviewed and validated as appropriate in keeping with sound scientific principles.

The hunting logistics and leadership will be provided by extremely experienced guides from Major League Farms, whose team members have a wealth of knowledge and experience.

Educational instruction is provided by the Wild Med Adventures Team, who promise to make your CME experience both educational and informative. Instructors may change depending on availability.

Educational instruction is provided by the Wild Med Adventures faculty, who are responsible solely for the medical education and CME components of this course. Hunting logistics, guiding, and field leadership are provided by Major League Farms and their guiding team. Instructors may change based on availability.

Full payment is due 90 days prior to the course start date.
A $500 late fee will be added for payments received after this deadline, or your spot may be forfeited.

Participants should carry appropriate personal medical insurance covering in-country care and any necessary evacuation.

Ensuring adequate coverage helps protect you against unforeseen circumstances before and during the course.

Participation in this course involves hunting activities and travel in outdoor and remote environments. Activities may include firearm use, hunting in flooded fields and river systems, prolonged time outdoors, variable weather conditions, uneven terrain, and limited access to immediate medical facilities. Such activities inherently involve risk, including but not limited to personal injury, illness, exposure-related conditions, equipment loss or damage, evacuation delays, and travel disruption.

Participants are solely responsible for their own conduct, decision-making, and actions while hunting, traveling, and participating in all non-educational activities. Wild Med Adventures faculty provide medical education only and do not supervise hunting activities, firearm handling, guide operations, or field safety decisions. Hunting logistics, guiding, lodging, and field leadership are provided by Major League Farms and their professional guides. Wild Med Adventures and its faculty are not responsible for hunting conditions, firearm use, environmental hazards, or participant behavior in the field.

This course requires a reasonable level of physical fitness and comfort operating in outdoor hunting environments. Participants are responsible for evaluating their own physical condition, medical readiness, and ability to participate safely. Participation is not advised for individuals who are unable to tolerate cold, wet, or physically demanding outdoor conditions or who have medical conditions that could be exacerbated by hunting or remote travel environments.

Participants are responsible for carrying appropriate personal medical insurance to cover any in-country medical evaluation, treatment, or evacuation. Trip insurance is strongly recommended to cover missed flights, weather delays, trip interruption, or other unforeseen travel-related expenses. Participants are solely responsible for obtaining and maintaining any insurance coverage deemed necessary.

Participants are responsible for arranging their own travel to and from Major League Farms and for complying with all applicable local, state, and federal regulations, including hunting licenses, permits, and required stamps. Requirements may vary and are subject to change.

By enrolling in and participating in this course, participants acknowledge and accept the inherent risks associated with hunting, firearm use, outdoor activities, and travel in remote environments. Participants voluntarily assume full responsibility for their participation and agree to release Wild Med Adventures, its faculty, and associated partners from liability related to these inherent risks.