Wild Captives

Wild Captives is a modern scouting movement teaching archery and survival skills to people tired of being spectators in their own lives. Located in Industry City in Brooklyn, they run beginner classes, private team events, and sell their own line of archery gear and apparel.

Their beginner archery class takes you from zero experience to landing clean, confident shots. Classes cover form, aim, safety, and technique with expert coaching. You get access to their custom gear and what they call the most iconic archery range in NYC — a 15-lane setup inside an 8,000 sq ft warehouse.

• •Public classes run Saturday and Sunday at 12pm. Private events available Monday through Sunday by reservation.

If you're booking a group, Wild Captives turns their entire warehouse into your private playground. No strangers, no forced icebreakers, no trust falls. Just bows, arrows, and 2+ hours of actual team building.

• •15 archery lanes, full lounge access (shuffleboard, foosball, ping pong)
• •2–5 certified instructors (1 per 10 participants)
• •All gear: bows, arrows, quivers, arm guards, more
• •Custom team challenges & knockout tournaments
• •Mystery prize for the top archer

Their game formats include Knockout tournaments, Zombie Apocalypse survival rounds, blindfolded archery chaos, and Manifestation Balloon Pop for cathartic group energy. Add-ons: local food & drink catering, Wild Captives swag bags, pro photographer, custom game designs.

"The Wild Captives team is incredible. This is such a great space with an awesome mission and concept. Perfect for a group event." — Tim K., Google Reviews

Their flagship product is the Wild Captives Recurve Bow Kit, designed and tested in Brooklyn for beginners through intermediate archers. It's a 62" takedown recurve with 25 lb draw weight, solid wood riser (ebony diamondwood, padouk, beech, ash), and padouk wood + white fiberglass limbs.

Included: - Takedown recurve bow (right or left handed) - 3 solid fiberglass Easton × Wild Captives arrows - Bowstring, bow-stringer, arrow rest, gold string nock - 2-tube hip quiver with metal belt clip - 3 heavy-weight paper targets - Red armguard with adjustable three-strap closure - No-glove shooting tab (pre-installed) - Padded storage case

• •Bullseye Tumbler (40oz) - $50. Stainless steel, double-wall insulated, UV-DTF printed target design, leak-resistant lid, fits most cup holders. 8 color variants.
• •Corduroy Embroidered Cap - $40. Vintage-inspired, unstructured, 100% cotton corduroy, adjustable strap with gold buckle.
• •Organic Tote Bag - $32. Bold retro target print with 'WILDCAT RIV' badge.
• •Gift Cards - $50–$150 denominations.
• •Branded T-shirts - Limited edition designs including "Arm the Polycule" metal logo tee.

Wild Captives teaches that your body knows more than your phone does. Their focus: reconnecting urban people to tactile survival skills — archery, forging, navigation, firecraft, knot-tying — that make you feel human and capable again.

Three pillars:

• •Empowerment — Build grit and earned strength through skill and repetition. Feel proud. Feel like a superhero.

• •Curiosity — Follow the pull to explore and mess up. Learning lives in the miss. Notice the world — wind direction, birds, bowstring tension, how focus settles into your bones.

• •Connection — To your body, to the moment, to the people beside you. We grow in circles, not silos.

Founded by queer female CEO Kendall Tichner, Wild Captives has been featured in Today Show ("Archer aims to make the sport accessible to LGBTQ+ community"), ABC News, NBC News, Time Out New York, Brooklyn Magazine, Whalebone, and Forbes Books. They're described as the nation's first woman-owned archery range, piercing archery stereotypes the Brooklyn way.

• •Public Classes: Saturday + Sunday, 12pm

• •Private Events: By reservation, Monday–Sunday

• •Address: 34 34th Street, Floor 2, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY 11232

• •Transit: D/N/R train at 36th St. Parking and rideshare drop-off available.